Techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device

• US 8,180,280 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2008
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: George, Moses
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US12/144,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20090318163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,421 Days
• Field of Search: 340/457, 340/539.13, 701/201, 455/11.1
• US Class Current: 455/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Systems and techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device are described. A mobile computing device may comprise or implement hardware or software configured to determine arrival at a destination and what is situated at the destination. A vehicle based communication device may communicate with the mobile computing device by way of a short range wireless communication system. The mobile computing device or the vehicle based communication device may establish a location-based service (LBS) communications session and store a description of a location associated with the destination when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a mobile computing device communicating by way of a short range wireless communication system and;

a vehicle based communication device communicating with the mobile computing device by way of the short range wireless communication system, the mobile computing device or the vehicle based communication device establishing a location-based service (LBS) communications session and storing a description of a location associated with a destination when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination, wherein the description is provided to a messaging application on the mobile computing device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the description of the location is stored in a destination database.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the destination database is stored in memory of the mobile computing device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LBS communications session comprises a global positioning system (GPS) communications session.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LBS communications session comprises a cell global identity technique.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the location-based services (LBS) communications session is performed by the mobile computing device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device have reached the destination when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device cease communicating on the short range wireless communication system.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device have reached the destination when a key is removed from an ignition of the vehicle.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device stores a time when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device stores a date when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device stores the location when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device stores a time when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device leave the destination.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device leave the destination when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device begin communicating on the short range wireless communication system after the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication previously ceased communicating on the short range wireless communication system.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein at least one of the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device stores a time when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device leave the destination.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the mobile computing device displaying the description of the location.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising the mobile computing device displaying the time when the mobile computing device and the vehicle based communication device reach the destination.