Patent
System and method for automatically providing vehicle navigation information
| العنوان: | System and method for automatically providing vehicle navigation information |
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| Patent Number: | 7,386,393 |
| تاريخ النشر: | June 10, 2008 |
| Appl. No: | 11/525610 |
| Application Filed: | September 21, 2006 |
| مستخلص: | Users are provided with the option of having destination information, such as a street address and/or destination phone number, obtained from online mapping services, transmitted to their vehicle's navigation system. In certain embodiments, the user may logon to an online vehicle server to provide information necessary to identify their respective vehicle. Once the target vehicle is identified, the destination information may be transmitted to this vehicle by the vehicle server, after which the vehicle's navigation and communication system may be automatically populated with the received destination information. |
| Inventors: | Zabel, Jeff (Palo Alto, CA, US); Haas, Felix (Munich, DE) |
| Assignees: | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
| Claim: | 1. A method for vehicle navigation comprising the acts of: receiving, by a vehicle manufacturer server, destination information over a network from an online source in response to a user request to automatically send the destination information to a vehicle; receiving, by the vehicle manufacturer server, user identification information over the network; identifying said vehicle from a vehicle database of said vehicle manufacturer server based on the user identification information; and sending the destination information to an in-vehicle navigation system of the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the destination information comprising sending the destination information to the in-vehicle navigation system over a secure vehicle manufacturer connection. |
| Claim: | 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said destination information comprises at least one of a street address, GPS coordinates, telephone number and destination description. |
| Claim: | 4. The method of claim 3 , where said street address comprises one or more of a street name, a street number, a city, a country and a zip code. |
| Claim: | 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving user identification information comprises: receiving login information over the network; authenticating the login information; and preparing, in response to said authenticating, the destination information for transmission to the in-vehicle navigation system. |
| Claim: | 6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a vehicle identification number based on said user identification information. |
| Claim: | 7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: displaying the destination information on a display of the vehicle; receiving a user selection of the destination information; and populating a destination field of an in-vehicle navigation system with the destination information based on the user selection. |
| Claim: | 8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving destination information over a network from the online source comprises receiving the destination information from an Internet mapping service server. |
| Claim: | 9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user request is made via a graphical user interface of the online source over the network. |
| Claim: | 10. A system for vehicle navigation comprising: an in-vehicle navigation system in a vehicle coupled to a network; a vehicle manufacture server in communication with the in-vehicle navigation system, the vehicle manufacture server configured to, receive destination information over a network from an online source in response to a user request to automatically send the destination information to the vehicle; receive user identification information over the network; identify said vehicle from a vehicle database of said vehicle manufacture server based on the user identification information; and send the destination information to the in-vehicle navigation system of the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle manufacturer server is further configured to send the destination information to the in-vehicle navigation system over a secure vehicle manufacturer connection. |
| Claim: | 12. The system of claim 10 , wherein said destination information comprises at least one of a street address, GPS coordinates, telephone number and destination description. |
| Claim: | 13. The system of claim 12 , where said street address comprises one or more of a street name, a street number, a city, a country and a zip code. |
| Claim: | 14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle manufacturer server is further configured to, receive the user identification information in the form of login information over the network; authenticate the login information; and prepare the destination information for transmission to the vehicle in response to login information being authenticated. |
| Claim: | 15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle manufacturer server is further configured to retrieve a vehicle identification number based on said user identification information. |
| Claim: | 16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the in-vehicle navigation system is configured to, display the destination information on a display of the vehicle; receive a user selection of the destination information; and populate a destination field of the in-vehicle navigation system with the destination information based on the user selection. |
| Claim: | 17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the online source is an Internet mapping service server. |
| Claim: | 18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the user request is made via a graphical user interface of the online source over the network. |
| Claim: | 19. The method of claim 1 , where the vehicle manufacturer server is maintained by a third party on behalf of a vehicle manufacturer of said vehicle. |
| Claim: | 20. The system of claim 10 , where the vehicle manufacturer server is maintained by a third party on behalf of a vehicle manufacturer of said vehicle. |
| Claim: | 21. A system for vehicle navigation comprising: an in-vehicle navigation system in a vehicle; a vehicle manufacturer server having a secure connection with the in-vehicle navigation system, wherein the vehicle manufacturer server is configured to, receive destination information over a network from an online mapping server in response to a user request to automatically send the destination information to the vehicle; receive user identification information over the network; identify a vehicle identification number (VIN) corresponding to said vehicle from a vehicle database of said vehicle server based on the user identification information; and send the destination information to the in-vehicle navigation system of the vehicle as a secure vehicle manufacturer communication. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 701/200 |
| Patent References Cited: | 6708108 March 2004 Jones 6996468 February 2006 Kohno et al. 2002/0103583 August 2002 Ohmura et al. 2004/0210363 October 2004 Katagishi et al. 2005/0031100 February 2005 Iggulden et al. 2006/0229778 October 2006 Obradovich et al. 2007/0022173 January 2007 Tamura et al. |
| Other References: | Website article [http://www.dash.net/product.phpTest and http://www.dash.net/how-it-works.phpTest] (Three (3) pages). cited by other |
| Primary Examiner: | Hellner, Mark |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Crowell & Moring LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.07386393 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |