Multi-party navigational system

• US 9,888,343 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2016
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert W. Connors
• Original Assignee: Robert W. Connors
• Inventors: Connors, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): MARC-COLEMAN, MARTHE Y
• Application Number:
  US15/095,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 701484, 4554561, 4554562, 455 301
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A navigational system includes: a sender communication and data transfer device (“cdd”); a receiver cdd; a first cellular service having a first global positioning satellite (“GPS”) or multi-tower calculator (“MTC”) operating with the sender cdd; a second cellular service having a second GPS or MTC operating with receiver cdd; and an application server in operable communication with the first cellular service and the second cellular service, the application server including processing and memory operating with software programmed to enable a navigational route to be initiated by a user operating the sender cdd and, in cooperation with the first and second cellular services, generate and send the route to the receiver'"'"'s cdd, wherein the route is selected from multiple route options, at least one of the route options using a location obtained by one of the first and second GPS'"'"'s or MTC'"'"'s.

Claims

1. A navigational system comprising:

a sender communication and data transfer device (“

cdd”

);

a receiver cdd;

a first cellular service having a first global positioning satellite (“

GPS”

) or multi-tower calculator (“

MTC”

) operating with the sender cdd;

a second cellular service having a second GPS or MTC operating with the receiver cdd; and

an application server in operable communication with the first cellular service and the second cellular service, the application server including processing and memory operating with software programmed to enable a navigational route to be initiated by a user operating the sender cdd and, in cooperation with the first and second cellular services, generate and send the route to the receiver cdd, wherein the route is selected from multiple route options, at least one of the route options using a location obtained by one of the first and second GPS'"'"'s or MTC'"'"'s.

2. The navigational system of claim 1, wherein the multiple route options include different combinations of (i) the location obtained by the GPS or MTC and (ii) an inputted location.

3. The navigational system of claim 2, wherein one of the route options using (i) and (ii) includes a starting location being the location obtained by the GPS or MTC and a destination location being the inputted location.

4. The navigational system of claim 2, wherein one of the route options using (i) and (ii) includes a starting location being the inputted location and a destination location being the location obtained by the GPS or MTC.

5. The navigational system of claim 1, wherein the multiple route options include an additional route option in which starting and destination locations are both inputted locations.

6. The navigational system of claim 1, wherein the at least one route option using the location obtained by the GPS or MTC includes both starting and destination locations obtained by the GPS or MTC of the first and second cellular services.

7. The navigational system of claim 1, wherein the multiple route options are displayed as selectable choices on the sender cdd.

8. A navigational system comprising:

a sender communication and data transfer device (“

cdd”

);

a receiver cdd;

a cellular service having a global positioning satellite (“

GPS”

) or multi-tower calculator (“

MTC”

) operating with the sender cdd and the receiver cdd; and

an application server in operable communication with the cellular service, the application server including processing and memory operating with software programmed to enable a navigational route to be initiated by a user operating the sender cdd and, in cooperation with the cellular service, generate and send the route to the receiver cdd, wherein the route is selected from multiple route options, at least one of the route options using a location obtained by the GPS or MTC.

9. The navigational system of claim 8, wherein the multiple route options include different combinations of (i) the location obtained by the GPS or MTC and (ii) an inputted location.

10. The navigational system of claim 9, wherein one of the route options using (i) and (ii) includes a starting location being the location obtained by the GPS or MTC and a destination location being the inputted location.

11. The navigational system of claim 9, wherein one of the route options using (i) and (ii) includes a starting location being the inputted location and a destination location being the location obtained by the GPS or MTC.

12. The navigational system of claim 8, which includes an additional route option in which starting and destination locations are both inputted locations.

13. The navigational system of claim 8, wherein the at least one route option using the location obtained by the GPS or MTC includes both starting and destination locations obtained by the GPS or MTC.

14. The navigational system of claim 8, wherein the multiple route options are displayed as selectable choices on the sender cdd.

15. A navigational system for a communication and data transfer device (“

cdd”

) comprising;

an application provided on a sender cdd, the application including logic configured to cause multiple, selectable route options to be displayed on the sender cdd, wherein a sender may choose from the displayed multiple route options, the displayed multiple route options including (i) a first route option wherein the logic of the application employs starting and destination locations each obtained using location detection and (ii) a second route option wherein the logic of the application employs one of the starting and destination locations obtained using location detection and the other of the starting and destination locations inputted by the sender, and wherein the location detection is provided via a global positioning satellite (“

GPS”

) or a multi-tower calculator (“

MTC”

).

16. The navigational system of claim 15, wherein the application includes a third route option having both starting and destination locations inputted by the sender.

17. The navigational system of claim 15, wherein the sender cdd includes processing and memory configured to initiate sending a route generated by a selected one of the route options to a receiver cdd.

18. The navigational system of claim 15, wherein the application includes a location for entering an address for a receiver cdd.

19. The navigational system of claim 18, wherein the address is a cellular phone number or an electronic mail (email) address.

20. The navigational system of claim 15, wherein the application further includes a selectable option for the sender to obtain directions.