System and method of providing information to an onboard information device in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A system of providing information to an onboard information device in a vehicle comprising:
- an onboard information device, wherein the onboard information device is a handheld computer and a user interest profile is maintained within a memory of the onboard information device;
an onboard communication system operatively connected to the onboard information device, wherein the onboard communication system determines a user location from a positioning signal transmitted by a global positioning system;
a remote travel information system in communication with the onboard information device, wherein the travel information system maintains geographically related information and segments the geographically related information and indexes the geographically related information by subject and location and arranges the geographically related information in a hierarchical manner in a database; and
said travel information system searches the database for relevant information to the user based on the user interest profile and user location and transmits the relevant information to the onboard communication device.
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Abstract
A system and method of providing information to an onboard information device in a vehicle includes an onboard information device, such that the onboard information device is a handheld computer and a user interest profile is maintained within a memory of the onboard information device. The system includes an onboard communication system operatively connecting to the onboard information device, such that the; onboard communication system determines a location of the user from a positioning signal transmitted by a global positioning system. The system also includes a travel information system in communication with the onboard information device, such that the travel information system maintains a hierarchically indexed information database and the travel information system provides the onboard communication device with information of interest to the user based on the user profile and the user location.
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16 Claims
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1. A system of providing information to an onboard information device in a vehicle comprising:
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an onboard information device, wherein the onboard information device is a handheld computer and a user interest profile is maintained within a memory of the onboard information device;
an onboard communication system operatively connected to the onboard information device, wherein the onboard communication system determines a user location from a positioning signal transmitted by a global positioning system;
a remote travel information system in communication with the onboard information device, wherein the travel information system maintains geographically related information and segments the geographically related information and indexes the geographically related information by subject and location and arranges the geographically related information in a hierarchical manner in a database; and
said travel information system searches the database for relevant information to the user based on the user interest profile and user location and transmits the relevant information to the onboard communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system of providing information to an onboard information device in a vehicle comprising:
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an onboard information device, wherein the onboard information device is a handheld computer having a display mechanism, a power source, an input mechanism and a wireless communications interface and a memory;
a user interest profile maintained within the memory of the onboard information device, wherein the user profile can be customized based on the interests of the user;
an onboard communication system operatively connected to the onboard information device, wherein the onboard communication system includes a global positioning receiver for determining a location of the user from a positioning signal transmitted by a global positioning system;
a remote travel information system in communication with the onboard information device and the onboard communication system, wherein the travel information system electronically receives geographically related information and maintains the geographically related information and segments the geographically related information and indexes the geographically related information by subject and location and arranges the geographically related information in a hierarchical manner in a database; and
said travel information system searches the database for relevant information to the user based on the user interest profile and user location and transmits the relevant information to the onboard communication device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing information to an information device in a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a user interest profile;
storing the user profile in a memory of an onboard information device;
receiving information by a remote travel information system;
hierarchically segmenting the information in the travel information system, wherein the information is indexed by subject matter and geographic location and stored in a database in the travel information system;
activating the onboard information device to determine a location of the user using a positioning signal from a global positioning system;
searching the database for relevant information to the user based on the user interest profile and user location; and
transmitting the relevant information from the remote travel information system to the onboard communication device.
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