Navigation system with audio and method of operation thereof

• US 8,660,788 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): MARC-COLEMAN, MARTHE Y
• Application Number:
  US12/634,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137556A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701408-410, 701/412, 701/418, 701/419, 701424-426, 701/438, 701/440, 701/468, 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 701/408
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions

Abstract

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: configuring a preference; selecting an introduction point based on the preference; composing an introduction message about the introduction point; and displaying a non-intrusive notification for the introduction message on a device.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

configuring a preference;

selecting an introduction point based on the preference;

composing an introduction message about the introduction point; and

displaying a non-intrusive notification for a long description or a short description of the introduction message based on a navigation prompt on a device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein displaying the non-intrusive notification includes presenting the non-intrusive notification without interrupting a navigation prompt.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein composing the introduction message includes composing the introduction message with the new information based on the preference.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the introduction point includes selecting news based on the preference.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein selecting the introduction point includes selecting a hazardous point based on the preference.

6. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

configuring a preference;

selecting an introduction point based on the preference;

composing an introduction message about the introduction point;

displaying a non-intrusive notification for a long description or a short description of the introduction message based on a navigation prompt on a device; and

displaying the navigation prompt on the device without being interrupted by the non-intrusive notification.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein displaying the navigation prompt includes:

pausing a presentation of the introduction message about the introduction point;

presenting the navigation prompt based on a current position; and

resuming the presentation of the introduction message.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

providing third-party data, a custom-generated content, or a combination thereof; and

wherein;

composing the introduction message includes composing the introduction message with new information based on the preference, the new information updated by the third-party data, the custom-generated content, or the combination thereof.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein selecting the introduction point includes selecting news based on the preference, the news within a local area.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein selecting the introduction point includes selecting a hazardous point based on the preference, the hazardous point including a high crime rate area, a high accident rate area, or a combination thereof.

11. A navigation system comprising

a configuration module for configuring a preference stored and accessed in a storage unit;

a search module, coupled to the configuration module, for selecting an introduction point based on the preference;

a control unit, coupled to the search module, for composing an introduction message about the introduction point; and

an introduction module coupled to the search module, for displaying a non-intrusive notification for a long description or a short description of the introduction message based on a navigation prompt on a device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a user interface, coupled to the control unit, for presenting the non-intrusive notification without interrupting a navigation prompt.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for composing the introduction message with the new information based on the preference.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for selecting news based on the preference.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the control unit is for selecting a hazardous point based on the preference.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising an user interface, coupled to the control unit, for displaying the navigation prompt on the device without being interrupted by the non-intrusive notification.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein:

the control unit is for pausing a presentation of the introduction message about the introduction point;

the introduction module is for presenting the navigation prompt based on a current position; and

further comprising;

a user interface, coupled to the control unit, for resuming the presentation of the introduction message.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

the introduction module is for providing third-party data, a custom-generated content, or a combination thereof; and

the control unit is for composing the introduction message with new information based on the preference, the new information updated by the third-party data, the custom-generated content, or the combination thereof.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for selecting news based on the preference, the news within a local area.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the control unit is for selecting a hazardous point based on the preference, the hazardous point including a high crime rate area, a high accident rate area, or a combination thereof.