Method for providing geographic dependent instructions to a user of a communications unit

• US 5,678,194 A
• Filed: 03/10/1994
• Issued: 10/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Grube, Gary W., Shaughnessy, Mark L., Naddell, Marc C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, THANH C
• Application Number:
  US08/209,778
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/56.1, 455/54.2, 342/357, 342/451, 342/452, 342/454, 342/456, 340/991, 340/995, 379/58
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/909 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location spatiotemporally dependent retrieval from the web G06F16/9537
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Geographic information may be automatically transmitted to communication units (102, 103) by a communication resource controller (101). The communication resource controller (101) upon receiving location coordinates, accesses a data base (124) to determine localized geographic dependent information. Having retrieved this information, the communication resource controller (101) transmits this information to the communication units (102, 103). Upon receipt of this information, the communication units (102, 103) determine whether it is pertinent to them. If the information is pertinent, the communication units (102, 103) display the information.

Claims

1. A method for providing geographic dependent instructions to a user of a communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a communication resource controller, location coordinates from a communication unit;

based solely on the location coordinates, automatically retrieving, by the communication resource controller, geographic dependent instructions from a database, wherein the geographic dependent instructions are unrelated to movement of the communication unit and instruct a user of at least one communication unit to perform at least one task;

transmitting, by the communication resource controller, the geographic dependent instructions to a plurality of communication units, the plurality of communication units including the communication unit from which the communication resource controller received the location coordinates;

upon receiving the geographic dependent instructions, determining, by each of the plurality of communication units, whether the geographic dependent instructions are pertinent to the respective communication unit; and

when the geographic dependent instructions are pertinent to the respective communication unit, displaying, by the respective communication unit, the geographic dependent instructions to a user of the respective communication unit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of responding, by the communication unit, to the communication resource controller upon receiving the geographic dependent instructions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving location coordinates comprises the step of receiving the location coordinates from a second communication unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic dependent instructions comprise a security check list.

5. A method for a communication resource controller to provide geographic dependent instructions to a user of a communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving location coordinates from a communication unit;

based solely on the location coordinates, automatically retrieving geographic dependent instructions from a database, wherein the geographic dependent instructions are unrelated to movement of the communication unit and instruct a user of at least one communication unit to perform at least one task; and

transmitting the geographic dependent instructions to a plurality of communication units, the plurality of communication units including the communication unit from which the communication resource controller received the location coordinates.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of receiving location coordinates further comprises the step of receiving the location coordinates from a second communication unit.