Methods and systems for delivering travel-related information

• US 7,162,254 B1
• Filed: 09/09/2002
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Benjamin V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramos-Feliciano, Eliseo
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Chuck
• Application Number:
  US10/237,346
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3, 455/456.1, 455/340, 455/456, 455/414.2, 340/995.1, 340/995.13, 340/995.12, 342/357.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for delivering travel related information with an intelligent network. One method embodiment includes establishing a communication with the intelligent network through an access device, determining a location of the access device, and obtaining the travel-related information with the access device through the intelligent network, wherein the travel-related information includes data related to a location of the access device. Additional system and computer-readable media embodiments of the present methods and systems are also provided.

Claims

1. A method of obtaining travel-related information for a traveler with an intelligent network, said method comprising:

receiving via a communication that is initiated by a user of an access device and that requests travel-related information for the location of the access device at the time the communication was initiated with said intelligent network, wherein the communication includes a star code to identify the communication as a request for travel-related information and further includes information comprising a telephone number of the access device, a serial number of the access device, and an identifier of the network system to which the access device corresponds;

determining within the intelligent network whether the access device is entitled to receive the travel-related information at the time the communication is received by comparing the information of the communication to information of a database of the intelligent network;

determining the location and the direction of travel of said access device at the time the communication is initiated by prompting the access device to enter whether the location and direction of travel will be determined by the intelligent network or will be determined by prompting the access device;

when a reply indicates that the location and direction of travel will be determined by prompting the access device, then prompting the access device from the intelligent network to enter the location and direction of travel;

upon prompting the access device to enter the location and direction of travel, receiving user input at the access device to enter the location and direction of travel and submitting the entered location and direction of travel back to the intelligent network;

prompting the access device to enter whether the travel-related information should be provided as speech or text and receiving user input at the access device to enter the choice of text or speech; and

providing travel-related information to said access device from said intelligent network in response to receiving the communication and determining that the access device is entitled to receive the travel-related information at the time the communication is received, wherein said travel-related information includes data related to the determined location and direction of travel of said access device and is provided as text when the user input indicated text and is provided as speech when the user input indicated speech.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving said travel-related information at said access device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising uploading said travel-related information to said intelligent network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said travel-related information includes information selected from the group consisting of traffic and weather.