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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7107259 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method In an example information processing apparatus, three information groups divided by type into general information, system-inherent information, and user information, are utilized to give operational directions. The information processing apparatus selects one or mor... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106184 | Rear entertainment system and control method thereof A rear entertainment system has a voice synthesis circuit, an OSD unit, a video camera, a DVD playback unit, a rear monitor, a navigation unit, a mixer, an IR circuit, and headphones. The voice synthesis circuit and the OSD unit receive driving information from a ha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106218 | Method and apparatus for the display of detailed map information In a separate-window-display map search-and-display unit, where a current position or a cursor position arrives at a predetermined area near the outer circumference of a screen image during cursor-moving map scroll display is performed, a map-display-scale calculati... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107150 | Map generating system and map management system There have been problems in the facility information management system arts because when a distance-based facility database is searched for the facility information by specifying the name and distance of a facility, the location and position of a specific facility m... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103653 | Storage area network management system, method, and computer-readable medium An integrated management mechanism of a storage area network (SAN) integrates and manages a traditionally dispersed security system from a single source and automates security management in the SAN. The integrated management mechanism integrates and manages the SAN,... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103841 | Method and arrangement for providing an expanded desktop The invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop. Especially the invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop virtually. The objects of the invention are fulfilled by relating an audible sound to the application, win... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103369 | System and method for obtaining content relating to a predicted location of a terminal apparatus The present invention is to store a content list that stores at least one pair of content related to a position and the position in relation to the content, determine a content acquisition region to acquire the content based on a current position, select content in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103470 | Method and system for mapping traffic predictions with respect to telematics and route guidance applications A method is provided for predicting load of traffic of vehicles that are travelling according to non reference route plan, provided with Dynamic Route Guidance capability of their PMMS, in a Forward Time Interval related Route Segment and according to a predetermine... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103558 | System and method for determining the origin and destination services of a travel itinerary A system and method for determining one or more origin and destination (O&D) services for a travel itinerary. The method comprises the steps of inputting itinerary data into the processor, determining one or more O&D services for the itinerary by applying a multi-le... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102506 | MEANS ARRANGEMENT CAPABLE OF SELECTING AND SIGNAL A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MEANS TO STOP AT ITS STOPPING PLACE, AND TO DETECT SAID STOPPING PLACE OF SAID TRANSPORTATION MEANS, PARTICULARLY APT TO BE USED BY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, MORE PARTICULARLY STILL, BY PEOPLE WITH VISUAL INCAPACITIES In a city wherein the public transportation network is served by several different transportation lines, the visually handicapped persons wishing to accede to a transportation means belonging to a determined transportation line encounters difficulties in locating an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102508 | Method and apparatus for locating and tracking persons The invention relates to a method and apparatus for locating and tracking persons by use of an implantable device. The described invention is an implant able device composed of biocompatible materials in all areas where contact with organic tissue occurs. The gross ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103594 | System and method for information retrieval employing a preloading procedure A document retrieval system having improved response time. During the time the user spends viewing the displayed information, other information that the user is likely to read or study later is preloaded into memory. If the user later requests the preloaded informat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099835 | Methods and systems for providing life management and enhancement applications and services for telematics and other electronic medium The invention presented herein relates to methods and systems for providing life management and enhancement applications and services to customers via an electronic medium such as the Internet. In addition, the present invention is directed to business-to-business a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098931 | Image management system and methods using digital watermarks Digital watermarking technology is used in an image management system. Images are uniquely identified by digital watermarks. The images are stored so as to be indexed according to their unique identifiers. In the preferred embodiment, related images are linked toget... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099771 | Method and systems to interface navigation operations Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099772 | Route determination method and device A route calculation method allowing an optimized route to be drawn up by means of a calculator between a point α and a point β, consisting in using digitized data from at least a first and a second source, and consisting of (i) determining a plurality of alpha nod... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100204 | System and method for determining network users' physical locations A computer program product is provided as a system for use with the Internet to determine the physical location of IP addresses. The system of the invention includes a locator broker and various databases. The locator broker is the intermediary between the locator s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096233 | Server, user terminal, information providing service system and information providing service method for providing information in conjunction with a geographical mapping application An information providing service method comprising the steps of selecting an object displayed on a map in a user terminal, transmitting coordinate information relating to an object selected in the terminal and display object attribute information representing attrib... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093014 | Access method and system with restricted number of address indentifiers in domain areas for identifying server addresses A website access system allowing easy operation and a small number of steps for accessing a desired one of a great number of websites is disclosed. A plurality of domain areas are provided, which is determined so that a number of information providers is restricted.... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092817 | Map information retrieving Index data is provided for a retrieval method whose retrieval key does not contain positional information. From such index data, meshes are used to define an area (A1) based on the extent of a user's living area around a retrieval center (P) such as a current... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092802 | Vehicle website audio/video communication link A website interface system for a vehicle includes a vehicle with a first camera. A remote device includes a first display and a first microphone. A vehicle website provider communicates with, and establishes a communications interface between, the vehicle and the re... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091882 | Automated exchange for determining availability of assets shareable among entities An automated exchange for determining the availability of mobile assets that are shareable among mobile asset users. The automated exchange includes a plurality of mobile asset sources for providing mobile assets of one or more types, a data center for providing the... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092724 | Method and apparatus for waypoint services navigational system A Waypoint Services Navigational System (WSNS) is disclosed comprising a mobile unit connected to a server and to a database by the Internet. The WSNS uses omnipresent digital cellular links or any other form of radio frequency communications for transmission of inf... | 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 |
| 7091519 | Semiconductor thin film, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an insulating film on its surface, and ac active layer made of a semiconductive thin film on the substrate surface. The thin film contains a mono-domain region formed of multiple columnar and/or needle-like crystals... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089301 | System and method for searching peer-to-peer computer networks by selecting a computer based on at least a number of files shared by the computer A method and system for intelligently directing a search of a peer-to-peer network, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosing a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. A host monitor monitors the peer-to-peer network and... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089110 | Dynamic navigation system A method for navigation includes storing map data on a server, the map data including vector information delineating roads in a map. A portion of the vector information corresponding to an area in which a user of a mobile client device is traveling is downloaded fro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089507 | System and method for display views using a single stroke control A system and method for displaying a geographical map using a single stylus movement is presented. A user contacts a display with the stylus and selects an area on the geographical map in which the user wishes to view. The user moves the stylus into a zoom zone whic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088266 | Map image display device A map image display device is configured and arranged to improve operability by enabling a map image of a location distant from a currently displayed map image to be appropriately displayed with a simple operation. The map image display device displays names that ar... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089107 | System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085649 | Electronic organizer Electronic organiser (10) with a calendar (11) in which appointments at least according to date, time and an individual description, for example a person to be visited, are variable. If the organiser (10) is provided with an interface (22... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085648 | Information delivering server and clients and method thereof and storing medium stored programs to execute information delivery An information delivery server and clients, which can deliver geographic information to a user based on a reaching possibility such as a physical distance or time from a place such as a location of the user or a place where the user had an interest, is provided. A u... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085650 | System and method of geospatially mapping topological regions and displaying their attributes A geographical information system and a method are disclosed for geospatially mapping a least one parcel polygon within a geographical region and for displaying at least one specific attribute of each parcel polygon, i.e. a topological area within the given geograph... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085726 | Robustness and notifications in travel planning system A method includes determining a travel itinerary that includes a first segment that is scheduled to arrive at a location at an arrival time and a second segment that is scheduled to depart from the location at a departure time. The method also includes deriving a pr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082706 | Systems and methods for creating aerial messages Systems and methods are disclosed for creating aerial messages using multiple aircraft. Each of the aircraft includes a control box located in the aircraft for receiving data from and transmitting data to a software program running on a main computer. The systems an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085576 | Method and apparatus for providing streaming information to a wireless mobile wireless device A method and apparatus, for acquiring at least mobile wireless device direction information (132), based upon at least two different mobile wireless device time-location entries (123) of a mobile wireless device (102). This mobile wireless devic... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082364 | Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on current location information Systems, methods and computer program products match a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Candidate driver(s) for the trip are automatically identified based on a current location for the candidate driver(s) responsive to a request from the passeng... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082400 | Goal oriented travel planning system A travel system for processing travel requests based on a user's travel destination goal such as a meeting place and time. The travel system selects a destination terminal, if one is not provided, and estimates a travel time between the destination terminal and the ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
