Trip plan sharing and matching method

• US 9,317,617 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAIGE, TYLER D
• Application Number:
  US14/484,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 701/532, 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• 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 21/3896 Transmission of map data from central databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A trip plan sharing and matching method is disclosed. The method allows a user can edit a destination datum by a map website. When the user presses a share button via a mobile device, the map website transmits the destination datum to a web serve and stores the destination datum in the mobile device account of the web server. The mobile device periodically transmits a first matching message to the web server. When the vehicle mounted device enables a share reception, the vehicle mounted device periodically transmits a second matching message to the web server. If the web server confirms the first matching message to the second matching message, the web serve transmits the destination datum to the vehicle mounted device and then the vehicle mounted device executes a navigation process according to the destination datum.

Claims

1. A trip plan sharing and matching method, comprising the following steps:

(a) a database of a web server comprising at least one vehicle mounted device account, at least one mobile device account and a map website, wherein the vehicle mounted device account comprises a basic datum of at least one vehicle mounted device and the mobile device account comprises a basic datum of at least one mobile device; and

a dedicated micro application of the map website is installed on the mobile device and the mobile device is connected to the web server;

a user edits a destination datum by the dedicated micro application of the map website;

when the user presses a share button, the method proceeds to the step (b);

(b) the dedicated micro application of the map website transmitting the destination datum to the web server and storing the destination datum in the mobile device account, wherein the mobile device transmits a first matching message to the web server every a second time period during a first time period; and

then the method proceeds to the step (c);

(c) when the vehicle mounted device enabling a share reception, the vehicle mounted device transmitting a second matching message every the second time period to the web server, wherein the web server determines whether the first matching message matches the second matching message;

when the first matching message sent from the mobile device to the web server matches the second matching message sent from the vehicle mounted device to the web server, the web server transmits the destination datum to the vehicle mounted device, and the method proceeds to the step (d); and

(d) the vehicle mounted device executing a navigation process according to the destination datum.

2. The method of the claim 1, wherein the basic datum of the vehicle mounted device is an universally unique identifier or a serial number.

3. The method of the claim 1, wherein the basic datum of the mobile device is a BLUETOOTH device location or an universally unique identifier.

4. The method of the claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

5. The method of the claim 1, wherein the mobile device communicates with the web server by 3G®

, 4G®

, 5G®

, WI-FI®

or Internet.

6. The method of the claim 1, wherein the first time period is two minutes, and the second time period is two seconds.

7. The method of the claim 1, wherein the vehicle mounted device is a vehicle mounted computer, a vehicle mounted audio, a vehicle mounted head-up display device or a GPS device.

8. The method of the claim 1, wherein the step (c) further comprising the following step:

if there being multiple first matching message from multiple mobile devices matching the second matching message of the vehicle mounted device, the web server transmitting multiple destination data to the vehicle mounted device, wherein these destination data are displayed on a display of the vehicle mounted device and a driver chooses one of these destination data for the vehicle mounted device to execute the navigation process.

9. The method of the claim 1, wherein the first matching message and the second matching message respectively comprise a speed, a direction and a coordinate.