Method for transferring route and device therefor

• US 9,903,721 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2014
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Jaehyuk, Ahn, Hongbeom
• Primary Examiner(s): Mawari, Redhwan K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hutchinson, Alan D
• Application Number:
  US14/759,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20150338220A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,506 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A method for transferring a route of a trip identified by departure and destination which are calculated by a server to a third terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a terminal, and the departure is a position of the third terminal defined as an identifier (Id) of the third terminal, and the destination is a current position of the terminal. The method comprises the steps of: requesting a server to transfer a route to the third terminal, wherein the route is transferred to the third terminal according to the request for the route transfer; requesting registration in a notification service with respect to the third terminal to the server, wherein the notification service is set in order to notify the terminal that a specific operation of the third terminal is performed if the specific operation is performed; receiving, from the server, a notification for indicating that the specific operation of the third terminal is performed, when the specific operation of the third terminal is performed; and transmitting an updated position of the terminal to the server when the terminal moves from a previously reported position to a predetermined distance, if the notification indicates that the third terminal has requested reception of update information with respect to the route.

Claims

1. A method of delivering a route identified by an origin and a destination calculated by a server to a first terminal, the method being performed by a second terminal, the origin being a position of the first terminal and the destination being a current position of the second terminal, the method comprising:

requesting, by the second terminal to the server, delivery of the route to the first terminal, the route being delivered to the first terminal according to the request for delivery of the route,

wherein the route delivered to the first terminal is calculated by the server;

requesting, by the second terminal to the server, a subscription to a notification service related to the first terminal, the notification service being configured to notify the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred;

receiving, by the second terminal, a notification that the specific operation of the first terminal has occurred from the server, when the specific operation of the first terminal occurs; and

when the notification indicates that the first terminal has requested reception of update information related to the route, transmitting, by the second terminal, an updated position of the second terminal to the server when the second terminal moves from a previously reported position by a predetermined distance,

wherein a new route from the first terminal to the second terminal based on the updated position is transmitted to the first terminal,

wherein the new route transmitted to the first terminal is calculated by the server based on the updated position.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising indicating, by the second terminal, whether the update information related to the route is provided to the first terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising setting, by the second terminal, a validity period in which a provision of the update information related to the route to the first terminal is permitted.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the second terminal, notification that the first terminal has acquired the new route from the server, when the first terminal acquires the new route.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the route or the update information related to the route is delivered to the first terminal using a specific uniform resource locator (URL).

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific operation of the first terminal includes the request for reception of the update information related to the route.

7. A method of delivering a route identified by an origin and a destination calculated by a server to a first terminal, the method being performed by the server, the origin being a position of the first terminal and the destination being a current position of a second terminal, the method comprising:

calculating, by the server, the route from the origin to the destination,

receiving, by the server, a request for delivery of the route to the first terminal from the second terminal,

delivering, by the server, the route to the first terminal according to the request for delivery of the route;

creating, by the server, a notification service that notifies the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred when a request for a subscription to the notification service related to the first terminal is received from the first terminal, wherein the notification service being configured to notify the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred;

transmitting, by the server, a notification that the specific operation of the first terminal has occurred to the second terminal, when the specific operation of the first terminal occurs; and

receiving, by the server, an updated position of the second terminal from the second terminal when the second terminal moves from a previously reported position by a predetermined distance when the notification indicates that the first terminal has requested reception of update information related to the route,

calculating, by the server, a new route based on the updated position,

wherein the new route from the first terminal to the second terminal based on the updated position is transmitted to the first terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising transmitting, by the server to the second terminal, notification that the first terminal has acquired the new route, when the first terminal acquires the new route.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising delivering, by the server, the route, information related to the route, or update information related to the route to the first terminal using a specific uniform resource locator (URL).

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the specific operation of the first terminal includes the request for reception of the update information related to the route.

11. A second terminal that delivers a route identified by an origin and a destination calculated by a server to first terminal, the origin being a position of the first terminal and the destination being a current position of the second terminal, the second terminal comprising:

a transceiver that communicates with the server; and

a processor that;

acquires update information of the route based on information received from the server,

requests, to the server, delivery of the route to the first terminal, the route being delivered to the first terminal according to the request for delivery of the route,

wherein the route delivered to the first terminal is calculated by the server;

requests, to the server, a subscription to a notification service related to the first terminal, the notification service being configured to notify the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred;

receives, from the server, a notification that the specific operation of the first terminal has occurred from the server, when the specific operation of the first terminal occurs; and

when the notification indicates that the first terminal has requested reception of update information related to the route, transmits, to the server, an updated position of the second terminal when the second terminal moves from a previously reported position by a predetermined distance,

wherein a new route from the first terminal to the second terminal based on the updated position is transmitted to the first terminal,

wherein the new route transmitted to the first terminal is calculated by the server based on the updated position.

12. A server that delivers a route identified by an origin and a destination calculated by a server to a first terminal, the origin being a position of the first terminal and the destination being a current position of a second terminal, the server comprising:

a transceiver that communicates with the first and second terminals; and

a processor that;

calculates the route from the origin to the destination,

creates update information of the route based on information received from the second terminal,

receives a request for delivery of the route to the first terminal from the second terminal,

delivers the route to the first terminal according to the request for delivery of the route;

creates a notification service that notifies the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred when a request for a subscription to the notification service related to the first terminal is received from the first terminal, wherein the notification service being configured to notify the second terminal that specific operation of the first terminal has occurred;

transmits a notification that the specific operation of the first terminal has occurred to the second terminal, when the specific operation of the first terminal occurs; and

receives an updated position of the second terminal from the second terminal when the second terminal moves from a previously reported position by a predetermined distance when the notification indicates that the first terminal has requested reception of update information related to the route,

calculates a new route based on the updated position,

wherein the new route from the first terminal to the second terminal based on the updated position is transmitted to the first terminal.