Techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device

• US 9,164,160 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: George, Moses
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US13/445,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20120202520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/569.2, 455/421, 455/556.1, 340/338, 340/439, 343/702
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Various embodiments of systems and techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device are described. In one or more embodiments, the mobile computing device may comprise or implement hardware and/or software configured to determine arrival at a destination and what is situated at the destination.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining when a destination has been reached at least by sensing a loss of communication between a mobile communications device and a vehicle based communications device, wherein the destination has been reached by at least one of the mobile communications device, a user, or a vehicle of the vehicle based communications device; and

based at least on the sensing of the loss of communication;

determining a location of the destination;

determining a time of arrival at the location;

storing the time of arrival at the location;

ascertaining a description of what is situated at the location of the destination; and

storing a description of what is situated at the location of the destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is a short range wireless communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining when the destination has been reached further includes sensing when a key has been removed from the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ascertaining the description of what is situated at the location of the destination includes referring to a map database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the time of arrival at the location includes determining a date of arrival at the location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a time of departure from the location; and

storing the time of departure from the location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining the time of departure from the location includes sensing a resumption of communication between the mobile communications device and the vehicle based communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the description of what is situated at the location of the destination.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the time of arrival at the location of the destination.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that are executable and when executed cause a computing system to:

determine when a destination has been reached at least by sensing a loss of communication between a mobile communications device and a vehicle based communications device, wherein the destination has been reached by at least one of the mobile communications device, a user, or a vehicle of the vehicle based communications device; and

based at least on the sensing of the loss of communication, the instructions are executable and when executed cause the computing system to;

determine a location of the destination;

determine a time of arrival at the location;

store the time of arrival at the location;

ascertain a description of what is situated at the location of the destination; and

store a description of what is situated at the location of the destination.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the communication is a short range wireless communication.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to determine when the destination has been reached at least by sensing when a key has been removed from the vehicle.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to ascertain the description of what is situated at the location of the destination by referring to a map database.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to determine the time of arrival at the location by determining a date of arrival at the location.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to further:

determine a time of departure from the location; and

store the time of departure from the location.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to determine the time of departure from the location by sensing a resumption of communication between the mobile communications device and the vehicle based communication device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to further retrieve the description of what is situated at the location of the destination.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the computing system to further retrieve the time of arrival at the location of the destination.