NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A MEANS OF TRANSPORT

• US 20150156245A1
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Kohler, Thorsten, Risch, Markus, Frankovic, Ivan, Korner, Rene Alexander, Wein, Paul, Ertel, Sven, Heimhuber, Reinhard
• Application Number:
  US14/093,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156245A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A navigation and communication system for a transportation device, comprising a server with a processor and an interface configured to provide a virtual marketplace which is accessible by a group of users, the server being configured to receive a data set from a first user of the group of users, the data set comprising user related information and information about a location the user related information relates to, the server being further configured to transmit the data set to a device of a second user of the group of users.

Claims

1. A server for a navigation and communication system for a transportation device, comprising:

a processor and an interface designed to provide a virtual marketplace which is accessible by a group of users;

the server being configured to receive a data set from a first user of the group of users, the data set comprising user related information and information about a location related to the user related information;

the server being further configured to transmit the data set to a device of a second user of the group of users.

2. The server according to claim 1, wherein the virtual marketplace is configured to allow a user of the group of users to select, buy, sell, and download the data set and to allow the user of the group of users to upload the data set onto the server.

3. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server is configured to prevent access to the virtual marketplace if the user is not registered on the server.

4. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server is configured to generate an executable program element comprising the data set.

5. The server according to claim 1, configured to link data sets generated by the same or different users in order to generate a bundle of data sets.

6. A navigation and communication system for a transportation device, comprising:

a server;

a control unit having a user interface for inputting data comprising user related information and information about a location related to the user related information, wherein the control unit is configured to generate a data set which comprises the data;

a communication unit configured to transmit the data set to the server;

a positioning unit communicatively coupled to the control unit and configured to determine a position of the transportation device;

wherein the control unit is configured to determine when the position of the transportation device is within a predefined area around the location and to output the user related information as soon as it is determined that the position of the transportation device is within the area; and

wherein the server comprises;

a processor and an interface configured to provide a virtual marketplace accessible by a group of users;

the server being configured to receive the data set from a first user of the group of users;

the server being further configured to transmit the data set to a device of a second user of the group of users, the data set containing the user related information and the information about the location related to the user related information.

7. The navigation and communication system of claim 6, wherein the data set comprises a distance information which defines the area around the location.

8. The navigation and communication system of claim 6, wherein the data set comprises a list of recipients selected to receive the data set from the server.

9. The navigation and communication system of claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to receive instructions from a user, wherein the instructions define at least one of the content of the user related information, the location related to the user related information, a distance information which defines the area around the location, and the list of recipients.

10. The navigation and communication system of claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to change the distance information which defines the area around the location depending on a speed of the transportation device.

11. The navigation and communication system of claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to output the user related information when it is determined that the position of the transportation device is within the area and when a predefined traffic situation is determined in the vicinity of the transportation device.

12. The navigation and communication system of claim 6, wherein the user related information comprises control information for controlling the transportation device.

13. A method of distributing program elements for a car-to-infrastructure communication and navigation system, the method comprising:

providing a virtual marketplace that is accessible by a group of users;

receiving a data set from a first user of the group of users by a server, the data set comprising user related information and information about a location related to the user related information; and

transmitting, by the server, the data set to a device of a second user of the group of users, the data set containing the user related information and the information about the location related to the user related information.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

inputting data into a user device, the data comprising the user related information and the information about a location related to the user related information;

generating the data set which comprises the data;

transmitting the data set from the user device to the server;

transmitting the data set from the server to a navigation and communication device of a transportation device;

determining a position of the transportation device; and

determining, by the navigation and communication device, when the position of the transportation device is within a predefined area around the location and to output the user related information as soon as it is determined that the position of the transportation device is within the area.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, which, when executed on one or several processors of a navigation and communication system, instructs the system to:

provide a virtual marketplace that is accessible by a group of users;

receive a data set from a first user of the group of users by a server, the data set comprising user related information and information about a location related to the user related information; and

transmit, by the server, the data set to a device of a second user of the group of users, the data set containing the user related information and the information about the location related to the user related information.