System and Method For Sending Local Information From A Wireless Browser To A Web Server

• US 20160036960A1
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Jessup, Raymond K., Dinh, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A system and method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server. A service request received from a handset user includes the type of local information needed to carry out the request as well as the URL address of the server. The handset confirms that the input is not a telephone number to be dialed. If the input is a telephone number, the browser is terminated and the number is dialed. Otherwise, the browser acquires the local information needed to carry out the request from the handset. The local information is appended to the URL address, which is extracted from the user input, and the browser is instructed to navigate to the URL address to provide the local information to the server.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A handheld cellular telephone device capable of wirelessly communicating with at least one server, the handheld cellular telephone device comprising:

a rechargeable power source capable of powering the device for operation;

a speaker capable of producing, in the operation of the device, audio information;

a microphone capable of receiving, in the operation of the device, user vocal input;

a display capable of providing, in the operation of the device, visual information;

memory capable of storing program instructions that include operating system instructions of the device;

at least one processor capable of executing, in the operation of the device, the program instructions, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor resulting in the device being capable of performing operations comprising;

reception, at least in part, via the microphone, of at least one vocalized user request for at least one service to be provided, at least in part, by the at least one server to a user, the at least one service to be provided based at least in part upon location of the device;

audible rendering, at least in part, of synthesized speech to be heard by the user, the synthesized speech being associated, at least in part, with certain information received, at least in part, from the at least one server, the certain information being responsive, at least in part, to the at least one request and also being associated, at least in part, with the at least one service; and

displaying, at least in part, via the display, of the certain information;

wherein the at least one service comprises;

provision, at least in part, of driving directions from the location to a destination;

and/or identification, at least in part, of at least one business satisfying at least one user-specified parameter.

18. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the driving directions are to be displayed, via the display, as textual driving directions and a map to show routing information.

19. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the driving directions are to be determined based at least in part upon at least one user-selected routing option.

20. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the driving directions are to be audibly rendered, at least in part, to the user.

21. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the destination comprises a destination address provided to the device by the user.

22. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the device comprises a system for use determining, at least in part, the location based at least in part upon global positioning and/or triangulation.

23. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the at least one user-specified parameter comprises;

at least one business and/or service type;

at least one filter; and

/or

maximum distance away from the location.

24. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 23, wherein:

the at least one filter is to be provided in response, at least in part, to at least one user prompt.

25. The handheld cellular telephone device of claim 17, wherein:

the location is to be provided, via the at least one server, to other authorized users.

26. Non-transitory computer-readable memory storing program instructions that include operating system instructions of a handheld cellular telephone device, the device being capable, in operation of the device, of wirelessly communicating with at least one server, the program instructions when executed by at least one processor of the device resulting in the device being capable of performing operations comprising:

reception, at least in part, via a microphone of the device, of at least one vocalized user request for at least one service to be provided, at least in part, by the at least one server to a user, the at least one service to be provided based at least in part upon location of the device;

audible rendering, at least in part, via a speaker of the device, of synthesized speech to be heard by the user, the synthesized speech being associated, at least in part, with certain information received, at least in part, from the at least one server, the certain information being responsive, at least in part, to the at least one request and also being associated, at least in part, with the at least one service; and

displaying, at least in part, via a display of the device, of the certain information;

wherein the at least one service comprises;

provision, at least in part, of driving directions from the location to a destination; and

/or

identification, at least in part, of at least one business satisfying at least one user-specified parameter; and

wherein the device also comprises a rechargeable power source capable of powering the device for carrying out the operations.

27. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the driving directions are to be displayed, via the display, as textual driving directions and a map to show routing information.

28. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the driving directions are to be determined based at least in part upon at least one user-selected routing option.

29. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the driving directions are to be audibly rendered, at least in part, to the user.

30. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the destination comprises a destination address provided to the device by the user.

31. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the device comprises a system for use determining, at least in part, the location based at least in part upon global positioning and/or triangulation.

32. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the at least one user-specified parameter comprises;

at least one business and/or service type;

at least one filter; and

/or

maximum distance away from the location.

33. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the at least one filter is to be provided in response, at least in part, to at least one user prompt.

34. The computer-readable memory of claim 26, wherein:

the location is to be provided, via the at least one server, to other authorized users.

35. At least one server capable of wirelessly communicating with a handheld cellular telephone device, the at least one server comprising:

storage to store program instructions that include operating system instructions of the handheld cellular telephone device, the program instructions being capable of being downloaded from the at least one server to the device;

the program instructions when executed by at least one processor of the device resulting in the device being capable of performing operations comprising;

reception, at least in part, via a microphone of the device, of at least one vocalized user request for at least one service to be provided, at least in part, by the at least one server to a user, the at least one service to be provided based at least in part upon location of the device;

audible rendering, at least in part, via a speaker of the device, of synthesized speech to be heard by the user, the synthesized speech being associated, at least in part, with certain information received, at least in part, from the at least one server, the certain information being responsive, at least in part, to the at least one request and also being associated, at least in part, with the at least one service; and

displaying, at least in part, via a display of the device, of the certain information;

wherein the at least one service comprises;

provision, at least in part, of driving directions from the location to a destination; and

/or

identification, at least in part, of at least one business satisfying at least one user-specified parameter; and

wherein the device also comprises a rechargeable power source capable of powering the device for carrying out the operations.

36. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the driving directions are to be displayed, via the display, as textual driving directions and a map to show routing information.

37. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the driving directions are to be determined based at least in part upon at least one user-selected routing option.

38. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the driving directions are to be audibly rendered, at least in part, to the user.

39. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the destination comprises a destination address provided to the device by the user.

40. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the device comprises a system for use determining, at least in part, the location based at least in part upon global positioning and/or triangulation.

41. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the at least one user-specified parameter comprises;

at least one business and/or service type;

at least one filter; and

/or

maximum distance away from the location.

42. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the at least one filter is to be provided in response, at least in part, to at least one user prompt.

43. The at least one server of claim 35, wherein:

the location is to be provided, via the at least one server, to other authorized users.