Predictive information transmission

• US 9,648,016 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2014
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Gottschlich, Susan N., Merkert, Raimund
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lamardo, Viker
• Application Number:
  US14/161,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20140207709A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Embodiments of a system and methods for predictive transmission of information are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a ground moving target indicator (GMTI) tracker module receives a current position estimate from a user equipment and to generate position and/or velocity estimates. A database system, including a mission/role database and user information database, receives the position and/or velocity estimates and transmits user information to the user equipment based on a predicted position of the user and the mission/role of a user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a user device associated with a user and comprising;

a global positioning system receiver to determine a position estimate of the user device; and

a user interface comprising a display screen to display a current situation display generated from the position estimate;

a ground moving target indicator (GMTI) tracker module positioned remote from the user device, the GMTI tracker module adapted to receive a current position estimate from the user device, and to generate future position and velocity estimates for the user device; and

a database system remote from the GMTI tracker module and in communication with the GMTI tracker module and the user device and comprising a mission/role database and user information database, wherein the database system is adapted to;

receive the future position and velocity estimates from the GMTI tracker module;

select user information from one or more of the mission/role database and the user information database based on;

the future position and velocity estimates, a mission associated with the user, and a role associated with the user for the mission; and

transmit the selected user information to the user device for display on the display screen of the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the user device comprises one of a mobile telephone, a radio, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a desktop computer.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the user interface is adapted to present tagged user information based on a level of importance of the user information.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the mission/role database stores mission data and personal information of the user.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the user information database stores information regarding one or more of people, events, and places of interest based on one or more of the mission associated with the user and the role associated with the user.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the database system comprises an encryption/compression module to encrypt and compress the user information prior to transmission to the user device.

7. A method for predictive transmission of user information, the method comprising:

receiving, by a ground moving target indicator (GMTI) tracker module from a user device associated with a user and positioned remote from the GMTI tracker module, a current position data of the user device, wherein the user device comprises;

a global positioning system receiver to determine the position estimate; and

a user interface comprising a display screen to display a current situation display generated from the received user information;

determining, by the GMTI tracker module, a predicted trajectory for the user device based on the received current position data;

transmitting, by the GMTI tracker module, the predicted trajectory to a database system remote from the GMTI tracker module;

selecting, by the database system, user information based on;

the predicted trajectory, a mission associated with the user, and a role associated with the user for the mission; and

transmitting the selected user information to the user device for display via the display screen of the user interface.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein receiving the current position data of the user device comprises receiving encrypted current position data, the method further comprising:

decrypting the received encrypted current position data prior to determining the predicted trajectory for the user device.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

encrypting the selected user information prior to transmitting the selected user information to the user device.

10. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

accessing a mission/role database of the database system to retrieve personal data regarding the user; and

generating a search request of a user information database of the database system, based on the personal data, the mission of the user, the role of the user, and the predicted trajectory, to select the user information.

11. The method of claim 7 further comprising presenting the selected user information via the user device based on the predicted trajectory, wherein the selected user information is presented via one or more of:

a voice connection, text, and a command to perform text-to-speech conversion.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a system comprising a ground moving target indicator (GMTI) tracker module and a database system remote from the GMTI tracker module, cause the system to:

receive, by the GMTI tracker module, from a user device associated with a user and positioned remote from the GMTI tracker module, a current position data of the user device, wherein the user device comprises;

a global positioning system receiver to determine the position estimate; and

a user interface comprising a display screen to display a current situation display generated from the received user information;

determine, by the GMTI tracker module, a predicted trajectory for the user device based on the received current position data;

transmit, by the GMTI tracker module, the predicted trajectory to the database system;

select, by the database system, user information based on;

the predicted trajectory, a mission associated with the user, and a role associated with the user for the mission; and

transmit the selected user information to the user device for display via the display screen of the user interface.