Granted Patent B2

US 8,392,112 · App. 12/201,961 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A method for dynamic determination of optimal route delivery, the method comprising:

receiving a point of interest location, a current vehicle location, and a date of first set of route directions from a telematics unit over a wireless network;

accessing the first set of route directions and a second set of route directions by a software application running on a navigation server from a database, wherein both the first set and second set of route directions are between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location;

determining whether there is a traffic obstacle along a route between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location;

determining whether the traffic obstacle was implemented after the date of the first set of directions;

sending a notification to a telematics service user of the traffic obstacle; and

providing the telematics service user with an alternate method of delivering route directions over the wireless network.

2. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising notifying a live advisor of the traffic obstacle along the route between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first set of directions is downloaded from a database within an autonomous navigation unit that is part of the telematics unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the traffic obstacle is selected from the group consisting of traffic congestion, parade routes, detours, road construction, and road closure.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alternative method of delivering route directions is selected from the group consisting of verbal route directions and turn-by-turn directions.

6. The method according to claim 5 , the method further comprising determining whether the wireless network supports packet data service.

7. A method for dynamic determination of optimal route delivery, the method comprising:

downloading a first set of route directions from a database within an autonomous navigation unit that is between a current vehicle location and a point of interest location;

determining a date of the first set of route directions;

sending the point of interest location, the current vehicle location, and the date of the first set of route directions to a telematics service provider over a wireless network; and

receiving a second set of route directions between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location, from the telematics service provider, through an alternate method of delivering route directions, wherein the second set of route directions includes a traffic obstacle not in the first set of route directions.

8. A system for dynamic determination of optimal route delivery, the system comprising:

a software application running on a navigation server that accesses route directions and geographical data from a database containing selected route directions and geographical data;

a telematics unit installed in a vehicle that provides telematics services to a user;

a wireless network that provides communication between the telematics unit and the navigation server;

an autonomous navigation unit installed within the telematics unit

a user interface through which the user can request a point of interest;

an autonomous navigation unit database containing route directions and geographical data; and

an application for accessing the point of interest location from the autonomous navigation unit database, determining a current vehicle location, downloading a first set of route directions between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location, and determining the date of the first set of route directions.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the application provides the user the first set of route directions through the user interface.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the application sends the telematics service provider the point of interest location, the current vehicle location, and the date of the first set of route directions over the wireless network.

11. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the application is running on a navigation server and receives the point of interest location, the current vehicle location, and the date of first set of route directions from a telematics unit over a wireless network; accesses the first set of route directions and a second set of route directions the database located on the telematics service provider's premises, wherein both the first set and second set of route directions are between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location; determines whether there is a traffic obstacle along route between the current vehicle location and the point of interest location; determines whether the traffic obstacle was implemented after the date of the first set of directions; sends a notification to a telematics service user of the traffic obstacle by a live advisor; and provides the user with an alternate method of delivering route directions over the wireless network.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the alternative method of delivering route directions is selected from the group consisting of verbal route directions and turn-by-turn directions.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the software application further determines whether the wireless network supports packet data service.

14. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the traffic obstacle is selected from the group consisting of traffic congestion, parade routes, detours, road construction, and road closures.

Assignments (14)