Global positioning system with internet capability

• US 8,990,003 B1
• Filed: 04/04/2007
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Losch, Scott C Harris, Scott Harris
• Original Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
• Inventors: Harris, Scott C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Bhavesh V
• Application Number:
  US11/696,557
• Time in Patent Office: 2,911 Days
• Field of Search: 701/420, 701/421, 701451-453, 701/483, 701/400, 701/414, 701/423, 701/465, 701/482
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence

Abstract

A webpage for a GPS device enables sending information automatically to the GPS device. The user can search on the search engine, and receive results. The results in the form of addresses or named in the automatically exported to the GPS device. The exporting may be wirelessly or via a portable hard drive.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

on a first computer, operating a Web page that obtains information about a first destination; and

automatically transferring said information about said first destination addressed to a separate navigation device that is separate from said first computer in a way that provides information from which said separate navigation device navigates to said first destination,

wherein said first computer obtains said information from said Web page on said first computer that also provides address information and allows mapping functions based on said first destination, said Web page being a publically-accessible page which is accessible by the public, and said Web Page on said first computer also obtaining second information that uniquely identifies said separate navigation device and sends said information to said separate navigation device,

where said first computer obtains said information from said web page at a second time, said web page sends said information at a first time, and where said second time is at least two minutes after said first time.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein said Web page also provides traffic guiding information.

3. A method as in claim 1, further comprising using a navigation device which has the capability of obtaining traffic information, and said automatically transferring comprises sending the information about the first destination over the same channel that carries the traffic information.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein said automatically transferring comprises using a portable storage device to transfer the information from the first computer to the navigation device.

5. A method comprising:

on a first computer, obtaining information about a first destination;

automatically transferring said information about said first destination to a separate navigation device that is separate from said first computer in a way that allows said separate navigation device to navigate to said first destination; and

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on said first computer, entering supplemental information about the first destination including at least one piece of information which indicates temporal information about when to guide to the first destination including entering information indicative of a time in the future and an indication to guide to the first destination starting at said time in the future, and said transferring transfers information to the separate navigation device indicating to navigate starting at said time in the future.

6. A method as in claim 5, wherein said first computer transfer said information at a first time, said separate navigation device receives the information at a second time, and where said second time is at least 2 minutes later than said first time.

7. A navigation device, comprising:

a display and data entry keyboard;

a connection to receive satellite information for navigation;

a processor, that operates to plots a route based on said map data and said satellite information; and

a connection for destination data that has been produced on a remote device that is remote from said data entry keyboard, and has been exported by said remote device at a first time, and imported by said connection at a second time subsequent to said first time, where said second time is at least two minutes after said first time.

8. A device as in claim 7, wherein said connection is a wireless connection.

9. A device as in claim 8, wherein said device includes the capability of receiving traffic reports, and said wireless connection is the same connection that is used to receive said traffic reports.

10. A device as in claim 7, wherein said connection is a wired connection to a portable electronic storage unit.

11. A device as in claim 8, wherein said wireless connection is accessed via a webpage that allows entry of information and searching based on said information.

12. A device as in claim 11, wherein said webpage enables determining mapping information.

13. A method, comprising:

from a first computer, enabling determining an address on a webpage connected to the Internet; and

from said first computer, producing a control on said webpage that allows exporting the address to a navigation guidance device, wherein said webpage further comprising, responsive to actuating said control, wirelessly exporting the address to the navigation guidance device, wherein said wirelessly exporting comprises sending the address to the guidance device at a time delayed relative to when sending is requested, so that the address arrives at the guidance device at least two minutes after it is sent.

14. A method as in claim 13, further comprising responsive to actuating said control, exporting the address to a portable hard drive, and subsequently, importing the address from the portable hard drive to a navigation device and guiding to the address using said navigation device.

15. A method as in claim 13, wherein said webpage is a search engine.

16. A method as in claim 13, wherein said webpage also produces mapping information that shows a location of the address.