Wireless information system for acquiring location related information

• US 5,559,520 A
• Filed: 09/26/1994
• Issued: 09/24/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Schroeder, Robert E., McGowan, Martin J. III, Gerszberg, Irwin, Barzegar, Farhad
• Primary Examiner(s): Blum, Theodore M.
• Application Number:
  US08/312,360
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357, 364/449
• US Class Current: 342/357.31
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/008 using a mobile telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

An information system for automatically providing mobile vehicles with information related to their geographical location and to provide routing control information downloaded from a broadcasting or directed cellular call source includes a GPS receiver and associated data storage unit. A cellular packet data receiver is included to receive data with location markers from a transmission source. The data from the data storage unit and the received data with location markers is coupled to a controller module which includes stored program controls to select data relevant to the present geographical location and to provide centralized alerts and local readout in the mobile vehicle of this information.

Claims

1. An interactive wireless information system for locating and providing location related information to and from a mobile vehicle;

a global positioning system at the mobile vehicle for receiving GPS time signals and providing coordinates indicating location of the mobile vehicle;

cellular digital packet data communication means at the mobile vehicle for communicating with a source of location pertinent information;

a controller module for integrating the coordinates and the location pertinent information including;

a data receiver for receiving location information from the global positioning system and storage means for storing the location information;

a communication interface at the mobile vehicle for exchanging digital packet data information with the cellular digital packet data communication means with the digital packet information concerning information pertinent to the location information;

a processor having a geographic module responsive to data in the storage means for geographically locating the mobile vehicle and a routes module for accepting information from the communication interface and integrating information form the geographic module and the routes module to provide location related information for readout in the mobile vehicle.

2. Apparatus for providing interactive wireless communication between an information system providing location related information and a mobile vehicle;

comprising;

the apparatus including at the mobile vehicle;

means for receiving GPS time signals and providing coordinates indicating location of the mobile vehicle;

means for communicating by cellular digital packet data techniques with a source of location pertinent information;

a controller module, for integrating the coordinates and the location pertinent information, including;

means for receiving location information as controlled and in response to the GPS time signals and derived co-ordinates from the global positioning system and storage means for storing the location information;

means for exchanging packet digital information with the cellular digital packet communication means;

means responsive to received location information in the storage means for geographically locating the mobile vehicle and a routes module for accepting information from the communication interface and integrating information form the geographic module and the routes module to provide location related information for readout in the mobile vehicle.