Method and wireless transceiver for requesting and processing information

• US 7,072,676 B1
• Filed: 11/23/1999
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Hessing, Bernd, Goss, Stefan, Hartkopp, Oliver
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US09/856,989
• Time in Patent Office: 2,415 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/67.11, 455/517, 455/67.16, 455/69, 455424-425, 455/466, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/95, 455/96, 455/99, 455/500.1, 370/242, 370/249, 370/252, 370/253, 370/333, 370/350, 340/995.13, 340/995.18, 340/995.19
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method and a wireless transceiver are used for requesting and processing information. A first information query is transmitted by the wireless transceiver and information is returned by a service provider via a wireless network to the requesting wireless transceiver. The information query is provided with a predefined first validity time value and the returned information, in particular in the form of short messages, is provided with a predefined second validity time value by the service provider.

Claims

1. A method for requesting and processing information, comprising:

transmitting by a wireless transceiver a first information query over a wireless network, the first information query being transmitted as a short message, the first information query being provided with a first predefined validity time value;

transmitting information to the wireless transceiver in response to the first information query, the information being received by the wireless transceiver over the wireless network in a form of short messages, the information being provided with a second predefined validity time value by the service provider;

registering in the wireless transceiver a time of the first information query; and

generating a message when a first predefined time period after the transmitting of the first information query is exceeded.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a mobile wireless network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information query is generated based on a position of the wireless transceiver.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

suppressing use of the transmitted information when the first predefined time period after the transmitting of the first information query is exceeded.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically transmitting a second information query after transmitting the first information query and after a second predefined time period is exceeded, the second predefined time period starting at a time of the transmitting of the first information query, the first predefined time period being restarted at a time of the transmitting of the second information query, the second predefined time period being greater than the first predefined time period.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information includes traffic information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the information includes traffic information of a specific area.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the information contains at least one traffic situation report, a life of the at least one traffic situation report exceeding a predefined minimum life.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one traffic situation report is according to a TMC standard.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the predefined minimum life is greater than a sum of the first predefined time period and the second predefined time period.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

selecting at least one navigation message from the at least one traffic situation report in a distributor device, the selected at least one navigation message being made available to a navigation unit.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting upon user request a second information query after transmitting the first information query; and

restarting the first predefined time period at a time of the transmitting of the second information query.

13. A wireless transceiver operating over a wireless network, comprising:

a transmitter to transmit a first information query as a short message over the wireless network, the first information query being provided with a first predefined validity time value;

a receiver to receive information responsive to the first information query, the information being received as a short message over the wireless network;

an arrangement to register a time of the first information query;

an arrangement to generate a message after a first predefined time period after the first information query is transmitted is exceeded;

an arrangement to automatically transmit a second information query after a second predefined time period has been exceeded;

an arrangement to start the second predefined time period at a time when the first information query is transmitted; and

an arrangement to restart the first predefined time period at a time when the second information query is transmitted;

wherein the second predefined time period is greater than the first predefined time period.

14. The wireless transceiver of claim 13, wherein the information includes at least one traffic situation report.

15. The wireless transceiver of claim 14, further comprising:

a memory to store the at least one traffic situation report.

16. The wireless transceiver of claim 14, further comprising:

an arrangement configured to select a navigation message from the traffic situation report and for making the navigation message available to a navigation unit.

17. The wireless transceiver of claim 13, further comprising:

an arrangement to transmit a second information query upon user request; and

an arrangement restart the first predefined time period at a time when the second information query is transmitted.

18. The wireless transceiver of claim 13, further comprising:

an arrangement configured to determine a position of the wireless transceiver.

19. The wireless transceiver of claim 13, further comprising:

an arrangement configured to determine a position of the wireless transceiver in a road network.

20. The wireless transceiver of claim 13, further comprising:

an arrangement configured to generate and transmit the first information query based on a position of the wireless transceiver.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the wireless network includes a mobile wireless network.

21. A method for requesting and processing information, comprising:

transmitting by a wireless transceiver a first information query over a wireless network, the first information query being transmitted as a short message, the first information query being provided with a first predefined validity time value;

transmitting information to the wireless transceiver in response to the first information query, the information being received by the wireless transceiver over the wireless network in a form of short messages, the information being provided with a second predefined validity time value by the service provider;

registering in the wireless transceiver a time of the first information query; and

at least one of generating a message and suppressing the use of the received information when a first predetermined time period after the transmission of the first information query is exceeded.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the first information query is generated based on a position of the wireless transceiver.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

suppressing use of the transmitted information when the first predefined time period after the transmitting of the first information query is exceeded.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

automatically transmitting a second information query after transmitting the first information query and after a second predefined time period is exceeded, the second predefined time period starting at a time of the transmitting of the first information query, the first predefined time period being restarted at a time of the transmitting of the second information query, the second predefined time period being greater than the first predefined time period.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the information includes traffic information.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the information includes traffic information of a specific area.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the information contains at least one traffic situation report, a life of the at least one traffic situation report exceeding a predefined minimum life.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the at least one traffic situation report is according to a TMC standard.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the predefined minimum life is greater than a sum of the first predefined time period and the second predefined time period.

31. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

selecting at least one navigation message from the at least one traffic situation report in a distributor device, the selected at least one navigation message being made available to a navigation unit.

32. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

transmitting upon user request a second information query after transmitting the first information query; and

restarting the first predefined time period at a time of the transmitting of the second information query.

33. A wireless transceiver operating over a wireless network, comprising:

a transmitter to transmit a first information query as a short message over the wireless network, the first information query being provided with a first predefined validity time value;

a receiver to receive information responsive to the first information query, the information being received as a short message over the wireless networks

an arrangement to register a time of the first information query;

an arrangement to at least one of generate a message and suppress the use of the received information when a first predetermined time period after the transmission of the first information query is exceeded;

an arrangement to automatically transmit a second information query after a second predefined time period has been exceeded;

an arrangement to start the second predefined time period at a time when the first information query is transmitted; and

an arrangement to restart the first predefined time period at a time when the second information query is transmitted;

wherein the second predefined time period is greater than the first predefined time period.

34. The wireless transceiver of claim 33, wherein the information includes at least one traffic situation report.

35. The wireless transceiver of claim 34, further comprising:

a memory to store the at least one traffic situation report.

36. The wireless transceiver of claim 34, further comprising:

an arrangement to select a navigation message from the traffic situation report and to make the navigation message available to a navigation unit.

37. The wireless transceiver of claim 33, further comprising:

an arrangement to transmit a second information query upon user request; and

an arrangement to restart the first predefined time period at a time when the second information query is transmitted.

38. The wireless transceiver of claim 33, further comprising:

an arrangement to determine a position of the wireless transceiver.

39. The wireless transceiver of claim 33, further comprising:

an arrangement to determine a position of the wireless transceiver in a road network.

40. The wireless transceiver of claim 33, further comprising:

an arrangement to generate and transmit the first information query based on a position of the wireless receiver.