Transfer of contact data to a navigation device

• US 8,560,730 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yaussy, Ledley (Buddy), Pirani, Akbar
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alexander, Jenee
• Application Number:
  US12/130,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,964 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709/246, 709/249, 701200-217, 209/246
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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

Abstract

Various methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided. One example includes a method for transferring location information. Location information is received via a network. The location information is parsed. It is determined whether the location information is in a proper format for a navigation device. In response to determining that the location information is not in the proper format, the location information is converted into the proper format for the navigation device. The location information is transmitted to the navigation device via another network, and the navigation device is capable of receiving communications over the other network.

Claims

1. A method for transferring location information, comprising:

receiving a network address book comprising the location information by a communication vehicle device via a wireless network from a television, wherein the location information is in the network address book, wherein the network address book is stored on a different network, and wherein the communication vehicle device is installed in a vehicle;

parsing the location information;

determining by the communication vehicle device in the vehicle whether the location information received from the television is in a proper format for a navigation device;

the communication vehicle device determining that the location information is received in the proper format from the television, responsive to the television converting the location information into the proper format for the navigation device;

in response to determining that the location information is not in the proper format by the communication vehicle device, converting by the communication vehicle device the location information into the proper format for the navigation device; and

transmitting by the communication vehicle device the location information to the navigation device installed in the vehicle via an other network, wherein the navigation device is capable of receiving communications over the other network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the television is an internet enabled device connected to the communication vehicle device that receives the location information via the wireless network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network address book stored on the network comprises annotations, names, addresses, telephone numbers, waypoints, maps, and advertisements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the different network is a personal area network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is an address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is waypoints having a latitude and a longitude.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication vehicle device receives the location in the proper format when an application of the television parses a format of the location information, determines whether the location information is in the proper format for the navigation device, and converts the location information to the proper format of the navigation device.

8. An apparatus for transferring location information to a navigation device, the apparatus comprising:

a communication vehicle device including;

memory for storing a conversion application;

an input and output component for respectively receiving and transmitting communications, wherein the input and output component of the communication vehicle device receives a network address book comprising the location information from a television over a wireless network, wherein the location information is in the network address book, wherein the network address book is stored on a different network, and wherein the communication vehicle device is installed in a vehicle; and

a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the conversion application and operative to;

parse the location information received by the communication vehicle device,

determine whether the location information received by the communication vehicle device from the television is in a proper format for the navigation device,

wherein the processor determines that the location information is received in the proper format from the television, responsive to the television converting the location information into the proper format for the navigation device, and

in response to the location information not being in the proper format, convert the location information into the proper format for the navigation device,

wherein the communication vehicle device is operatively connected to the navigation device installed in the vehicle via an other network, and transfers the location information to the navigation device via the other network.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the communication vehicle device is an internet enabled device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the different network is a personal area network.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the location information is an address, and waypoints having a latitude and a longitude.

12. A method for transferring location information by a television, comprising:

receiving the location information by the television via a wireless network;

parsing the location information;

determining by the television whether the location information is in a proper format for a navigation device;

converting by the television the location information to the proper format for the navigation device; and

transmitting by the television the location information to the navigation device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the location information comprises waypoints having a latitude and a longitude.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the location information is an address.

15. A method of synchronizing a networked address book for transfer to a navigation device, comprising:

receiving by a television the networked address book via a wireless network, wherein the networked address book comprises names, addresses, and contact numbers, and wherein the network address book is stored on a different network;

parsing by the television entries of the networked address book to determine if data of the networked address book is in a proper format for the navigation device installed in a vehicle;

converting by the television the entries of the networked address book to the proper format, in response to determining that the entries are not in the proper format; and

transferring by the television the entries of the networked address book to the navigation device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the entries of the networked address book are transferred by the television one at a time to the navigation device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the entries of the networked address book are converted from extensible markup language to a format based on a protocol.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising extracting by the television address information from the networked address book;

and

transferring by the television the address information extracted to the navigation device.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising extracting waypoint information from the networked address book;

and

transferring the waypoint information extracted to the navigation device.