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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266447 | Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A virtual pedestrian segment providing a path through an unorganized geographic area is identified. The unorganized geographic area lacks underlying organization into roads and pa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251558 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248966 | Method of operating a navigation system A method for operating a navigation system is disclosed. An ordered plurality of interconnected segments providing a route from an origin to a destination is obtained. A guidance message for each of the segments is formed. The step of forming the guidance message co... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7197500 | System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media An improved method and system for storage of data that represent geographic features in a region. The data are organized into parcels each of which contains data that represent those geographic features that are located within a separate one of a plurality of rectan... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197394 | Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes An in-vehicle navigation system includes a receiver for receiving real-time traffic information (RTTI), a database for storing routine trip information, and a processor for running a regular route application. The regular route application includes a learning mode p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7152022 | Application of the ψ-s curve to road geometry extraction and modeling A method for determining the line segments, circular arcs, and clothoidal arcs that form a complex curve along a length thereof is disclosed. A ψ-s curve of the complex curve is determined, which is a plot of tangent angles, wherein the angle is made with a fixed l... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149626 | Method of operating a navigation system A method for operating a navigation system obtains an ordered plurality of interconnected segments providing a route from an origin to a destination. A guidance message for each of the segments is formed. The step of forming the guidance message comprises determinin... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139659 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages for broadcast is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a start location at which the traffic condition begins and an... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114050 | Method and system for accessing spatially organized geographic data in blocks A method whereby a computing platform that uses geographic data that are spatially organized into parcels of a given size can specify a parcel block size larger than the given size. Thereafter, during runtime, the geographic data are accessed by the computing platfo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096115 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating traffic speed at a plurality of locations on a road network are obtained. Each of the locations is assigned a unique location reference code. The data indicating traffic speed for the location re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092964 | Method of collecting market research information A method of collecting market research information is disclosed. A geographic database contains data entities that represent geographic features, such as roads, located in a geographic region. Advertising zones are defined within the geographic region. Users of mobi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092818 | Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes An in-vehicle navigation system includes a receiver for receiving real-time traffic information (RTTI), a database for storing routine trip information, and a processor for running a regular route application. The regular route application includes a learning mode p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089264 | Geographic database organization that facilitates location-based advertising A method of facilitating delivery of advertising to users of mobile computing platforms is disclosed. A geographic database contains data entities that represent geographic features, such as roads, located in a geographic region. Advertising zones are defined within... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082443 | Method and system for updating geographic databases A method and system for updating geographic databases used in systems that provide navigation-related features are disclosed. An original version of a geographic database is formed in which the data are organized into parcels. An updated version of the geographic da... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079945 | Geographic database including data indicating wireless coverage and method and system for use thereof Wireless coverage data are associated with a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region. The wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navig... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7062377 | Method for organizing map data A method of organizing map data on a physical storage medium is disclosed. The map data represents geographic features located in a geographic region. The method identifies at least one dense area in the geographic region. The map data representing the geographic fe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051035 | Method and system for forming, storing and using sets of data values A data construction for storing data efficiently and a method for forming and using the data construction is disclosed. The method comprises representing a set of actual data values from an original source of data with an alternative representation. One or more para... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035733 | Method and system for obtaining road grade data A method for collecting data for a geographic database is disclosed. Altitude data are collected using a vehicle traveling in a geographic region. A barometer associated with the vehicle supplies the altitude data. Road grade data along the roads traveled by the veh... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031983 | Method and system for using real-time traffic broadcasts with navigation systems A system and method are disclosed that allow a navigation system that uses a geographic database to also use the data in traffic messages broadcast by a traffic broadcast system. One aspect of a present system and method includes the formation, storage, and use of l... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007011 | Method for representing the vertical component of road geometry and computing grade or slope A geographic database represents roads including an altitudinal component of the geometry of the roads. The altitudinal component of the geometry of roads is represented using data that indicate straight line segments and vertical curves, in particular parabolic ver... | 02/28/2006 |
