LOCATION IMPORTATION DATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, LOCATION DATA IMPORTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPORTING LOCATION DATA

• US 20100168995A1
• Filed: 06/04/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TomTom International BV (TomTom NV)
• Original Assignee: TomTom International BV (TomTom NV)
• Inventors: Van Der Meer, Sander
• Application Number:
  US12/451,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20100168995A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A location importation data delivery apparatus is disclosed, including a communications interface capable of receiving, when in use, a request to send location importation data for importation of at least part thereof into a navigation apparatus. The apparatus also includes a processing resource arranged to generate the location importation data. In at least one embodiment, the location importation data is organized in accordance with a data structure definition and the processing resource is arranged to provide the location importation data using a request/response communications protocol in response to the request to send the location importation data.

Claims

1. A location importation data delivery apparatus comprising:

a communications interface capable of receiving, when in use, a request to send location importation data for importation of at least part thereof into a navigation apparatus; and

a processing resource arranged to generate the location importation data, the location importation data being organized in accordance with a data structure definition, wherein the processing resource is arranged to provide the location importation data using a request/response communications protocol in response to the request to send the location importation data.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the request/response communications protocol is a content transfer protocol.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the request/response communications protocol is a hypertext transfer protocol.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the location importation data is encoded as a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the request is made in accordance with the request/response communications protocol and comprises location information; and

wherein the processing resource is arranged to process the request by converting the location information into the location importation data.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the location information is organized in accordance with another data structure definition.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the location information is encoded as a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing resource is arranged to record information relating to the request.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing resource is arranged to perform statistical analysis in respect of recorded information relating to requests.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing resource is arranged to determine whether a device management application is remotely installed for managing the navigation apparatus.

11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing resource is arranged to provide the location importation data by directing a response to the request to the device management application.

12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing resource is arranged to provide the location importation data by directing a response to the request directly to the navigation apparatus.

13. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the location importation data comprises a command relating to importation of the location importation data.

14. A server comprising the location importation data delivery apparatus as claimed in claim 1.

15. A location data importation system comprising:

a location importation data delivery apparatus as claimed in claim 1; and

a client terminal capable of communicating the request to send the location importation data to the location importation data delivery apparatus.

16. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the client terminal is arranged to receive the location importation data from the location importation data delivery apparatus and determine a connectivity state between the client terminal and the navigation apparatus;

wherein the client terminal is arranged to defer response to the location importation data in response to a lack of connectivity.

17. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the client terminal is arranged to implement an operational function for the navigation apparatus in response to the received location importation data.

18. A location data system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the operational function is a navigation-related operation.

19. A location data system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the navigation-related operation is navigation to a geographic location corresponding to at least part of the location importation data or the navigation-related operation is displaying the geographic location on a map.

20. A location data system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the operational function is storage of at least part of the location importation data as a point of interest or the operational function is storage of at least part of the location importation data as a set of points of interest or the operational function is storage of at least part of the location importation data as a favourite location.

22. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the client terminal is the navigation apparatus.

24. A location data system as claimed in claim 22, wherein the navigation apparatus is arranged to implement the operational function.

25. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the location importation data delivery apparatus supports a search engine arranged to generate search results and the location importation data is derived from a search result of the search results.

26. A location data system as claimed in claim 36, further comprising:

a server arranged to generate the location information, wherein the server supports a search engine arranged to generate search results, and wherein the location information is derived from a search result from the search results.

31. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the client terminal is arranged to implement an operational function for the navigation apparatus in response to the received location importation data.

32. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the request/response communications protocol is a hypertext transfer protocol.

33. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the location information is encoded as a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI).

34. A location data system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the client terminal is arranged to implement an operational function for the navigation apparatus in response to the received location importation data.

35. A location data system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the client terminal supports a device management application, the device management application being able to communicate with the location importation data delivery apparatus and the navigation apparatus.

36. A location data importation system comprising:

a location importation data delivery apparatus as claimed in claim 5; and

a client terminal capable of communicating the request to send the location importation data to the location importation data delivery apparatus.

21. A location data system as claimed in 17, wherein the client terminal supports a device management application, the device management application being able to communicate with the location importation data delivery apparatus and the navigation apparatus.

23. A location data system as claimed in claim 21, wherein the device management application is arranged to implement the operational function.

27. A method of importing location data into a navigation apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a request to send location importation data for importation into the navigation apparatus;

generating the location importation data, the location importation data being organized in accordance with a data structure definition; and

providing the location importation data using a request/response communications protocol in response to the request to send the location importation data.

28. A computer program element comprising computer program code segments to make a computer execute the method as claimed in claim 27.

29. A computer program element as claimed in claim 28, embodied on a computer readable medium.

30. A computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to implement the method of claim 27.