Systems, methods and devices for trip management functions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9565274-B2
Application number	US-27165308-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2008
Priority date	Oct 22, 2004
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A Web based application system for managing a trip. The Web based application system for managing a trip includes a graphical user interface for allowing a client computer coupled to a network to access a server computer to retrieve and store data relating to the trip therewith, one or more interactive windows functioning with the graphical user interface to perform the retrieving and the storing such that the data include a Web document and the graphical user interface and the interactive windows include a first application, and a wireless device interface for allowing a portable device wirelessly coupled, with a cellular telephone system, with the network to access the Web document. The portable device includes a cellular telephone functionality, a geo-locating functionality and a processor for processing the Web document. The processing helps manage the trip. Downloading and processing the Web document include a second application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Web based application system for managing a trip, the system comprising:
a graphical user interface configured to allow a client computer coupled to a network to access a server computer to retrieve and store data relating to said trip therewith and said server computer configured to retrieve at least one map, said graphical user interface further configured to facilitate generating by said client computer a search relating to said trip, wherein said search comprises a location name and a radius around a location corresponding to said location name;
one or more interactive windows functioning with said graphical user interface to perform said retrieving and said storing, wherein said data comprise a Web document that includes a first list comprising a plurality of locations within said radius of said location corresponding to said location name, and a second list comprising stored trip data relating to said plurality of locations from said first list, and wherein said graphical user interface and said interactive windows comprise a first application;
a wireless device interface configured to allow a portable device wirelessly coupled, via a cellular telephone system, with said network to access said Web document, wherein said portable device comprises:
a cellular telephone functionality configured to wirelessly couple with said cellular telephone system and download said Web document;
a geo-locating functionality operable with said cellular telephone functionality for determining a geographic location of said portable device, wherein said portable device accesses a signal relating to said geographic location, said signal generated by a system for determining and reporting said geographic location; and
a processor configured for processing said Web document, wherein said processing helps plan, journal, map, manage and execute said trip, wherein said trip is a new trip, wherein said downloading and processing said Web document comprise a second application, wherein based configured on said determined geographic location of said portable device said processor is further to dynamically download a portion of said Web document associated with said determined geographic location of said portable device, and wherein said processor is further configured to dynamically display a plurality of map tiles on said portable electronic device such that, as said geographic location changes to a new geographic location, a next sequential map tile corresponding to said new geographic location is automatically downloaded from said server and displayed on said portable electronic device;

wherein the wireless device interface is further configured to bill a user of said portable device for performing said accessing said Web document.

2. A computer implemented method for managing a trip, the method comprising:
storing data relating to said trip with a server coupled with a network wherein said data are stored as a Web document; and
upon an authorized portable device accessing said server with a cellular telephone system and providing a geographic location of said portable device as autonomously determined by said portable device:
generating a search relating to said trip, wherein said search comprises a location name and a radius around a location corresponding to said location name:
downloading said Web document to said portable device from said server, wherein said Web document comprises a portion of said data relating to said trip that is associated with said geographic location of said portable device and dynamically downloaded based on said geographic location, wherein said Web document includes a first list comprising a plurality of locations within said radius of said location corresponding to said location name, and a second list comprising stored trip data relating to said plurality of locations from said first list, wherein said data relating to said trip comprises a plurality of map tiles dynamically displayed on said portable electronic device such that, as said geographic location changes to a new geographic location, a next sequential map tile corresponding to said new geographic location is automatically downloaded from said server and displayed on said portable electronic device, and wherein said Web document provides data to support trip planning and management taking place at said authorized portable device and wherein said trip is a new trip; and
billing a user of said portable device for performing said accessing said server.

3. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein said portable device comprises:
a cellular telephone functionality for wirelessly coupling with said cellular telephone system;
a geo-locating functionality operable with said cellular telephone functionality for determining said geographic location of said portable device wherein said device accesses a signal relating to said geographic location, said signal generated by a system for determining and reporting said geographic location; and
a processor for processing said Web document wherein said processing helps manage said trip.

4. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 3 wherein said portable device comprises one or more of:
a cellular telephone wherein said geo-locating function is performed with a position determining functionality;
a handheld position determining device, wherein said handheld position determining device comprises functionality for performing a cellular telephone function; and
a computer comprising functionality for performing a cellular telephone function and said geo-locating function.

5. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein each map tile of said plurality of map tiles comprises a border, wherein said border comprises a boundary separating one said map tile from another said map tile, and wherein said boundary corresponds to a substantially linear contour of a geographical area circumscribed by said border.

6. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein said data relating to said trip relates to an elevation.

7. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 6 wherein said data relating to said trip comprises a contour map.

8. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein said data relating to said trip comprises a graphical image.

9. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 8 wherein said graphical image comprises an aerial/space photograph.

10. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein said data relating to said trip is a Hypertext Markup Language document or a Wireless Markup Language document.

11. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 2 wherein said billing is based on a subscription, a pay per use, or a promotion.

12. The Web based application system of claim 1 wherein said billing is based on a subscription, a pay per use, or a promotion.

Assignees

• Rudow Richard
• Janky James M
• Allen Robert Joseph
• Howard Craig
• Trimble Inc

Inventors

• Rudow Richard
• Janky James M
• Allen Robert Joseph
• Howard Craig

Classifications

• H04W4/18

  Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F17/3087

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L69/329

  in the application layer [OSI layer 7] · CPC title

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic