Personal communication system to send and receive voice data positioning information

• US 7,702,455 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2007
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: American Calcar, Inc.
• Inventors: Obradovich, Michael L., Kent, Michael, Dinkel, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Dalena
• Application Number:
  US11/650,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20070112508A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,198 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/201, 701207-209, 701/213, 342/350, 342/357.01, 342/357.06, 342/357.13, 342/454, 342/456, 340988-9951, 340/995.12, 340/995.13
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3896 Transmission of map data from central databases
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A location tagged data provision and display system. A personal communication device (PCD) with electromagnetic communication capability has a GPS receiver and a display. The PCD requests maps and location tagged data from data providers and other for display on the PCD. The data providers respond to requests by using searching and sorting schemes to interrogate data bases and then automatically transmitting data responsive to the requests to the requesting PCD.

Claims

1. An information apparatus comprising:

a processing element configured to form a request for data concerning traffic pertaining to an area, and to process responsive data to the request, the responsive data being included in traffic data received from a data provider;

an interface device for requesting and receiving map information from digital map storage separate from the data provider; and

a display for showing thereon map information received from the digital map storage a location of the apparatus, and traffic information resulting from processing the responsive data, the shown map information including a plurality of waypoints indicating corresponding locations of goods or service providers on a map, the waypoints being selectable by a user in an order, wherein the selected waypoints are processed and reordered to uggest to the user a route to the respective locations of goods or service providers corresponding to the reordered waypoints.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a receiver for receiving signals from one or more satellites.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the location of the apparatus is derived from GPS signals received by the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 being electrically connectable to a port in a vehicle.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the digital map storag comprises a computer memory storage device.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the computer memo storage device comprises a removable data storage device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the removable data storage device comprises a memory disk.