User Interface for Content Channel HUD (Heads-Up Display) and Channel Sets for Location-Based Maps

• US 20160282136A1
• Filed: 02/16/2016
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsurutome, Kevin, Murphy, Sean, Sano, Darrell
• Application Number:
  US15/044,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20160282136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A navigation device for displaying at least one point-of-Interest on a map comprises a channel set module to record a user defined channel set. The channel set includes at least one point-of-interest criteria. A channel set options module provides a user of the navigation device with an option to select the channel set. A channel set display module displays the point-of-interest criteria associated with the user selected channel set.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device, comprising:

enabling user-definition of at least two different user-defined channel sets, each including at least two unrelated points-of-interest (POI) for selection of only one for navigation along any given navigation route;

prompting selection of one of said at least two different user-defined channel sets;

displaying said at least two unrelated points-of-interest stored in said selected one of said at least two different user-defined channel sets, said at least two unrelated points-of-interest being displayed upon a viewable mapping tile;

displaying an adjacent mapping tile adjacent to said viewable mapping tile; and

automatically triggering a mapping server to perform a search in a channel set database for a previously stored POI search criteria by said navigation device that is associated with said selected one of said at least two different user-defined channel set.

19. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 18, further comprising:

mapping a current location of said navigation device.

20. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 18, wherein:

said navigation device is a cellular telephone device.

21. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 18, wherein said at least two unrelated points-of-interest comprise:

at least one restaurant; and

at least one non-restaurant.

23. A method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device, comprising:

displaying, overlaid upon a viewable map of a given navigation device, at least two unrelated points-of-interest (POI) being associated with one another in a selected one of a plurality of different user-defined channel sets; and

in response to a change of location of said given navigation device, automatically triggering a mapping server to perform a search in a persistent POI database for a previously stored POI search criteria associated with said selected one of said plurality of different user-defined channel sets associated with said given navigation device.

24. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 23, further comprising:

mapping a current location of said navigation device.

25. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 23, wherein:

said navigation device is a cellular telephone device.

26. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 23, wherein said at least two unrelated points-of-interest comprise:

at least one restaurant; and

at least one non-restaurant.

27. The method of displaying a customized group of unrelated points-of-interest on a map of a navigation device according to claim 23, wherein said at least two unrelated points-of-interest comprise:

at least one mass transit system; and

at least one non-mass transit system.