Method and apparatus for an up-to-date transportation notification system

• US 7,743,985 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Donnellan, Kevin G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US11/323,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20070155416A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• Field of Search: 235/384, 235/375, 455/563
• US Class Current: 235/384
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A method for receiving up-to-date transportation information at a user entity (120) in a wireless communication system (100) includes requesting up-to-date transportation information (502), determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired (506), requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information (510), and obtaining the desired up-to-date transportation information and providing the desired up-to-date transportation information (516, 518) to the user entity (120) for presentation to the user.

Claims

1. A method for receiving up-to-date transportation information at a user entity in an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a user entity input;

requesting up-to-date transportation information in response to detecting the user entity input;

determining a location of the user entity;

determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired in response to the location of the user entity, the user entity input and location group information, wherein the location group information is one or more predefined contacts associated with one or more predefined locations of a user entity commute route;

requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information;

obtaining the desired up-to-date transportation information; and

providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom,

wherein the desired up-to-date transportation information comprises up-to-date video information, and

wherein the step of detecting a user entity input comprises the step of receiving a predefined Push to Video (PTV) input from a PTT input button requesting the up-to-date video information, and

wherein the step of providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity comprises the step of transmitting streaming video information to the user entity for presentation of the streaming video information as the up-to-date video information to the user.

2. A method for receiving up-to-date transportation information at a user entity in an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

requesting up-to-date transportation information;

determining a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with desired up-to-date transportation information, wherein the URI includes contact information;

sending a session initiation protocol (SIP) invitation to the IMS network controller, the SIP invitation including the URI associated with the desired up-to-date transportation information and support information, the support information indicating capabilities of the user entity to support a media type associated with the contact information;

providing a push to talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) invitation to a PoC server, the PoC invitation comprising the SIP invitation;

retrieving one or more contacts, the one or more contacts determined in response to the contact information and a list of stored contacts for which the up-to-date transportation information is desired;

accessing internet sites corresponding to the one or more contacts, the internet sites having transportation information associated therewith, wherein the step of accessing the internet sites comprises the steps of;

the PoC server providing a location contact to a data management server;

the data management server providing a revised SIP to a internet access management server, the revised SIP including a location server URI in response to determining that the contact information identifies a location contact, a location server URI associated with the location contact defined by the contact information; and

the internet access management server initiating an internet session with the location contact if the location contact is an internet address contact in a contact database stored at the internet access management server; and

receiving session identification information from the internet access management server identifying the internet session initiated thereby; and

providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom, wherein the step of providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity comprises the step of joining to the internet session in response to receiving the session identification information.

3. A method for call setup in a location based push to talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) communication system comprising a PoC server and a push-to-commute management server coupled to the PoC server, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a PTT input at a user entity requesting up-to-date transportation information;

determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired by generating a set of user entities in response to the location of the user entity and a list of registered user entities stored at the push-to-commute management server;

requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information; and

providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of generating a set of user entities comprises the step of generating a set of user entities in response to the location of the user entity, a list of registered user entities stored at the push-to-commute management server, and registered user entity do-not-disturb information corresponding to each of the registered user entities.

5. A method for call setup in a location based push to talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) communication system comprising a PoC server, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a PTT input at a user entity requesting up-to-date transportation information;

determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired in response to a location of the user entity;

requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information; and

providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom, wherein the step of providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom comprises the step of providing the user with internet session options for defining the user entity participation in an internet session, the internet session options including the user entity taking the floor in the internet session, the user entity not having the floor in the internet session or the user not participating in the internet session while searching for another internet session.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the PoC communication system includes a push-to-commute management server coupled to the PoC server, and wherein the internet session options further include the user entity permitting the push-to-commute management server to allow a location based contact to have the floor in the internet session.

7. An internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) wireless communication system comprising:

one or more wireless communication devices comprising;

a first antenna for receiving and transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals for wireless communication in the IMS wireless communication system;

first receiver circuitry coupled to the first antenna for demodulating and decoding the RF signals;

transmitter circuitry for encoding and modulating information to provide modulated signals to the first antenna for transmission therefrom as RF signals;

user input keys for detecting a user entity input requesting up-to-date transportation information; and

a user entity controller coupled to user input keys and the transmitter circuitry for determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired in response to the user entity input, the controller generating IMS request information requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information and providing the request information to the transmitter circuitry for encoding and modulating thereby; and

a plurality of network base stations for receiving, demodulating and decoding RF signals from the one or more wireless communication devices to recover the IMS request information therefrom;

a radio access network controller coupled to the plurality of network base stations for receiving the IMS request information therefrom; and

an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network controller coupled to the radio access network controller for receiving the IMS request information and determining the desired up-to-date information therefrom, the IMS network controller obtaining the desired up-to-date transportation information and providing the desired up-to-date transportation information to the user entity for presentation to the user therefrom.

8. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the user input keys include a push to talk (PTT) input button, and wherein the user entity controller determines that the predefined input is a PTT over Cellular (PoC) input requesting up-to-date transportation information in response to a predefined input signal from the PTT input button.

9. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the one or more wireless communication devices further comprise:

a second antenna for receiving global positioning system (GPS) RF signals; and

second receiver circuitry coupled to the second antenna for receiving and demodulating the GPS RF signals to generate GPS information, the second receiver circuitry coupled to the user entity controller for providing the GPS information thereto, and wherein the user entity controller determines a location of the user entity in response to the user entity input and the GPS information, and wherein the controller determines which up-to-date transportation information is desired in response to the location of the user entity.

10. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the controller determines which one of the plurality of network base stations wherefrom the user entity is receiving RF signals when detecting the user entity input, the user entity controller further determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired in response to a location of the one of the plurality of network base stations.

11. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the user entity controller determines a location of the user entity and, in response to the location of the user entity, the user entity input and location group information, determines which up-to-date transportation information is desired, wherein the location group information is one or more predefined contacts associated with one or more predefined locations of a user entity commute route.

12. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the user entity controller further determines a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the desired up-to-date transportation information, the URI including contact information, and wherein the request information provided to the IMS Server comprises a session initiation protocol (SIP) invitation, the SIP invitation including the URI associated with the desired up-to-date transportation information and support information, the support information indicating capabilities of the user entity to support a media type associated with the contact information,

the IMS wireless communication system further comprising:

a push to talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) server coupled to the IMS network controller for receiving a PoC invitation comprising the SIP invitation;

a data management server coupled to the PoC server for receiving the PoC invitation therefrom and for generating a revised SIP, the revised SIP including a location server URI, in response to determining that the contact information identifies a location contact, the location server URI associated with the location contact defined by the contact information; and

a Push to Commute (PTC) server coupled to the data management server for receiving the revised SIP therefrom and comprising a contact memory, the Push to Commute (PTC) server retrieving one or more contacts having URI information associated therewith, the one or more contacts determined in response to which up-to-date transportation information is desired and a list of stored contacts stored in the contact memory along with the URI information associated with each of the stored contacts, wherein the PTC server initiates an internet session with an internet site corresponding to the location contact, the internet site having transportation information associated, if the location contact is an internet address contact in a contact database stored in the contact memory, and

wherein the IMS network server receives session identification information from the internet access management server identifying the internet session initiated thereby, and

wherein the user entity controller joins the internet session in response to receiving the session identification information.

13. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 7 wherein the user input keys include a PTT key and wherein the user entity input is a PTT input.

14. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 13 wherein the up-to-date transportation information comprises one of a plurality of chat group sessions, and wherein the user entity controller determines a location of the user entity, and wherein the IMS network controller determines whether one of the chat group sessions is desired up-to-date transportation information in response to the location of the user entity.

15. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 14 further comprising a Push to Commute (PTC) server coupled to the IMS network controller for receiving the revised SIP therefrom and comprising a registered user entity memory, and wherein the IMS network controller generates a set of user entities in response to the location of the user entity and a list of registered user entities stored in the registered user entity memory.

16. The IMS wireless communication system of claim 14 wherein the user entity controller joins the one of the plurality of chat group sessions associated with the location of the user entity and provides the user with chat group participation options for defining the user entity participation in the one of the chat group sessions, the chat group participation options including the user entity controller taking the floor in the one of the plurality of chat group sessions and the user entity not having the floor in the one of the plurality of chat group sessions.