CN101523425A - System and method for displaying prices via an electronic device - Google Patents
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A device, system, and method which permit consumers to more effectively and efficiently shop for the lowest priced goods and services such as fuel. The device includes a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals from GPS satellites and for determining a current location of the electronic device as a function of the satellite signals; a display; and a computing device coupled with the GPS receiver and the display. The computing device displays prices for sellers within a geographic area selected by the user or related to the current location of the device. The computing device determines an average price charged by certain sellers within the geographic area and indicates which sellers have prices above or below the calculated average price. The device also displays distances between the user's current location and the sellers and provide routing or other directions to a selected seller.
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Related application
This non-provisional application requires the 60/827th, No. 618 U.S. Provisional Application No. that submit to, that be entitled as " SYSTEM ANDMETHOD FOR DISPLAYING FUEL PRICES CHARGED BY FUELSTATIONS VIAA PERSONAL USE ELECTRONIC DEVICE " on September 29th, 2006.Be incorporated herein this provisional application by concrete reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to electronic installation, for example guider etc.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of system and method that utilizes electronic installation to show and compare a plurality of businessmans price in the geographic area.
Background technology
Client compares the shop for the commodity or the service of lowest price usually.For example, when for their automobile fuel filler, client is the comparison-shop for minimum oil price usually.Electronic installation along with individual's use, for example guider, Personal Travel Assistant, have the mobile phone of GPS, with being extensive use of of the PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) with GPS, the user can be navigate to the businessman of nearest refuelling station or other commodity or service in given geographic area.Yet, but when the businessman's time spent that has a plurality of vicinities, except each businessman of driving goes to determine the price of commodity or service, outside the artificial then comparative price, the additive method that does not exist the price to a plurality of businessmans to compare.Therefore, typically, client determines that based on previous knowledge some sensuously have the businessman of lowest price, buys their commodity or service then in these businessmans, finds lower price up to them in other businessman.Regrettably, this method is not a continuously effective, because businessman especially often changes their price in the refuelling station, the businessman that has lowest price in some day may have higher relatively price subsequently.
Summary of the invention
The invention solves the problems referred to above, and provide tangible improvement in price comparison shopping field.More particularly, the invention provides a kind of client of permission to commodity or service more effectively and efficiently device, the system and method for comparison-shop.
The electronic installation that the present invention can utilize the individual to use is realized, such as the mobile phone of portable navigating device, Personal Travel Assistant, support GPS or the PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) of support GPS.An embodiment of electronic installation comprises gps receiver, and it is used for from a plurality of gps satellite receiving satellite signals and the current location of determining this electronic installation as the function of this satellite-signal; Display; And the calculation element that is coupled to this gps receiver and this display.
This calculation element is configured to show by the commodity in the user geographic area that select or relevant with the current location of this electronic installation or the merchant price of service.This electronic installation compares the businessman's price in this geographic area, and indicates the price of which businessman to be higher than or be lower than other businessmans.The current location of all right explicit user of this device and the distance between the businessman, and route or other guidances of going to selected businessman is provided.For example, at least one oil price of the refuelling station in five miles of this device current locations can be determined and be presented to this device, determine the average or middle price of the fuel oil that these refuelling stations sell, and indicate the oil price of which refuelling station to be higher than or be lower than average or middle price.Then, the user can select a refuelling station and be provided route or other help of navigating of going to this selected refuelling station.
These and other importance of the present invention will be described in the following detailed description more fully.
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Embodiments of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to incidental accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 has shown the isometric view according to the electronic installation of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 has shown the block diagram of some parts in the device of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is can be by the synoptic diagram of the GPS (GPS) that a plurality of embodiment of the present invention adopted;
Fig. 4 has shown the process flow diagram that is used for showing the selected step of the method for the fuel oil price of a plurality of refuelling stations in the geographic area;
Fig. 5 is the sample screen display of the electronic installation among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and it illustrates by electronic installation and shows oil price information; And
Fig. 6 is another sample screen display of the electronic installation among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and it illustrates by electronic installation and shows oil price information.
These accompanying drawings do not limit the invention to specific implementations disclosed at this and that describe.These accompanying drawings are not necessarily drawn in proportion, but emphasize on the basis of clearly explaining principle of the present invention.
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Following detailed description of the present invention will be with reference to corresponding accompanying drawing, and these accompanying drawings have been explained the attainable specific embodiment of the present invention.These embodiments are intended to enough describe aspect of the present invention in detail so that those skilled in the art can realize the present invention.Can adopt other embodiment, and also can make amendment and do not depart from the scope of the present invention.Therefore, the following detailed description does not mean that qualification.
The present invention can be implemented as hardware, software, firmware or its combination.Yet in one embodiment, the present invention is implemented as portable electron device 10, and Fig. 1 shows its example.Electronic installation 10 can be can operate to receive, to utilize or to determine for example any device of the geography information of the current location of this device.Therefore, this device 10 can comprise computing machine, televisor, radio, portable computing for example kneetop computer or PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), cellular telephone and portable entertainment device.More preferably, this electronic installation 10 is portable navigating devices, for example the PDA of GPS navigation device, the cell phone of supporting GPS or support GPS.For example, by Olathe, the GARMININTERNATIONAL of KS, this class guider and Personal Travel Assistant device that INC makes.Electronic installation 10 shown and described herein and assembly thereof only are the examples that can be used to implement device of the present invention and assembly, can adopt other device or assembly to substitute and do not break away from protection scope of the present invention.
As described herein, the embodiment of electronic installation 10 is configured to show oil price information and relevant navigation information and data.Yet the embodiment of this device also can be the pricing information that is configured to show other commodity, service and the project of other businessmans that comprise grocery store, hotel, clothes shop, bar, discount store etc.For example, but these device 10 display automobile service centres change oil or the pricing information of other automobile services, the pricing information of dining room dining or other foods, and the pricing information of the groceries in grocery store.
As shown in the best among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, an embodiment of electronic installation 10 comprises that calculation element 12, position determine assembly 14, storer 16, user interface 18, display 20, power supply 22 and be used to hold the shell 24 of a plurality of assemblies of this device 10.
In more detail, calculation element 12 can comprise any amount of processor, controller, integrated circuit, programmable logic device (PLD) or other calculation elements, and is used to store by 10 visits of this device and/or data that generate and storer other information, built-in or outside.Calculation element 12, is coupled to the position and determines assembly 14, storer 16, user interface 18 and display 20 such as data bus 26 preferably by wired or wireless connections, thereby allows exchange message between a plurality of different assemblies.
According to an important aspect of the present invention, calculation element 12 is realized a computer program, and as described here, this computer program is controlled at the information relevant with price on the display 20 and the demonstration of other information.Preferably, this computer program comprises the ordered list that is used for realizing at calculation element the executable instruction of logic function.This computer program can be comprised in any computer-readable medium, and this computer-readable medium is used to or is connected to instruction execution system, equipment or device, and execution command.Under this application background, " computer-readable medium " can be can comprise, store, communicate by letter, propagate or transmit this program to be used to or to be connected to any way of instruction execution system, equipment or device.This computer-readable medium can be for example, but to be not limited to electricity, magnetic, optics, electromagnetism, infrared or semiconductor system, unit or propagation medium.More specifically, although be not exhaustive, the example of computer-readable medium comprises following content: electronics connection, portable computer diskette, random-access memory (ram), ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber and portable optic disk ROM (read-only memory) (CDROM) with one or more circuit.Computer-readable medium even can be to print the paper of program or other media that is fit to thereon, because program can be by for example carrying out optical scanning to paper or other media and being obtained electronically, then by compiling, explanation or processed in other appropriate modes, if necessary, be stored in the computer memory subsequently.
The position determines that assembly 14 can be parallel channel global location (GPS) receiver, and the geographical location information of this device 10 is provided in conventional basically mode.This position determines that assembly can be, for example, is very similar to U.S. Patent No. 6,434, and is disclosed in 485, by the gps receiver that Garmin company provides, and is introduced at this by concrete reference.
Usually, GPS is that a kind of a plurality of users that can be that quantity is not limit determine position, speed, time and the directional information, the satellite-based radio navigation system that continue.Formally be called as NAVSTAR, GPS is included on the track extremely accurately the multi-satellite around earth operation.Based on these tracks accurately, gps satellite can be to their position of receiving element relaying of any amount.
When being provided as specially, a quilt realizes this gps system when the device that receives gps data begins to scan the radio frequency of gps satellite signal.In case receive the radio signal from gps satellite, this device can be determined the exact position of this satellite by a kind of method in the different conventional methods.This device will continue sweep signal and obtain at least three different satellite-signals up to it.Carry out geometric triangulation, this receiver utilizes three known location to determine himself two-dimensional position with respect to satellite.Obtaining the 4th satellite-signal will allow this receiving trap to calculate its three-dimensional position by same geometric operation.The user that position and speed data can not limit quantity is real-time update constantly.
Although support the device of GPS to be normally used for describing guider, be understandable that, satellite does not need to be used to determine the geographic position of receiving element, because anyly can carry out basic triangulo operation to determine the relative position of this receiving trap with respect to transmitting site from the receiving trap of at least three transmitting site receiving positions.For example, the control tower of the transmission radio frequency of honeycomb control tower or any customization can be used to replace satellite.Under such configuration, if be equipped to receiving element rightly, the geometric triangulation algorithm of any standard all can be used for determining the accurate position of receiving element.In this manner, personal handhold equipment, cell phone, intelligence instrument, intelligent dress ornament etc. can be easily by geo-location.
Fig. 3 has shown the representational view of GPS, and it comes mark with reference number 28 prevailingly.A plurality of satellites 30 are on the track of the earth 32.The track of each satellite needn't be synchronous with the track of other satellites, in fact may be asynchronous.GPS receiving trap 10, the device of for example describing in conjunction with the preferred embodiments of the present invention is shown as the spread-spectrum gps satellite signal of reception from a plurality of different satellites 30.
The spread spectrum signal that sends from each satellite 30 has utilized the accurate frequency standard of height that realizes with split hair atomic clock.Each satellite 30 as the part of its data signal transmission, sends the data stream of this particular satellite of expression.Device 10 must obtain the spread-spectrum gps satellite signal from least three satellites, so that the gps receiver device calculates its two-dimensional position by triangulation.Obtain an additional signal, cause signal, allow this device 10 to calculate its three-dimensional positions from four satellites altogether.
Assembly 14 and calculation element 12 operations are determined with the navigation signal of reception from gps satellite 30 in the position, and come the position of calculation element 10 as the function of this signal.The position determines that assembly 14 and/or calculation element 12 also can operate the path of going to desired location with calculating, and the instruction that navigates to this desired location is provided, displayed map and other information on display 20, and carry out other functions described herein.
The position determines that assembly 14 can comprise one or more processors, controller or other calculation elements and storer, makes it need not calculation element 12 with other geography information by calculating location, and perhaps it can utilize the assembly of calculation element 12.Further, thus the position determine assembly 14 and can determine that assembly 14 can operate with concrete execution multiple function described herein with the integrated position that makes of calculation element 12.Therefore, calculation element 12 and position are determined that assembly 14 can be combined or are separated, or discrete component.
In another embodiment, the position determines that assembly 14 does not need directly to determine the current geographic position of this device 10.For example, the position determine assembly 14 can via communication network receive directly from the user or from the positional information of other electronic installations to determine current geographic position.
The position determines that assembly 14 comprises that antenna determines the assembly received signal to help this position.Antenna can be dismountable four spirals (quad-helix) antennas, or the antenna of any other type that can use with guider.Antenna can directly be assemblied on the shell 24 or its inside, perhaps also can be installed in the outside of shell.
But assembly 14 or calculation element cartographic data and routing information 12 uses or that generate are determined in storer 16 memory locations.Storer can be determine with the position that assembly is 14 integrated, 12 integrated with calculation element, Stand Alone Memory or its combination.This storer can comprise, for example, removable or non-removable memory element, such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, magnetic, optics, USB memory storage, and/or other conventional store elements.
Storer 16 can be stored the various data that are associated with the operation of this device 10, such as, above mentioned computer program and code segment are perhaps indicated other data of other assemblies execution above-mentioned steps of calculation element 12 and this device 10.Further, storer 16 can store comprise map datum, corresponding to the various cartographic datas in geographic position, and help this device 10 that the map element of various navigation features, for example arterial highway, landform, alarm position, point of interest, geographic entity, radio base station and other navigation datas are provided.In addition, but storer 16 storage purpose addresses and the path of going to each destination address precalculated or that otherwise obtain are retrieved subsequently for processor 12.At last, storer 16 can be stored the database of businessman and price relevant information, below will describe.
The various data of storage can be associated with one or more database so that the retrieval of information in the storer 16.For example, database can be configured to allow calculation element 12 to retrieve geographic position, geographical entity and Business Information automatically based on the current geographic position of this device 10, below will describe in detail.
User interface 18 allows the user to install the inquiry of 10 inputted searches and other information to this, and makes user, third party or other devices to install 10 shared information with this.User interface 18 is associated with shell 24 usually, such as, by physical connections such as leads, perhaps utilize traditional wireless protocols to carry out wireless connections.Thereby user interface 18 need not and shell 24 physical coupling.
User interface 18 can comprise one or more functional inputs, such as button, switch, roller, the touch-screen that is associated with display 20, the voice recognition element is such as microphone, pointing device is such as mouse, touch pad, tracking ball, control lever, camera is such as the static or video camera of numeral or film, or its combination etc.Further, user interface 18 can comprise wired or the wireless data transmission element, such as the removable memory that comprises storer 16, data collector etc., installs 10 remote interactions thereby make user and other devices or other can reach with this.This device 10 can also comprise that a loudspeaker instructs and feedback to provide to listen.
User interface 18 also can be operated to utilize display 20 or other videos or audio components to provide various information such as loudspeaker to the user.Therefore, user interface 18 makes user and this device 10 can exchange the information of relevant this device 10, comprises fuel station information, geographical entity, configuration, security information, preference, routing information, point of interest, warning and warning notice, navigation information, road point, destination address etc.
Further, as mentioned above, display 20 can be integrated with user interface 18, and such as such embodiment: display 20 is that touch-screen display is so that the user can be by touching or give directions in the viewing area carrying out mutual with this display 20 and to provide information to device 10.
Thereby power supply 22 is associated with shell 24 to the element power supply of various devices 10.For example, power supply 22 is preferably directly or is coupled to indirectly user interface 18, assembly 14, processor 12, storer 16 and/or display 20 are determined in the position.Power supply 22 can comprise traditional power supply supply element, for example battery, electric battery etc.Power supply 22 also can comprise power conduit, connector and can operate to hold the socket of battery, battery connector or power lead.For example, power supply 22 can both comprise the battery that can carry out portable operation, comprised the power supply input that is used for receiving from the external power source such as automobile power supply again.
In certain embodiments, this device 10 can comprise communication device 34, it makes that device 10 can be by communication network such as the Internet, LAN (Local Area Network), wide area network, self-organization or peer-to-peer network, perhaps by directly connecting such as USB, live wire, perhaps bluetooth connection etc. communicates with other electronic installation or any other equipment that can network.Similarly, device 10 can be configured to allow direct communication between the guider of similar configuration, thereby this device 10 does not need to utilize communication network to come sharing geographical location information.
In different embodiment, this communication device 34 can make this device 10 can utilize radio data transmission method such as WiFi (802.11), Wi-Max, bluetooth (Bluetooth
TM), ultra broadband, infrared, cell phone, radio frequencies etc. carry out radio communication with communication network.Yet this communication device 34 can utilize wired connection to be coupled to communication network such as ethernet line, and it is not limited to wireless method.
This device 10 can further comprise transmitter 36 and receiver 38 or the transceiver module that is used for the wireless messages transmission.For example, in one exemplary embodiment, this device 10 comprises a frequency modulation (FM) receiver, is used for reception information, such as music, radio data system (RDS) information, FM traffic message channel (TMC) information, directly bandwidth information is such as MSN Direct
TMData etc.As an alternative or additionally, transmitter 36 and receiver 38 assemblies can comprise short-range transmitter and receiver, such as Bluetooth Receiver/emitter assemblies, cell phone (for example TDMA, CDMA, GSM etc.) receiver/transmitter assembly etc.
This device 10 can comprise that also a plurality of I/O ports are to allow data and other information and be transferred into or to determine assembly 14 from calculation element 12 and position.As shown in Figure 1, the I/O port can comprise and is used to hold the TransFlash card slot 40 of detachable TransFlash card and is connected to the USB port 42 of another calculation element such as personal computer by the USB line that it couples.Navigation software, drawing map and other data and information can be loaded to device 10 by I/O port, receiver 38 or communication device 34.
Shell 24 can be that hand-held or other are convenient to carry easily the portable of this device 10.In certain embodiments, shell 24 can common traditional approach be configured to be assemblied in automobile or other vehicle interiors or above.Shell 24 can be made of light weight and measuring body suitable material, for example plastics, nylon, aluminium or its composition.Shell 24 can comprise that one or more appropriate sealing gaskets or strip of paper used for sealing are to guarantee its abundant waterproof or resistance to compression.Shell 24 can adopt the external form of any suitable size, and the change of the specific size of this shell, weight and configuration does not break away from protection scope of the present invention.
Assembly shown in Figure 2 and described herein does not need physical connection each other, because allow to carry out radio communication between the assembly of a plurality of separation, it means and falls into protection scope of the present invention.
According to an important aspect of the present invention, the database of information relevant with the commodity of businessman and these businessmans or service is stored in storer 16 or the external memory storage, and this external memory storage can be visited by receiver 38 and/or communication device 34 by electronic installation 10.This database can comprise information, such as the Name ﹠ Location of businessman; The commodity that businessman sold or the tabulation of service (, then being the model and the grade of other fuel oils of gasoline, diesel oil, ethanol, alcohol, hydrogen, charging or refuelling station for example) if businessman is the refuelling station; The price of commodity or service (for example, one or more models that provide of these refuelling stations and the fuel price of grade); The tabulation that businessman provides such as service facilities such as bathroom, restaurant, phones; The acceptable modes of payments of businessman; The business hours of businessman; The commodity of selling about businessman and/or these businessmans that can also comprise that client wants to understand and any other information of service.
This database can be created and is loaded onto in a conventional manner in the storer 16 by the data, services supplier.For example, by high-speed Internet connection, cell phone, WiFi etc. from external network or computing machine with download of information or otherwise transfer to this device 10.Because price, especially oil price changes very soon, preferably, will change or upgrade being transferred to this device by communication device 34 or receiver 38, thereby at a certain time interval such as every day, database be upgraded.As an alternative, database can be installed by the user of device 10 user or other devices or upgrade, and the price of their periphery of described user monitoring and manual input price are to device.Then, multiple arrangement can be shared price and businessman's data with Peer.
As described below, preferably include the search engine of the software that can be carried out by calculation element 12, firmware etc., can in database, search for the information that satisfies by one or more search conditions of user's input of this device.For example, but the search engine search database with seek in 15 miles of user's current locations, the parking lot is arranged and sells all Burger Rush of ice cream.The user can import arbitrarily search inquiry or project to initiate search, and perhaps search engine can be based on the state of device 10, such as the current location of device 10, and search database automatically.
Search engine, perhaps as an alternative, independent computing engines (being preferably equally) by the software that can be carried out by calculation element 12, firmware etc., also can carry out with from the relevant computing of data of database, such as specific geographical area or scope (for example, Kansas City, the Kansas State etc.) in average or middle price, in the specific range of device 10 (for example, 10 miles radius etc.) the average or middle price of businessman, the perhaps average or middle price of all businessmans of concrete commodity or service in this database.This device can also be determined other information, the businessman which is lower than average price such as near which businessman in the current location of this device, the database have absolute minimum price, which businessman in the specific geographical area and have minimum price, which businessman has the highest price, which businessman's the most comfortable etc.
Fig. 4 has shown and utilizes electronic installation 10 to determine and show some step in the illustrative methods 200 of oil price information of refuelling station.The particular order of step shown in Figure 4 and description herein can be modified and not break away from protection scope of the present invention.For example, the step shown in some can be reversed, make up or even remove fully.
Shown in step 202, electronic installation 10 is determined its current location constantly or periodically.This device can be determined assembly 14 or be determined its position by other modes described above by the position.Then, the expression of position is displayed on the display 20 or position coordinates is deposited in storer 16 simply.
Shown in step 204, install user's operating user interface of 10 subsequently to start search to fuel station information.For example, but user's input search condition, and it is used to search for this database satisfies search condition with searching information.Search condition can be asked: the tabulation of all refuelling stations in the selected radius of device and the oil price of these refuelling stations; The tabulation of all refuelling stations (perhaps those refuelling stations in the certain radius scope) of specific grade or model fuel oil is arranged; Have the tabulation of all refuelling stations of desired facility; The tabulation of all refuelling stations that company had that certain family is specific; Accept the tabulation of all refuelling stations of certain payments mode; And/or has a tabulation of all refuelling stations of specific business hours.
Shown in step 206, all information of the search inquiry of input are satisfied in calculation element 12 visit refuelling station's databases and retrieval then.For example, if user request in user's current location ten mile range, sell diesel oil and do business, calculation element search refuelling station's database and only obtain the information of those refuelling stations that meet these search conditions then to the tabulation of ten two all refuelling stations later, specific company at midnight.
Replace in the step 204 and need start search database in search and the step 206 by the user, on the contrary, device 10 can be presented at the oil price of all refuelling stations in the selected or default distance of this electronic installation automatically.For example, the user only operating user interface 18 with the request fuel station information, and in response, calculation element 12 automatically search database to seek all refuelling stations in other selected or default distance scopes of five miles of the current locations of this device 10 or certain.
In certain embodiments, shown in step 208, the average or middle oil price collected of calculation element 12 these refuelling stations that can determine from database, to obtain subsequently.As an alternative, the calculation element computable number is according to all refuelling stations in the storehouse, perhaps average the or middle oil price of those refuelling stations in the selected distance scope of user's current location only.
In the step 210, the oil price of the refuelling station that calculation element will obtain from database subsequently compares with the average or middle oil price that calculates.For example, calculation element can determine whether the oil price of these refuelling stations is higher or lower than the average or middle oil price that calculates in the step 208.Alternatively, calculation element can be carried out other price comparison computing, for example determines which refuelling station that oil price is lower than average or middle price is near the current location of this device.
At last, as step 212 and Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, calculation element 12 shows the relevant information of oil price and refuelling station on display 20.In certain embodiments, calculation element 12 Name ﹠ Location that will satisfy the refuelling station of search condition shows with the fuel oil price of these refuelling stations.Calculation element is also indicated the price of which refuelling station to be lower than and/or is higher than the average oil price that calculates, and/or oil price is lower than which refuelling station of average or middle price near this device.Oil price shows at least a oil price that can comprise each refuelling station.
In a particular embodiment, oil price is displayed to the user in such a way: the user can be easily and is identified the oil price that is below or above average or middle oil price apace.For example, oil price shows can be by coloud coding, thereby makes the text that is lower than or equals the oil price of average or middle oil price be colored as green, and the text that is higher than the oil price of average or middle oil price is colored as redness.In Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, lines 44,46,48,50 and 52 can be colored as green, because these oil price subaverages (3.04 dollars/gallon), and lines 54,56,58,60 and 62 can be colored as redness, because these oil prices are higher than mean value.As an alternative or additionally, other show tags can be used to indicate each oil price to be higher than or be lower than average or middle oil price (for example, arrow, highlighted, icon etc.).Further, the most cheap and the most expensive oil price, price are lower than the nearest refuelling station of average or middle price, and perhaps any other computing or result can pass through the signs such as highlighted, icon of color text, particular color.
Calculation element also can be the refuelling station that is shown and shows refuelling station's icon.Then, the user selects one of them refuelling station's icon with the path of show navigator to this refuelling station.By dividing highway section guide (turn-by-turn direction) or other help of navigating, can show or otherwise provide map subsequently subsequently to navigate to selecteed refuelling station.For example, if near icon the refuelling station that the user has selected to be shown or other indication, then calculation element can be searched the address of selected refuelling station, on the street map or show the expression of this selecteed refuelling station and user's automobile on other drawing maps, and the current location of explicit user and the path between the selecteed refuelling station subsequently.When the user was driven towards selected refuelling station, this device can provide the instruction of branch highway section, detour path or other help of navigating.
Although invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiment that supporting accompanying drawing shows, it should be noted, adopt equivalent and substitute not break away from claim of the present invention institute restricted portion at this.For example, although the present invention is specially adapted to provide and the information that shows that fuel oil and refuelling station are relevant, it also can be used to provide and show the data relevant with other prices.
Described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, required as new and wish the following content that comprises by the patent certificate protection.
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1. electronic installation comprises:
Display; And
Be used to drive the calculation element of described display, described calculation element is configured to be presented at the price that the businessman in the selected geographic area collects, relatively at least some described prices, and the result that described comparison is provided to the user of described electronic installation.
2. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said calculation element are configured to determine the average or middle price of the price that the businessman in selected geographic area collects.
3. electronic installation according to claim 2, wherein said calculation element are configured to be lower than average or middle price in the price of which businessman of indication in selected geographic area on the display.
4. electronic installation according to claim 2, wherein said calculation element are configured to be higher than average or middle price in the price of which businessman of indication in selected geographic area on the display.
5. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said price are that fuel price and businessman are the refuelling stations.
6. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said selected geographic area are that radius is the zone apart from the selected distance of current location of described electronic installation.
7. electronic installation according to claim 6 further comprises the input media that is coupled to described calculation element, and described input media allows the user to select described selected distance.
8. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said selected geographic area are the zones that is selected from the group of the zone, metropolitan area, state, autonomous region and the country that comprise neighbouring area, city, the system of prefectures and counties, cities and towns, crossroad, contiguous expressway exit.
9. electronic installation according to claim 1, further comprise the input media that is coupled to described calculation element, described input media allows in the businessman that the user selects to show on the display, and it triggers described calculation element and shows the current location of described electronic installation and the path between the selecteed businessman.
10. electronic installation according to claim 1 further comprises the shell that is used to hold described display and described calculation element.
11. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said display and described calculation element are assembled in the shell separately.
12. electronic installation according to claim 1 further comprises the gps receiver that is coupled to described calculation element, it is used to receive the satellite-signal from a plurality of gps satellites, the position that is used to calculate described electronic installation with the function as described satellite-signal.
13. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said calculation element are configured to show the current location of described electronic installation and the distance between each businessman.
14. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein said calculation element are configured to receive the information that satisfies described search condition from user's search condition and demonstration.
15. electronic installation according to claim 14, wherein said search condition are selected from the group of the business hours of the title of the type of the current location that comprises described electronic installation and the ultimate range between the described businessman, commodity that described businessman sells or service, facility that businessman provides, businessman, Payment Methods that businessman accepts and businessman.
16. electronic installation according to claim 1 further comprises the storer that is used to store the information relevant with businessman.
17. electronic installation according to claim 16, the wherein said information relevant with businessman are selected from the commodity that comprise businessman's title, businessman address, businessman's coordinate, merchant price, businessman's business hours, businessman's facility, businessman or the group of COS and businessman's Payment Methods.
18. electronic installation according to claim 16 further comprises the communication facilities that is used for receiving from external source businessman's relevant information.
19. electronic installation according to claim 18, wherein said communication facilities is selected from the group that comprises radio transceiver, bluetooth transceiver and cellular transceiver.
20. a method that provides price comparison information to client said method comprising the steps of:
Determine current location by the electronic installation of client operating;
On this electronic installation, show the price that the businessman in the geographic area relevant with the current location of described electronic installation collects; And
Compare at least some described prices, so that price comparison information to be provided to client.
21. method according to claim 20, wherein said comparison step comprise the average or middle price of the price of determining that the described businessman in described geographic area collects.
22. method according to claim 20, wherein said price are fuel price and businessman is the refuelling station.
23. method according to claim 20, wherein selected geographic area are radiuses is the zone of the selected distance of current location of the described electronic installation of distance.
24. method according to claim 20 further comprises the step of the information that reception is satisfied described search condition from user's search condition and demonstration.
25. method according to claim 20 further comprises client is navigated to one step in the described businessman.
26. a guider comprises:
Gps receiver, it is used for from a plurality of gps satellite receiving satellite signals, and determines the current location of electronic installation as the function of described satellite-signal;
Display; And
Calculation element, it is coupled to described gps receiver and described display and is configured to show that the oil price of a plurality of refuelling stations in the geographic area relevant with the current location of described electronic installation and more described oil price compare at least one low refuelling station of another refuelling station at least to determine oil price on display.
27. guider according to claim 26, further comprise the input media that is coupled to described calculation element, it allows in the refuelling station that user selects to show on the display one, and it triggers current location and the help of the navigation between the selecteed refuelling station that described calculation element provides described guider.
28. guider according to claim 26, wherein said calculation element are configured to calculate the average or middle oil price of the oil price of collecting described refuelling station.
29. guider according to claim 28, wherein said calculation element are configured to be lower than average or middle oil price in indication oil price of which refuelling station in described geographic area on the display.
30. guider according to claim 26, wherein said calculation element are configured to show the current location of described guider and the distance between each refuelling station.
31. guider according to claim 26, wherein said calculation element are configured to receive the oil price that the refuelling station that satisfies described search condition from user's search condition and demonstration collects.
32. guider according to claim 26, wherein said calculation element are configured to determine and show the current location of described electronic installation and the path between the selecteed refuelling station.
33. a system that is used for providing to client price comparison information, described system comprises:
About the price of commodity or service and the database of information of selling the businessman of described commodity or service; And
At least one electronic installation, it can visit described database, show the price of the businessman in the geographic area relevant with the current location of described electronic installation, and more described price provides price comparison information with the user to described device.
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