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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7283046 | Method and system for providing tracking services to locate an asset The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274374 | Map display device and method for operating thereof A car navigation device displays a map by using display colors included in a first color pallet when the speed of a vehicle traveling is lower than a predetermined value and displays the map by using display colors included in a second color pallet having a group of... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269507 | Method and system for electronically determining dynamic traffic information A method of and system for determining a path traveled by a vehicle in a road network having a plurality of road segments connected into a plurality of paths that includes obtaining a current location measurement having an accuracy range, determining the road segmen... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267281 | Location, orientation, product and color identification system for the blind or visually impaired Barcode scanning and digitizing technology incorporated in the tip of a white cane for the blind, which houses barcode reader, sonar, color sensory and audio production mechanisms. Apparatus detects and announces via audio or vibratory output, obstacles, drop-offs, ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269504 | System and method for assigning a level of urgency to navigation cues System and method for guiding a driver of a vehicle (20) from a starting point to a destination point using an assignment of levels of urgency of navigation cues. The system comprises a navigation unit (38), a controller (22) and a user interfac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266560 | Parcelized geographic data medium with internal spatial indices and method and system for use and formation thereof A navigable map database, stored on a computer-readable medium and used with a navigation application program, includes data which are spatially parcelized into a plurality of parcels. Associated with each of the plurality of parcels is a first index which associate... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266438 | Method of assisting driver to negotiate a roadway A method of assisting a driver to negotiate a roadway by identifying a curve from a map database (12); calculating an estimated negotiable speed for the curve (14); advising the driver of the upcoming curve (16); warning the driver if he attempt... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266515 | Method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for generally complex equipment Computerized method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for selected equipment and a selected system thereof is provided. The method allows to provide a database comprising detailed parts data about the replacement parts for each assembly of the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259694 | Wireless communication system and method to provide geo-spatial related event data A system and method for communication of information that has particular significance to a specific location only to those individuals that are at or near that geo-spatial location. In particular, providing safety factor data and alerts is a preferred use of the inv... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257405 | Method and system for radio communications using mobile terminal moving route prediction In a radio communication system formed by a plurality of radio base stations having respective service areas and a mobile radio terminal configured to transmit a data transmission request through one radio base station and receive requested data through at least one... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256711 | Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-rela... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254416 | Mobile entertainment and communication device A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254481 | Action support method and apparatus An action support apparatus displays a destination specification screen for specifying a destination, and receives from the user a specification of a general destination. If a general destination is specified, then the apparatus determines a detailed destination, re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248965 | Map information supply device for mobile units Disclosed is a arrangements of map information supply device for mobile units. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248184 | System for processing digital map data A method for processing digital map data for route determination is provided that includes dividing a region into a plurality of zones, and for the zones, automatically determining at least one cost value for at least one direction of travel of the zone based on the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245997 | Remote monitoring system and method A smart key carried with a user is provided with switches for monitoring a vehicle in remote places, such as a departure-time monitor switch, a return-time monitor switch and an all item monitor switch. The switches are associated with monitor information indicating... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239964 | Method and apparatus for displaying a map A navigation apparatus and method of displaying a map are provided for scrolling and displaying the map covering the vicinity of a present position such that a relationship with the present position can be constantly recognized. When a request for a surroundi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240108 | Customized tours using handheld devices Communication of location specific content to client devices including identifying a client device at a location of a location specific device, wherein the client device comprises client device attributes, the client device attributes comprising a client device iden... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233862 | Information center for communications-type navigation device A communications-type car navigation system including a vehicle-mounted terminal and a server. When transferring, to the terminal, the result of a route searching which the server has performed, the server transfers the data that will satisfy the requirements of a r... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233321 | Pointing device with integrated audio input A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a per... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231296 | Display device, information processing device, and information processing system An information processing system includes a display device and a information processing apparatus. The display device includes: a first arithmetic processing unit; a display unit at which information is displayed as a bitmap; and an interface unit that can be connec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228199 | Bulk inventory network system A system and method for remote monitoring of material storage levels for dry bulk goods, wherein an independent entity, such as a transportation carrier, can continuously monitor raw material supply levels at a remote manufacturing plant, and, based on projected usa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227453 | Multi-control telematics in a vehicle An apparatus and method allow either the driver or a passenger in a vehicle to operate a telematic unit in the vehicle. Communication requests may be prioritized, depending upon the type of communication desired and whether the request is being made by the driver or... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225076 | Map search system Retrieving an on-map position is executed within a targeted search area that is one of search areas. Search information items are stored for retrieving. Each of the search information items is related to one of the search areas. Area-designating information items ar... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224963 | System method and computer program product for managing themes in a mobile phone Themes provide the mobile phone with changeable characteristics pertaining to the appearance and sound presented by the mobile phone. A theme profile associated with the mobile phone contains data pertaining to which theme to apply to the mobile phone and when to tr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219010 | Vehicle navigation apparatus and a program for controlling vehicle navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus for registers a place of departure a destination, a route traveled, a time of day and/or a day of the week that the route was traveled; determines whether an input place of departure and input destination are respectively substantially the sam... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218246 | Map display device and program therefor An object of the present invention is to provide a map display device that makes full use of historic records of the input addresses of previously retrieved points, thereby simplifying the process for inputting an address of a point near a previously retrieved point... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215254 | Driving assistance system When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained from individual front monitor cameras of the subject vehicle and the o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216034 | System and method for an intelligent multi-modal user interface for route drawing A system and method for providing an interactive, multi-modal interface used to generate a route drawing. A mobile terminal display initially displays map data indicative of a user's region of interest. Through a series of audible, visual, and tactile excitations, t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212916 | Obtaining contextual vehicle information A system for permitting remotely located applications to obtain information about vehicle conditions and responsively perform programmatic actions based upon the vehicle conditions. The system can include a vehicle response server and a vehicle response agent. The v... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209828 | Navigation apparatus for a vehicle and program which controls the apparatus A navigation apparatus for a vehicle registers a place of departure, a destination, and a route traveled by the vehicle; determines whether an input place of departure and input destination are respectively substantially the same as a place of departure and destinat... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206755 | Method, apparatus and article-of-manufacture for the creation, issuance, valuation/pricing, trading and exercise of options for attendance rights, and derivative instruments thereon Computer-related methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to permit/facilitate the creation, marketing, and/or distribution of options to purchase tickets to a particular future event, particularly an elimination format competition, when the chosen competi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206660 | Navigation apparatus and method, and computer program product A navigation apparatus is provided with: a first storing device for storing original data for a navigation based on a predetermined format and including map data, in such a manner that an empty area exists on the predetermined format in each processing unit for a pr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203597 | Terminal apparatus for acquiring position-related content A terminal apparatus is provided with a content list storage section that stores a content list storing at least one pair of an address of content related to a position and the position. A position detecting section detects a position, a specifying section which def... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199725 | Radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired with synchronous sound skins Methods, systems, and products for radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired, storing a recording of a sound, including timing information for synchronous playback, representing at least one attribute of an object having associated with the object ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200591 | Method for transferring search results using a printer A method of enabling users to perform a search. The method includes providing a user with a search request form including information relating to a search request, the search request form having coded data indicative of an identity of an interactive element. A compu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200409 | On-board communication terminal and information service center communicating with on-board communication terminal The invention provides an on-vehicle communication terminal that secures a report to a center and safety of a crew by providing short-range radio communication means in the on-vehicle communication terminal, separately configuring a mobile terminal provided with a p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7196659 | Combined global positioning system receiver and radio A portable GPS/radio unit communicates over a wireless radio network with at least one other unit which is transmitting radio signals over the network indicative of that unit's location. The GPS/radio unit comprises a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals fro... | 03/27/2007 |
