Method for setting destination based on identifier of moving object and method for providing position information

• US 7,877,205 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Choi, Wan-Sik, Jang, In-Sung, Park, Jong-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli; Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US11/636,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20070100539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• 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: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096894 where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object and a method for providing position information are disclosed. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object, including the steps of: a) selecting an identifier of moving object; b) requesting the providing of position information providing to the selected moving object; c) receiving the position information from the selected moving object; and d) setting a destination for the moving object based on the received position information.

Claims

1. A method for setting a destination based on an identifier of a moving object, comprising the following computer-implemented steps:

a) receiving an identifier of a selected moving object;

b) requesting the selected moving object to provide position information of the selected moving object;

c) receiving the position information from the selected moving object; and

d) setting a destination for the selected moving object based on the received position information,

wherein the setting of the destination for the selected moving object is configured based on a selected position information providing level stored in a table,

wherein the selected position information stored in the table is configured based on a plurality of different position information providing levels according to a combination of a plurality of item fields,

wherein the plurality of item fields includes at least one of a subscriber, an application service, a requester and a providing period,

wherein the received position information is configured based on one of the plurality of different position information levels in combination with the plurality of item fields,

wherein in the step c), if the selected moving object does not have a position determination module, the position information is received from an external location based service (LBS) server.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

e) searching a path for the destination which is set at the step d); and

f) providing a path guide service based on the path search result.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step e), one of an optimum path and a minimum path is searched.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step e), the path is searched based on real time traffic information which is provided from an external apparatus.

5. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein in the step f), the path guide service is provided based on a multimedia data format.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step a), at least one of a mobile communication telephone number, a mobile identification number and a fixed internet protocol(IP) is selected as the identifier of the selected moving object by an external input.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step c), the position information is received from the selected moving object periodically, and wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the selected moving object is performed repeatedly based on the period.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein in the step c), the position information of the selected moving object to be moved on a moving path and necessary time information between the current time and a moving completion time are received from the selected moving object periodically, wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the selected moving object is performed repeatedly based on the position information of the selected moving object to be moved and the necessary time information according to the period.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step c), the position information is received from the moving object aperiodically, and wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the moving object is performed repeatedly according as the position information is received from the moving object newly.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein in the step c), the position information of the moving object to be moved on a moving path and time difference information between the current time and a moving completion time are received from the moving object aperiodically, wherein in the step d), the destination setting for the moving object is performed repeatedly based on the position information of the selected moving object to be moved and the necessary time information according as the position information is received from the selected moving object newly.