Method, apparatus and computer-readable recording media for providing application connector using template-based UI

• US 8,954,231 B1
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Original Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Inventors: Song, Byung Soo, Lee, Jung Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): TESTARDI, DAVID A
• Application Number:
  US14/277,189
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 701/36, 701/538, 715/740, 715/744, 715/746, 715/866
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/002 Integrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/00 Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing an application connector using a template-based user interface. The method includes steps of: (a) classifying information entered from multiple applications of at least one mobile terminal connected with a template of a vehicle head unit into either common information or specialized information; (b) deciding the common information and the specialized information to be provided to the template by matching multiple pieces of the common information entered from the multiple applications with a matching algorithm and filtering multiple pieces of the specialized information entered therefrom with a filtering module; and (c) providing the matched common information and the filtered specialized information through the template.

Claims

1. A method for providing an application connector using a template-based user interface, comprising steps of:

(a) classifying, via a vehicle head unit, a plurality of pieces of information entered from multiple applications of at least one mobile terminal connected with a template of the vehicle head unit into either common information or specialized information;

(b) deciding the common information and the specialized information to be provided to the template by matching, via the head unit, multiple pieces of common information entered from the multiple applications with a matching algorithm;

(c) filtering, via the head unit, multiple pieces of specialized information entered therefrom from the multiple applications with a filtering module; and

(d) providing the matched common information and the filtered specialized information through the template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple applications are executed in different mobile terminals or in a same mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the common information is preset by a maker of the vehicle head unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specialized information is information other than the common information among pieces of information entered from the multiple applications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple applications are navigation applications.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the common information includes at least one piece of information on a direction, a speed, a distance, a location, and a time.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the specialized information includes at least one piece of information on a traffic volume, a GPS accuracy, a vehicle lane, a map shape, or a view mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of (b) includes steps of:

(b1) classifying multiple pieces of the common information by type of piece of information; and

(b2) deciding as the matched common information an average value of at least one of piece of the common information that have values within a scope of not exceeding a prefixed variance among multiple pieces of the common information classified into a same type.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step of (c), the multiple pieces of specialized information are filtered by using at least one of a security filter, a policy filter, a subdividing filter, a combining filter, and a classifying filter.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of (a) through (c) are performed whenever a certain time interval elapses or a prearranged event is generated.

11. An apparatus for providing an application connector using a template-based user interface, comprising:

a head unit of a vehicle including;

an application information classifying part for classifying a plurality of pieces of information entered from multiple applications of at least one mobile terminal connected with a template of the vehicle head unit into either common information or specialized information;

a common information matching part matching multiple pieces of common information entered from the multiple applications with use of a matching algorithm;

a specialized information filtering part for filtering pieces of specialized information entered from the multiple applications with a filtering module;

wherein the matched common information and the filtered specialized information are provided through the template.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the multiple applications are executed in different mobile terminals or in a same mobile terminal.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the common information is preset by a maker of the vehicle head unit.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the specialized information is information other than the common information among pieces of information entered from the multiple applications.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the multiple applications are navigation applications.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the common information includes at least one piece of information on a direction, a speed, a distance, a location, and a time.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the specialized information includes at least one piece of information on a traffic volume, a GPS accuracy, a vehicle lane, a map shape, or a view mode.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the common information matching part classifies multiple pieces of the common information by type of piece of information and decides as the matched common information an average value of at least one piece of the common information that have values within a scope of not exceeding a prefixed variance among multiple pieces of the common information classified into a same type.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the specialized information filtering part filters the multiple pieces of the specialized information by using at least one of a security filter, a policy filter, a subdividing filter, a combining filter, and a classifying filter.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the common information matching part and the specialized information filtering part operate whenever a certain time interval elapses or a prearranged event is generated.

21. One or more non-transitory computer-readable recording media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

(a) classifying, via a vehicle head unit, a plurality of pieces of information entered from multiple applications of at least one mobile terminal connected with a template of the vehicle head unit into either common information or specialized information;

(b) deciding the common information and the specialized information to be provided to the template by matching, via the head unit, multiple pieces of common information entered from the multiple applications with a matching algorithm;

(c) filtering, via the head unit, multiple pieces of specialized information entered therefrom from the multiple applications with a filtering module; and

(d) providing the matched common information and the filtered specialized information through the template.