Mobile communication device

• US 8,682,726 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2013
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Mark Hoffberg
• Original Assignee: Steven Mark Hoffberg
• Inventors: Hoffberg, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUNT, ERIC
• Application Number:
  US13/764,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.63, 340/995.13, 340/905, 701/31.5, 701/454, 701/516
• US Class Current: 705/14.63
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said memory; and a processor, processing said location output in conjunction with said stored locations and associated events in said memory, to determine a priority thereof.

Claims

1. A vehicular information system, comprising:

(a) a vehicle position determining system;

(b) a memory configured to store an itinerary for the vehicle;

(c) an external wireless data communication system;

(d) a display; and

(e) a controller configured to receive information from the vehicle position determining system and the stored itinerary to determine a relationship therebetween, and to display location and itinerary-relevant information received through the external wireless data communication system on the display.

2. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display commercial subsidized location relevant information on the display.

3. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, further comprising a user input configured to permit a user to interact with a service through the external wireless data communication system.

4. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, further comprising a user input configured to permit a user to negotiate a commercial transaction with a service through the external wireless data communication system.

5. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, wherein said controlled is further configured to communicate at least one of the vehicle position and the itinerary through the external wireless data communication system.

6. The vehicular information system according to claim 5, further comprising a commercial transaction system configured to communicate with the vehicular information system through the external wireless data communication system, the commercial transaction system being dependent on a communicated location of the vehicle.

7. The vehicular information system according to claim 6, wherein an operation of the commercial transaction system is dependent on both the communicated location of the vehicle and a communicated itinerary of the vehicle.

8. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to communicate emergency or distress information through the external wireless data communication system.

9. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, further comprising a theft detector, the controller being configured to communicate theft detection information through the external wireless data communication system.

10. The vehicular information system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to communicate vehicle maintenance or diagnostic information through the external wireless data communication system.

15. The vehicular information system according to claim 5, further comprising a commercial transaction system configured to communicate with the vehicular information system through the external wireless data communication system, the commercial transaction system operating in dependence on a communicated location of the vehicle.

16. The vehicular information system according to claim 15, wherein the commercial transaction system operates in dependence on both the communicated location of the vehicle and a communicated itinerary of the vehicle.

11. A vehicular information system, comprising:

(a) a navigation system, comprising a map database and being configured to determine vehicle position;

(b) an input configured to receive an itinerary for the vehicle comprising at least one destination location;

(c) a wireless data communication system configured to communicate navigation information;

(d) an interface configured to present navigation information to a human user; and

(e) a processor configured to receive information from the navigation system, to process the itinerary and the information received from the navigation system to determine a relationship therebetween, and to present location and itinerary relevant-information communicated through the wireless data communication system through the interface.

12. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, wherein the interface is configured to display commercial subsidized location relevant information to the human user.

13. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, further comprising a user input port configured to receive a user input for interaction with a service through the external wireless data communication system.

14. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to control a communication of at least one of the vehicle position and the itinerary through the external wireless data communication system.

17. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to communicate at least one of emergency and distress information through the external wireless data communication system.

18. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, further comprising a theft detector producing a signal indicative of a theft of a vehicle, the processor being further configured to communicate the signal through the external wireless data communication system.

19. The vehicular information system according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to communicate at least one of vehicle maintenance information and diagnostic information through the external wireless data communication system.

20. A method for routing navigational information to a mobile vehicle, comprising:

(a) defining a proposed route with respect to a map database;

(b) receiving through a wireless receiver in the mobile vehicle, information relating to at least one of;

traffic conditions, road conditions, places of interest, itinerary stops, and fixed locations;

(c) determining a position of the mobile vehicle;

(d) processing the received information in conjunction with the proposed route and determined position to determine a relevance thereof; and

(d) presenting to the user a relevance filtered subset of the received information.

21. A vehicular information method, comprising:

(a) determining a vehicle position with a navigation system comprising a map database;

(b) receiving an itinerary for the vehicle comprising at least one destination location;

(c) wirelessly communicating navigation information through an automated wireless communication system;

(d) determining a relationship between the received itinerary, the determined vehicle position and the map database; and

(f) presenting information received through the automated wireless communication system to the user relevant to the determined vehicle location and the itinerary in dependence on the determined relationship.

22. The vehicular information method according to claim 21, further comprising displaying commercial subsidized location-relevant information.

23. The vehicular information method according to claim 21, further comprising communicating at least one of emergency information, distress information, theft detection information, vehicle maintenance information and vehicle diagnostic information through the automated wireless communication system.