Method for broadcast filtering using convex hulls
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsJeffrey M. Stefan, Jasmin Jijina
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of providing information to a mobile vehicle user. Broadcast information, which includes information location coordinate data, is received at the mobile vehicle. A determination is made on whether the information location coordinate data resides within a convex hull, and then, based on that determination, the broadcast information is presented to the mobile vehicle user.
Claims20
A method of providing information to a mobile vehicle user comprising:
- receiving broadcast information at the mobile vehicle, wherein the broadcast information comprises information location coordinate data;
- determining whether the information location coordinate data resides within a convex hull;
- and
- presenting the broadcast information to the mobile vehicle user based on the determination.
A computer usable medium including a program for providing information to a mobile vehicle user comprising:
- computer program code to receive broadcast information at the mobile vehicle, wherein the broadcast information comprises information location coordinate data;
- computer program code to determine whether the information location coordinate data resides within a convex hull;
- and
- computer program code to present the broadcast information to the mobile vehicle user based on the determination.
A system for providing information to a mobile vehicle user comprising:
- means for receiving broadcast information at the mobile vehicle, wherein the broadcast information comprises information location coordinate data and at least one data string;
- means for determining whether the information location coordinate data resides within a convex hull;
- and
- means for presenting the broadcast information to the mobile vehicle user based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.