Location information management method and apparatus of mobile terminal

• US 9,513,123 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2014
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Heo, Dong Kyu, Pyo, Jong Sun, Jung, Jae Hee, Jung, Suk In, Kwak, Byoung Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US14/243,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 701/424, 701/201, 701/410, 455/456.1, 455/456.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing location information of a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes obtaining one or more point sites associated with a movement characteristic of an electronic device, determining a current position of the electronic device, determining a route based on the current position and the one or more point sites, and presenting the route on a map via a display operably coupled to the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more point sites associated with a movement characteristic of an electronic device;

determining a current position of the electronic device using a global positioning system unit;

automatically selecting a point site of the one or more point sites to be a destination of a route in accordance with the movement characteristic of the electronic device;

determining the route based on the current position and the selected point site; and

presenting the determined route on a map via a display operably coupled to the electronic device,

wherein the route connects the current position of the electronic device and the selected point site based in part on a location which the electronic device has passed,

wherein the obtaining of the one or more point sites comprises;

determining a stop region, based at least in part on a tarrying time of the electronic device at the stop region; and

selecting a point within the stop region,

wherein the determining of the route comprises determining a moving direction of the electronic device, and

wherein the determined route connects the current position with the selected point site in accordance with the moving direction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically selecting the point site of the one or more point sites comprises:

determining a path associated with the electronic device, the path comprising a plurality of points and a plurality of path segments connecting the plurality of points; and

selecting a point at which an angle between two of the plurality of path segments of the path is larger than a threshold angle from the plurality of points.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the route comprises:

determining an interest area within a specified radius from the current position,

wherein the determined route connects the current position with the selected point site, the point site being within the interest area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises presenting information corresponding to the selected point site on the map at least in part in a form of at least one of a graphical symbol and text.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an interest area based on an information access to an interest site; and

managing a preference level of the interest site based on at least one of time, category, location and contact information of the interest site.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining of the interest area comprises determining the interest area based at least in part on at least one of the interest site and the preference level of the interest site.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the presenting comprises presenting information corresponding to the interest site on the map at least in part in a form of at least one of a graphical symbol or text.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a positioning unit configured to determine a current position of the apparatus;

a control unit configured to;

obtain one or more point sites associated with a movement characteristic of the apparatus,

automatically select a point site of the one or more point sites to be a destination of a route in accordance with the movement characteristic of the apparatus, and

determine the route based on the current position and the selected point site; and

a display unit configured to present the determined route on a map,

wherein the route connects the current position of the apparatus and the selected point site based in part on a location which the apparatus has passed,

wherein the control unit comprises;

a stop point determiner configured to;

determine a stop region, based at least in part on a tarrying time of the apparatus at the stop region, and

select a point within the stop region,

wherein the determining of the route comprises determining a moving direction of the electronic device, and

wherein the determined route connects the current position with the selected point site in accordance with the moving direction.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit comprises:

a route learner configured to;

determine a path associated with the apparatus, the path comprising a plurality of points and a plurality of path segments connecting the plurality of points, and

select a point at which an angle between two of the plurality of path segments of the path is larger than a threshold angle from the plurality of points.

10. The apparatus of claim 8,

wherein the control unit is further configured to determine an interest area within a specified radius from the current position, and

wherein the determined route connects the current position with the selected point site, the point site being within the interest area.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit comprises an interest site detector configured to:

determine an interest area, and

manage a preference level of an interest site.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the interest area based at least in part on at least one of the interest site and the preference level of the interest site.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display unit is configured to present information corresponding to at least one of selected point sites and the interest site on the map at least in part in a form of at least one of a graphical symbol or text.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining one or more point sites associated with a movement characteristic of an electronic device;

determining a current position of the electronic device using a global positioning system unit;

automatically selecting a point site of the one or more point sites to be a destination of a route in accordance with the movement characteristic of the electronic device;

determining the route based on the current position and the selected point site; and

presenting the determined route on a map via a display operably coupled to the electronic device,

wherein the route connects the current position of the electronic device and the selected point site based in part on a location which the electronic device has passed,

wherein the obtaining of the one or more point sites comprises;

determining a stop region, based at least in part on a tarrying time of the electronic device at the stop region; and

selecting a point within the stop region,

wherein the determining of the route comprises determining a moving direction of the electronic device, and

wherein the determined route connects the current position with the selected point site in accordance with the moving direction.