Mobile wireless device providing off-line and on-line geographic navigation information
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1. A wireless communications system including:
- a first radio-frequency transceiver within a wireless mobile communications device and an associated first antenna to which the first radio-frequency transceiver is coupled, wherein the first radio-frequency transceiver is configured for radio-frequency communication with a wireless communications network;
a first processor within the wireless mobile communications device coupled to the at least one first radio-frequency transceiver programmed to receive information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device and generate an indication of a location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to geographic features according to mapping information stored within the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the first processor determines user navigation information and displays the user navigation information according to the location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to the geographic features and a destination specified at the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the first processor further sends the user navigation information to the network as a number of segments, wherein at least one other processor outside the network updates the user navigation information in conformity with traffic congestion information accessible to the at least one other processor outside the network by computing a numerical value for the segments corresponding to the expected time to travel through the segments, updates the user navigation information in conformity with the numerical values for the segments, and sends the updated user navigation information to the wireless mobile communications device;
at least one second radio-frequency transceiver and an associated at least one second antenna of the wireless communications network to which the second radio-frequency transceiver is coupled; and
a second processor coupled to the at least one second radio-frequency transceiver programmed to acquire the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the second processor selectively acquires the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device dependent on the setting of preference flags, wherein the second processor acquires the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that permits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the second processor does not acquire the information indicative of the location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that prohibits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device.
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Abstract
A mobile device, wireless network and their method of operation provide both on-line (connected) navigation operation, as well as off-line navigation from a local database within the mobile device. Routing according to the navigation system can be controlled by traffic congestion measurements made by the wireless network that allow the navigation system to select the optimum route based on expected trip duration.
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1. A wireless communications system including:
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a first radio-frequency transceiver within a wireless mobile communications device and an associated first antenna to which the first radio-frequency transceiver is coupled, wherein the first radio-frequency transceiver is configured for radio-frequency communication with a wireless communications network; a first processor within the wireless mobile communications device coupled to the at least one first radio-frequency transceiver programmed to receive information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device and generate an indication of a location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to geographic features according to mapping information stored within the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the first processor determines user navigation information and displays the user navigation information according to the location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to the geographic features and a destination specified at the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the first processor further sends the user navigation information to the network as a number of segments, wherein at least one other processor outside the network updates the user navigation information in conformity with traffic congestion information accessible to the at least one other processor outside the network by computing a numerical value for the segments corresponding to the expected time to travel through the segments, updates the user navigation information in conformity with the numerical values for the segments, and sends the updated user navigation information to the wireless mobile communications device; at least one second radio-frequency transceiver and an associated at least one second antenna of the wireless communications network to which the second radio-frequency transceiver is coupled; and a second processor coupled to the at least one second radio-frequency transceiver programmed to acquire the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the second processor selectively acquires the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device dependent on the setting of preference flags, wherein the second processor acquires the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that permits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the second processor does not acquire the information indicative of the location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that prohibits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing navigation information within a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
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at a wireless mobile communications device coupled to the wireless communications network and having a first radio-frequency transceiver coupled to an associated first antenna, receiving information indicative of a location of the mobile wireless communications device; within the wireless mobile communications device, a first processor within the wireless mobile communications device coupled to the first radio-frequency transceiver generating an indication of a location of the at least one wireless mobile communications device with respect to geographic features according to mapping information retrieved from a storage within the wireless mobile communications device; the first processor determining user navigation information; sending the user navigation information to the at least one other processor outside the network as a number of segments; at a remote location within the at least one other processor outside the network, updating the user navigation information in conformity with traffic congestion information accessible to the remote location within the network by computing a numerical value for the segments corresponding to the expected time to travel through the segments, and wherein the updating is performed in conformity with the numerical values for the number of segments; sending the updated user navigation information to the wireless mobile communications device; the first processor displaying the user navigation information according to the location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to the geographic features and a destination specified by the wireless mobile communications device; within the wireless communications network, a second processor coupled to at least one second radio-frequency transceiver coupled to an associated second antenna selectively acquiring the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communication device in dependence on a setting of preference flags, wherein the selectively acquiring the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that permits tracking of the user of the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the selectively determining does not acquire the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device if the preference flags are set to a state that prohibits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless mobile communications device including:
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a radio-frequency transceiver and an associated antenna to which the radio-frequency transceiver is coupled, wherein the radio-frequency transceiver is configured for radio-frequency communication with a wireless communications network; and a first processor coupled to the at least one radio-frequency transceiver programmed to receive a location of the wireless mobile communications device and generate an indication of a location of the at least one wireless mobile communications device with respect to geographic features according to mapping information stored within the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the first processor determines whether or not the mapping information stored within the wireless mobile communications device is sufficient to display the navigation information to the user, responsive to the first processor determining that the mapping information is not sufficient, the first processor requesting additional mapping information from at least one other processor outside the wireless communications network and responsive to the first processor requesting additional mapping information from the at least one other processor outside the wireless communications network, receiving the additional mapping information from the at least one other processor outside the wireless communications network and updating the mapping information stored within the wireless mobile communications device, wherein the first processor determines and displays the navigation information to the user using the additional mapping information, the location of the wireless mobile communications device with respect to the geographic features and a destination specified by the user at the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the first processor communicates to the mobile communications network a setting of preference flags, wherein the first processor further sends the user navigation information to the at least one other processor outside of the network, wherein the at least one other processor outside of the network updates the user navigation information in conformity with traffic congestion information accessible to the other processor coupled to the network and transmits the updated user navigation information to the mobile device, wherein the first processor further sends the user navigation information to the at least one other processor outside of the network as a number of segments, and wherein the at least one other processor outside of the network computes a numerical value for each segment corresponding to the expected time to travel through the segment and wherein the user navigation information is updated in conformity with the numerical values for the number of segments, wherein the mobile communications network selectively acquires information indicative of a location of the mobile communications device and communicates the information indicative of a location of the wireless mobile communications device to the wireless mobile communications device dependent on the setting of the preference flags, wherein if the preference flags are set to a state that permits tracking of the user of the wireless mobile communications device the at least one other processor outside the wireless communications network receives the location of the wireless mobile communications device, and wherein if the preference flags are set to a state that prohibits tracking of the wireless mobile communications device, the at least one other processor outside the wireless communications network does not receive the location of the wireless mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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