Method and system of providing navigation information

• US 7,822,544 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2005
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kotzin, Michael D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby; Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US11/243,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20070078597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,847 Days
• Field of Search: 701207-213, 340/905, 340/992, 340/994, 34099517-99524
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality

Abstract

A method and system of providing navigation information is provided. The method comprises obtaining (105) a communication requirement of a user and determining (110) at least one navigation route for the user based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route. The method further comprises providing (115) the at least one navigation route to the user based on the communication requirement.

Claims

1. A method of providing navigation information in a peer-to-peer communication system, the method comprising steps of:

obtaining a communication requirement for a first user wherein the communication

requirement of the first user depends on a second user;

determining at least one proximal navigation route for the first user and the second user based on the communication requirement dependent upon network considerations along the route; and

providing the at least one proximal navigation route to the first user and the second user based on the communication requirement, wherein the first user and the second user form the peer-to-peer communication system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises:

obtaining a first start location and a first destination location of the first user; and

obtaining a second start location and a second destination location of the second user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing continuously the at least one proximal navigation route to the first user and the second user.