Personal wireless navigation system

• US 20120254804A1
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Goddard, Mark, Upparapalli, Nidhi, Peterson, Ryan, Sheha, Michael A., Archer, John, Ewing, Germaine, Venkatraman, Gopal, Bychowski, Tom, McKnight, Kristy, Petilli, Stephen, Paydavousi, Jam
• Application Number:
  US13/067,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/834
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A personal wireless navigation system operable on wireless phone devices provides a platform for empowering a merchant-paid search. Performance of a navigation functionality in a personal wireless navigation system is higher and more comparable and competitive with portable navigation devices and in-car navigation systems, and the search capability is comparable and competitive with the most popular web search engines. A user interface (UI) and look and feel of the personal wireless navigation system is provided which is enhanced so that users do not simply want to use the product—they covet it. The personal wireless navigation system may be constructed such that a subset of it with fewer features and functions can be productized, marketed and deployed to users.

Claims

1. A carousel user interface for a personal wireless device, comprising:

a circular-depicted carousel comprising a plurality of carousel pages of information sources, said carousel being visually rotated about a center, and said carousel continuously rotating sequentially said plurality of carousel pages of information sources, and repeating said rotation in a same order on subsequent full rotations of said carousel;

wherein said carousel further comprises at least one carousel page of changing information that changes upon each full rotation of said carousel.

2. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of information sources depicted on said carousel comprises:

a weather forecast for said current location of said personal wireless device.

3. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of information sources depicted on said carousel comprises:

gas prices at gas stations within a region around a current location of said personal wireless device.

4. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of information sources depicted on said carousel comprises:

movies at theatres in a region around a current location of said personal wireless device.

5. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of information sources depicted on said carousel comprises:

information identifying an upcoming event in a region including said current location of said personal wireless device.

6. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one page of changing information comprises:

a product tip.

7. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 6, wherein:

said product tip relates to an application running on said personal wireless device.

8. The carousel user interface for a personal wireless device according to claim 7, wherein:

said application running on said personal wireless device is a navigation system.

9. A method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device, comprising:

assembling said plurality of carousel pages of information visually into a carousel that rotates about a center point, said plurality of carousel pages of information displaying information readable from a direction outside a perimeter of said carousel; and

changing a content of one of said plurality of carousel pages of information after each rotation of said carousel beyond when said one of said plurality of carousel pages of information is displayed front and center;

wherein said carousel is rotated in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction by hand gestures on a touch screen of said personal wireless device.

10. The method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device according to claim 9, wherein:

said content of said one of said plurality of carousel pages of information is changed after each full 360 degree rotation of said carousel.

11. The method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of pages of information comprise:

at least one carousel page of weather information.

12. The method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of pages of information comprise:

at least one carousel page of gas station prices information.

13. The method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of pages of information comprise:

at least one carousel page of movie information identifying movies currently playing at theatres in a region around a current location of said personal wireless device.

14. The method of displaying a plurality of pages of information on a personal wireless device according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of pages of information comprise:

information identifying an upcoming event in a region including said current location of said personal wireless device.