Trip planning method by using an automotive product

• US 9,273,974 B1
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Tyler J
• Application Number:
  US14/515,228
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 701/36, 701/400, 701/409, 701/410, 701/420, 701/462, 701/522, 701/524, 701/532, 701/533
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

A trip planning method by using an automotive product includes: connecting, by an application program, a mobile device to a network server; editing a destination file on the mobile device, skipping to a step 2 after sending out a transfer instruction by a user; the step 2 of detecting, by the application program, whether the mobile device is connected to an automotive product; if yes, sending the destination file to the automotive product, and skipping to a step 4; if not, sending and saving the destination file in the mobile device account, then skipping to a step 3 which includes connecting the mobile device and the automotive product, by the user, to the automotive product and the network server, respectively, and acquiring the destination file from the network server, then skipping to the step 4 which includes carrying out navigation by the automotive product based on the destination file.

Claims

1. A trip planning method by using an automotive product comprising the following steps:

a step 1 of forming a database on a network server, the database having at least one mobile device account and a map site, the least one mobile device account at least including a basic data of a mobile device connected to the network server via an application program;

editing, by a user, a destination file on the mobile device, going to a step 2 after sending out a transfer instruction by the user;

the step 2 of detecting, by the application program, whether the mobile device is connected to an automotive product;

sending, by the application program, the destination file which includes GPS coordinates or an address of a destination to the automotive product, and skipping to a step 4, if the mobile device is found to be connected to the automotive product;

sending the destination file, by the application program, to the network server and saving the destination file in the mobile device account, then going to a step 3, if the mobile device is found to be disconnected from the automotive product;

the step 3 of connecting the mobile device, by the user, to the automotive product;

acquiring, by the automotive product, the basic data of the mobile device;

connecting the automotive product to the network server for data transmission, and sending out the basic data of the mobile device;

detecting, by the network server, whether the basic data of the mobile device is saved in the mobile device account or not, if yes, sending, by the network server, the destination file saved in the mobile device account to the automotive product, and going to the step 4; and

the step 4 of carrying out navigation by the automotive product based on the destination file.

2. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the step 2, the mobile-device display area of the mobile device displays a sent sign after the destination file is sent from the mobile device to the automotive product by the application program.

3. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the step 2, the mobile-device display area displays a disconnected sign, if the application program detects that the mobile device is disconnected from the automotive product.

4. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the basic data of the mobile device is a media access control address or a universally unique identifier.

5. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

6. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device is connected to the network server in a wireless manner to perform data transmission.

7. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the automotive product is connected to the mobile device to perform data transmission.

8. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the automotive product is a vehicle mount computer, car audio, head-up display device, or satellite navigation device.

9. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the destination file further includes the name, map, explanatory notes of the destination.

10. The trip planning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the destination file includes name and address of a destination but does not contain GPS coordinates, after receiving the address, the automotive product will analyze the GPS coordinates of the destination and locate the destination by comparing with the database.