Method for Tourist Guiding and Showing Information of Tourist Spots Using Mobile Device

• US 20080256215A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Wei
• Application Number:
  US11/952,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20080256215A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for tourist guiding and showing information of tourist spots using a mobile device. The method comprises: an information center picking up information of a tourist spot from a database according to a request of a user and transmitting the information to a car electronic device, wherein the information comprises identification data of an identification device installed in the tourist spot; the user downloading the information from the car electronic device by the mobile device; and the mobile device displaying the information of the tourist spot according to the identification data after the user uses the mobile device to read the identification device.

Claims

1. A method for tourist guiding and showing information of tourist spots using a mobile device, the method comprising:

an information center picking up information of a tourist spot from a database according to a request of a user and transmitting the information to a car electronic device, wherein the information comprises identification data of an identification device installed in the tourist spot;

the user downloading the information from the car electronic device by the mobile device; and

the mobile device displaying the information of the tourist spot according to the identification data after the user uses the mobile device to read the identification device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising a step of:

the user updating the information of the tourist spot.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user transmits the request from the car electronic device.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the car electronic device comprises a global positioning system (GPS).

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request comprises the address or the name of the tourist spot.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the identification device is a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the identification device is a barcode.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user transmits the request to the information center through the Internet.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user transmits the request to the information center through a telephone voice service.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user transmits the request to the information center through a mobile communication service using the mobile device.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile device communicates with the car electronic device using Bluetooth, near-field communication (NFC) or infrared ray communication.

13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile device communicates with the car electronic device using a transmission line.

14. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the car electronic device communicates with the information center using general packet radio service (GPRS) or third generation (3G) communication.

15. A method for tourist guiding and showing information of tourist spots using a mobile device, the method comprising steps of:

installing an identification device on each of a plurality of objects for identification;

storing description information of each of the plurality of objects into an information center;

downloading the description information from the information center using a mobile device; and

displaying the description information corresponding to one of the plurality of objects on the mobile device after the mobile device reads the identification device on the one of the plurality of objects.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the plurality of objects are disposed in a tourist spot.

17. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the mobile device downloads the description information corresponding to the plurality of objects from the information center using a wireless communication service.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the wireless communication service is Bluetooth, near-field communication (NFC) or infrared ray communication.

19. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the identification device is a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

20. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).