Communication of automatically generated shopping list to vehicles and associated devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9230379-B2
Application number	US-201414253755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing navigation information for a conveyance, comprising:
a vehicle control system, including a processor, communicating with a home automation system;
the vehicle control system receiving a shopping list from the home automation system, wherein the shopping list includes a list of one or more products that are required by a user of the home automation system;
the vehicle control system generating a route based on a product of the one or more products in the shopping list, the route including a destination location associated with the product;
the vehicle control system determining that the conveyance has reached the destination location; and
the vehicle control system, in response to determining that the conveyance has reached the destination location, communicating the list of the one or more products associated with the destination location to a mobile communication device associated with a user of the conveyance.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shopping list includes two or more products.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the two or more products are available at two or more destinations.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the generated route includes the two or more destinations.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the vehicle control system accesses a user profile to determine the two or more destinations based on past purchases of the two or more products.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to communicating the list of the one or more products, the vehicle control system determines that the user of the conveyance needs the list of the one or more products.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein prior to communicating with the home automation system, the method further comprises:
the vehicle control system identifying the user of the conveyance; and
the vehicle control system retrieving a user profile associated with the identified user from a memory associated with the conveyance.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the mobile communication device is in the conveyance.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the home automation system includes a refrigerator that generates the shopping list based at least partially on scanning contents of the refrigerator.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the vehicle control system communicates wirelessly with the refrigerator.

11. A conveyance comprising:
a processor operable to execute one or more modules, the modules comprising:
a home automation interaction module that:
communicates with a home automation system;
receives a shopping list from the home automation system, wherein the shopping list includes a list of one or more products that are required by a user of the home automation system;

a route suggestion module that:
generates a route based on a product of the one or more products in the shopping list, the route including a destination location associated with the product; and
determines that the conveyance has reached the destination location; and

wherein the home automation interaction module further communicates, in response to the route suggestion module determining that the conveyance has reached the destination location, the list of the one or more products associated with the destination location to a mobile communication device associated with a user of the conveyance.

12. The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the shopping list includes two or more products, wherein the two or more products are available at two or more destinations, and wherein the generated route includes the two or more destinations.

13. The conveyance of claim 12 , wherein the vehicle control system accesses a user profile to determine the two or more destinations based on past purchases of the two or more products.

14. The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein prior to communicating the list of the one or more products the home automation interaction module is further operable to:
determine that the user of the conveyance needs the list of the one or more products.

15. The conveyance of claim 14 , wherein the home automation system includes a refrigerator that generates the shopping list based at least partially on scanning contents of the refrigerator, and wherein the vehicle control system communicates wirelessly with the refrigerator.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on a storage medium and having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:
instructions to communicate with a home automation system;
instructions to receive a shopping list from the home automation system, wherein the shopping list includes a list of one or more products that are required by a user of the home automation system;
instructions to generate a route based on a product of the one or more products in the shopping list, the route including a destination location associated with the product;
instructions to determine that the conveyance has reached the destination location; and
instructions to communicate, in response to determining that the conveyance has reached the destination location, the list of the one or more products associated with the destination location to a mobile communication device associated with a user of the conveyance.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the shopping list includes two or more products, wherein the two or more products are available at two or more destinations, and wherein the generated route includes the two or more destinations.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the vehicle control system accesses a user profile to determine the two or more destinations based on past purchases of the two or more products.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein prior to communicating the list of the one or more products, the instructions comprise instructions to determine that the user of the conveyance needs the list of the one or more products.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the home automation system includes a refrigerator that generates the shopping list based at least partially on scanning contents of the refrigerator, and wherein the vehicle control system communicates wirelessly with the refrigerator.

Assignees

• Autoconnect Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Ricci Christopher P

Classifications

• H04W12/06

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• G06F16/24575

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• B60R25/1004

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