# US 2013/0158860 A1 · Location and event triggered navigation dormancy and wakeup > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0158860 A1 - Document ID: US20130158860A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/325,698 - Filed: 2011-12-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Arnold Jason Gum - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158860A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3641: {Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes} - G01C 21/265: {constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays (G01C21/3688 takes precedence)} - G01C 21/3629: {Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech (text to speech systems per se G10L13/00)} - G01C 21/3661: {Guidance output on an external device, e.g. car radio} - G01S 5/01: {Determining conditions which influence positioning, e.g. radio environment, state of motion or energy consumption} - G01S 19/34: Power consumption - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 52/0245: {according to signal strength} - H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device} - H04W 52/0267: {by controlling user interface components} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A system and method for conditionally transitioning a navigation process on a mobile device between an active state and a reduced activity state are described. In particular, a transition of the navigation process between the active state and the reduced activity state may occur in response to the mobile device approaching a transition location on a predetermined route where the navigation process is to transition to the active state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for managing a navigation process on a mobile device, comprising: transitioning said navigation process from an active state to a reduced activity state; and transitioning said navigation process to said active state from said reduced activity state in response to receipt of one or more signals indicating that at least one condition has been met, said at least one condition being determined, at least in part, by a transition location on a predetermined route where said navigation process is to transition to said active state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said transition location on said predetermined route is based, at least in part, on a destination of said route. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more signals are indicative of a location of said mobile device, and wherein said at least one condition comprises an inference that said mobile device is approaching said destination. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one of said conditions comprises a travelled distance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said at one of said conditions comprises acquisition of one or more wireless signals indicating a service set identifier (SSID) or set of SSIDs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said at one of said conditions comprises acquisition of one or more wireless signals indicating a base station identifier (BSID) or set of BSIDs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one of said conditions is determined, at least in part, by a bounded area or geofence. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein transitioning said navigation process from said active state to said reduced activity state further comprises transitioning to said reduced activity state in response to one or more conditions indicating that said mobile device is expected to remain on a particular road or highway for a particular time or distance travelled. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, and further comprising determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selected step in routing instructions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, and further comprising determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selection received on a touchscreen overlaying a display of a map of said predetermined route. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, and further comprising determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a location of a selected named waypoint along said predetermined route. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, and further comprising maintaining at least one sensor-monitoring process while said navigation process is in said reduced activity state, said at least one sensor-monitoring process responding, at least in part, to said receipt of said one or more signals indicating that said at least one condition has been met. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein said mobile device comprises an audio output device and a display, and further comprising making said audio output device and said display available to other processes in response to said transitioning said navigation process from said active state to said reduced activity state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, and further comprising reducing processor activity attributable to the navigation process in response to said transitioning said navigation process from said active state to said reduced activity state. ### Claim 15 A mobile device comprising: a receiver to receive radio frequency signals; and a processor to: transition a navigation process from an active state to a reduced activity state to affecting processing of said received signals; and transition said navigation process to said active state from said reduced activity state in response to receipt of one or more signals indicating that at least one condition has been met, said at least one condition being determined, at least in part, by a transition location on a predetermined route where said navigation process is to transition to said active state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile device of claim 15, wherein said transition location on said predetermined route is based, at least in part, on a destination of said route. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The mobile device of claim 16, wherein said one or more signals are indicative of a location of said mobile device, and wherein said at least one condition comprises an inference that said mobile device is approaching said destination. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The mobile device of claim 16, and further comprising a display device and a touchscreen overlaying said display device, said processor further to determine said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selection received on said touchscreen overlaying a display of a map of said predetermined route on said display device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The mobile device of claim 15, said processor further to maintain at least one sensor-monitoring process while said navigation process is in said reduced activity state, said at least one sensor-monitoring process responding, at least in part, to said receipt of said one or more signals indicating that said at least one condition has been met. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The mobile device of claim 19, wherein said mobile device further comprises an audio output device and a display device, said processor further to make said audio output device and said display device available to other processes in response to said transition of said navigation process from said active state to said reduced activity state. ### Claim 21 An apparatus for managing a navigation process on a mobile device, comprising: means, for transitioning said navigation process from an active state to a reduced activity state; and means for transitioning said navigation process to said active state from said reduced activity state in response to receipt of one or more signals indicating that at least one condition has been met, said at least one condition being determined, at least in part, by a transition location on a predetermined route where said navigation process is to transition to said active state. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein said means for transitioning said navigation process from said active state to said reduced activity state further comprises means for transitioning to said reduced activity state in response to one or more conditions indicating that said mobile device is expected to remain on a particular road or highway for a particular time or distance travelled. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, and further comprising means for determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selected step in routing instructions. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, and further comprising means for determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selection received on a touchscreen overlaying a display of a map of said predetermined route. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, and further comprising means for determining said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a location of a selected named waypoint along said predetermined route. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, and further comprising means for maintaining at least one sensor-monitoring process while said navigation process is in said reduced activity state, said at least one sensor-monitoring process responding, at least in part, to said receipt of said one or more signals indicating that said at least one condition has been met. ### Claim 27 An article comprising: a non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to: transition said navigation process on a mobile device from an active state to a reduced activity state; and transition said navigation process to said active state from said reduced activity state in response to receipt of one or more signals indicating that at least one condition has been met, said at least one condition being determined, at least in part, by a transition location on a predetermined route where said navigation process is to transition to said active state. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions are further executable by said special purpose computing apparatus to transition said navigation process to said reduced activity state in response to one or more conditions indicating that said mobile device is expected to remain on a particular road or highway for a particular time or distance travelled. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions are further executable by said special purpose computing apparatus to determine said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selected step in routing instructions. ### Claim 30 (depends on 27) The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions are further executable by said special purpose computing apparatus to determine said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a selection received on a touchscreen overlaying a display of a map of said predetermined route. ### Claim 31 (depends on 27) The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions are further executable by said special purpose computing apparatus to determine said transition location on said predetermined route based, at least in part, on a location of a selected named waypoint along said predetermined route. ### Claim 32 (depends on 27) The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions are further executable by said special purpose computing apparatus to maintain at least one sensor-monitoring process while said navigation process is in said reduced activity state, said at least one sensor-monitoring process responding, at least in part, to said receipt of said one or more signals indicating that said at least one condition has been met.