Method and system for managing delivery of content in a navigational environment

• US 9,109,918 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Griesmer, Stephen, Kandappan, Arun, Mehta, Neerav
• Primary Examiner(s): Lubin, Valerie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reyes, Reginald R
• Application Number:
  US12/072,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,731 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3626 Details of the output of route guidance instructions traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions
• 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: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/52 Determining velocity

Abstract

We have recognized a limitation that may arise when seeking to deliver both navigational and non-navigational content to a mobile user. The limitation is that the presentation of at least certain non-navigational content may interfere with presentation of the navigational content and vice versa. In accordance with an aspect of this invention, the above mentioned limitation is avoided by the following two steps. The first step is ascertaining an available window of time before a piece of navigational content needs to be presented to the mobile user. The second step is identifying a piece of non-navigational content which can be presented in its totality within the available window of time. Choosing non-navigational content which may be completely presented during an available window of time avoids the limitation noted above.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device equipped with a global positioning system, global positioning system information identifying a destination location;

determining, by the mobile device, a path of travel to the destination location from a current location based on the global positioning system information;

computing, by the mobile device, a first location on the path of travel at which a first turn should be made in order for the mobile device to stay on the path of travel;

prior to the mobile device arriving at the first location, aurally presenting by the mobile device a first turn instruction that provides aural information about a distance to the first turn;

computing, by the mobile device, a second location on the path of travel at which a second turn should be made subsequent to the first turn in order for the mobile device to remain on the path of travel;

determining, by the mobile device, a travel distance between the first location and the second location based on the global positioning system information;

determining, by the mobile device, a speed of travel based on the global positioning system information;

computing, by the mobile device, a window of time between the first location and the second location based on the travel distance and the speed at which the mobile device travels;

querying, by the mobile device, a database stored in memory for the window of time, the database storing associations between different names of advertisements and different windows of time;

retrieving, by the mobile device, one of the different names of the advertisements that matches the window of time;

retrieving, by the mobile device, an electronic file associated with the one of the different names of the advertisements; and

processing, by the mobile device, the electronic file for aural presentation during the window of time between the first location and the second location before aurally announcing the second turn.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising mapping the path of travel.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising generating an electronic map displaying the first location of the first turn.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying the second location of the second turn on the electronic map.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the window of time on the electronic map before aural announcement of the second turn.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising computing a remaining time in the window of time as the electronic file is aurally presented.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying the remaining time on the electronic map until the second turn is announced.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a graphical user interface.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising acquiring the global positioning system information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a preference that declines non-navigational content.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising wirelessly receiving the electronic file over a wireless channel.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an expiration of the window of time.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising projecting a time of the second location of the second turn based on the speed and the travel distance.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the electronic file in the memory of the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a preference for non-navigational content.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining multiple filenames are associated with the window of time in the database.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising prioritizing the aural presentation of different files that correspond to the multiple filenames.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a global positioning system; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving entry of a destination location in a graphical user interface;

determining a path of travel from a current location to the destination location based on receipt of global positioning system information;

determining a first location along the path of travel at which a first navigational instruction should be aurally announced;

aurally announcing the first navigational instruction to maintain the path of travel;

determining a second location along the path of travel at which a second navigational instruction should be aurally announced;

determining a travel distance between the first location and the second location;

computing a window of time between the first location and the second location based on the travel distance and a speed of travel;

querying a database for the window of time, the database storing associations between different filenames of advertisements and different windows of time;

retrieving one of the different filenames of advertisements that is associated with the window of time between the first location and the second location;

retrieving a file associated with the one of the different filenames of advertisements; and

processing the file for aural presentation during the window of time between the first location and the second location, wherein the file is played in time for aurally announcing the second navigational instruction.

19. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a global positioning system; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining navigational instructions from a current location to a destination location based on global positioning system information;

determining a duration of time between aural announcements of a first navigational instruction and a successive second navigational instruction, based on a speed and a distance determined from the global positioning system information;

querying a database for the duration of time, the database having entries that associate different filenames of advertisements to different durations of time;

determining a match between the duration of time and one of the entries in the database;

retrieving a filename of an advertisement in response to the match;

retrieving a file associated with the filename of the advertisement; and

processing the file for presentation such that the advertisement is presented during the duration of time before aural announcement of the successive second navigational instruction.