Communication method through network and terminal thereof

• US 8,081,995 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2009
• Issued: 12/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Myung-Sup
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Lana N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sorowar, Golam
• Application Number:
  US12/469,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20100093383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 455/500, 455/517, 455/41.2, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/3.01, 370/254, 370/400, 370/338, 370/352, 370/370, 701/35, 701200-226
• US Class Current: 455/500
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A communication method through a network and a terminal thereof, where the terminal includes a transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit a message containing information on a specific subject of interest and receive a response message from other terminal sharing the subject of interest; and a controller configured to connect to the other terminal through a network.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle navigation terminal, comprising:

a transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit a message containing information about a subject of interest and to receive a response message from a remote terminal about a second terminal sharing the subject of interest; and

a controller configured to,

form a network about the subject of interest with the second terminal based on information included in the response message, wherein the information included in the response message includes second terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest, or

extract, from the response message, information about a pre-existing network about the subject of interest, and communicate with the second terminal via the pre-existing network using the received information about the pre-existing network, wherein the received information about the pre-existing network includes terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest.

2. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 1, wherein the response message includes information about another terminal sharing the subject of interest.

3. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to form the network together with the second terminal and the another terminal based on the received information about the another terminal.

4. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 3, wherein the received information includes terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the another terminal.

5. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 3, further comprising:

a display configured to display a configuration of the formed network or the pre-existing network.

6. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 5, wherein, when there are a plurality of subjects of interest, a plurality of networks are formed or identified corresponding to the respective subjects of interest, and the display is controlled to display identifiers corresponding to the networks and to selectively display a configuration of one of the plurality of networks in accordance with a selection of a corresponding identifier.

7. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 3, wherein the formed network or the pre-existing network is a subnet of a network related to a location of the terminal.

8. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 1, wherein the pre-existing network comprises the second terminal and another terminal sharing the subject of interest.

9. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 8, wherein, when communication with a specific terminal connected to the formed network or to the pre-existing network is interrupted for more than a preset time, the controller is configured to transmit information about the specific terminal to at least one different terminal sharing the subject of interest.

10. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 8, wherein the received information about the pre-existing network includes terminal identification information and communication route information of the another terminal connected to the pre-existing network.

11. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 1, wherein the message is one of a route request message and a path request message, and the response message is one of a route response message and a path response message.

12. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 11, wherein the information about the subject of interest is recorded in reserved areas of the one of a route request message and a path request message and in reserved areas of the one of a route response message and a path response message.

13. The motor vehicle navigation terminal of claim 1, wherein the remote terminal is the second terminal.

14. A method of communicating performed by a motor vehicle navigation terminal via a network, the method comprising:

transmitting a message containing information about a subject of interest;

receiving a response message from a remote terminal about a second terminal sharing the subject of interest; and

forming a network about the subject of interest with the second terminal based on information included in the response message, wherein the information included in the response message includes second terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest, or

extracting, from the response message, information about a pre-existing network about the subject of interest, and communicating with the second terminal via the pre-existing network using the received information about the pre-existing network, wherein the received information about the pre-existing network includes terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the response message includes information about another terminal sharing the subject of interest.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the forming step comprises:

forming the network with the second terminal and the another terminal in response to the received information about the another terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the received information about the another terminal includes terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the another terminal.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying a configuration of the formed network or the pre-existing network.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

wherein when there are a plurality of subjects of interest, forming or identifying a plurality of networks corresponding to respective subjects of interest; and

displaying identifiers corresponding to the networks and selectively displaying a configuration of one of the plurality of networks in accordance with a selection of a corresponding identifier.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the formed network or the pre-existing network is a subnet of a network related to a location of the terminal.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the pre-existing network comprises the second terminal and another terminal sharing the subject of interest.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

if communication with a specific terminal connected to the formed network or to the pre-existing network is interrupted for more than a preset time, transmitting information about the specific terminal whose communication is interrupted to at least one different terminal connected to the formed network or the pre-existing network.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the information about the pre-existing network includes terminal identification information and communication route information about the another terminal connected to the pre-existing network.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the message is one of a route request message and a path request message, and the response message is one of a route response message and a path response message.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

recording the information about the subject of interest in reserved areas of the one of a route request message and a path request message and in reserved areas of the one of a route response message and a path response message.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote terminal is the second terminal.

27. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a navigation terminal, including

a transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit a message containing information about a subject of interest and to receive a response message from a remote terminal about a second terminal sharing the subject of interest; and

a controller configured to

form a network about the subject of interest with the second terminal based on information included in the response message, wherein the information included in the response message includes second terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest, or

extract, from the response message, information about a pre-existing network about the subject of interest, and communicate with the second terminal via the pre-existing network using the received information about the pre-existing network, wherein the received information about the pre-existing network includes terminal identification information and communication route information for communicating with the second terminal about the subject of interest.

28. The motor vehicle of claim 27, wherein the remote terminal is the second terminal.