NAVIGATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20100010738A1
• Filed: 07/09/2009
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Dae Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures

Abstract

A navigation service system and a navigation service method are provided. The navigation service system includes a mobile device, and a web server for communicating with the mobile device, the mobile device includes a display unit for displaying at least one navigation widget icon, a wireless communication unit for executing wireless communications with the web server, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module for receiving location information of the mobile device, a memory unit for storing a navigation widget, and a navigation widget controller for controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit the location information of the mobile device to the web server, for controlling the wireless communication unit to receive map data related to the location information from the web server, and for controlling the display unit to display the map data and the location information.

Claims

1. A navigation service system, the system comprising:

a mobile device; and

a web server for communicating with the mobile device, the mobile device comprising;

a display unit for displaying at least one navigation widget icon;

a wireless communication unit for executing wireless communications with the web server;

a Global Positioning System (GPS) module for receiving location information of the mobile device;

a memory unit for storing a navigation widget; and

a navigation widget controller for controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit the location information of the mobile device to the web server, for controlling the wireless communication unit to receive map data related to the location information from the web server, and for controlling the display unit to display the map data and the location information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation widget controller controls the wireless communication unit to transmit to the web server a keyword used for searching a destination, and controls the wireless communication unit to receive a list of candidate destinations related to the keyword from the web server.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the navigation widget controller controls the wireless communication unit to transmit a selected one of the candidate destinations to the web server, controls the wireless communication unit to receive map data related to the selected destination from the web server, and controls the display unit to display the map data related to the selected destination and the location information.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising a database connected to the web server for storing a list of destinations and the map data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the list of destinations in the database comprises a list of addresses in connection with destinations.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the map data comprise display format data, road line data and route guidance data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation widget comprises an Open Application Programming Interface (API) which the web server provides.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation widget comprises instructions for the GPS module to receive the location information of the mobile device from a GPS satellite, and instructions for the wireless communication unit to transmit the location information to the web server.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the navigation widget comprises instructions for the wireless communication unit to receive the list of candidate destinations and the map data from the web server.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation widget comprises instructions for the display unit to display the location information on the map data.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation widget is activated by the navigation widget controller.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises an audio processing unit for providing a navigation voice service.

13. A navigation service method using a mobile device which comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, a navigation widget controller, a wireless communication unit and a display unit, the method comprising:

receiving location information of the mobile device through the GPS module controlled by the navigation widget controller;

transmitting the location information to a web server through the wireless communication unit controlled by the navigation widget controller;

receiving map data related to the location information from the web server through the wireless communication unit controlled by the navigation widget controller; and

displaying the map data and the location information on the display unit controlled by the navigation widget controller.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting to the web server a keyword used for searching for a destination and receiving a list of candidate destinations related to the keyword from the web server through the wireless communication unit controlled by the navigation widget controller;

transmitting a selected one of the candidate destinations to the web server through the wireless communication unit controlled by the navigation widget controller; and

receiving map data related to the selected destination from the web server and displaying the map data related to the selected destination and the location information on the display unit controlled by the navigation widget controller.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the location information and the map data are received when the navigation widget controller activates a navigation widget.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the map data comprise display format data, road line data and route guidance data.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the navigation widget comprises an Open Application Programming Interface (API) which the web server provides.