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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103441 | Caching navigation content for intermittently connected devices Selectively caching content related to routing data in a computing device. Prior to traversing a route, one or more access points to a network are identified. An expected level of access to a network (e.g., signal strength) along the route is determined. Portions of... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103442 | Navigation device and its method In a navigation device for providing a guide from an origin to a destination, a display section displays a guide image indicating the guide to the destination. A state acquisition section acquires a state outside a vehicle. A photographed guide generation section ge... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099233 | Map display controller and computer readable medium including instructions for displaying map image A map display controller displays a three-dimensional map image on a display screen of a display device, and superimposes a route wall standing from a route and along the route in the three dimensional map image on the display device. This reduces a difficulty in co... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090526 | Method for determining the horizontal profile of a flight plan complying with a prescribed vertical flight profile The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090527 | Method for operating a navigation system A method for operating a navigation system includes the following steps: a) inputting a destination; b) deriving a starting point from the destination being input by utilizing a starting point derivation rule; c) calculating a route from the derived starting point t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090528 | Navigation apparatus and computer program When a map image in the periphery of a vehicle position is displayed on a liquid crystal display in 3D, POIs existing in a first searching region within a first searching distance from a current position of the vehicle are searched in an area in the vicinity of the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078394 | Indexing large-scale GPS tracks Described is a technology by which uploaded GPS data is indexed according to spatio-temporal relationships to facilitate efficient insertion and retrieval. The indexes may be converted to significantly smaller-sized data structures when new updates to that structure... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068977 | Destination prediction apparatus and method thereof To provide a destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination more accurately than before. A destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination of a mobile object includes: a stay characteristic accumulating unit in which stay characteristic ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068978 | System and method for managing mobile drive units A method for moving a mobile drive unit within a workspace includes receiving a path. The path includes at least an initial segment and one or more additional segments. The initial segment includes a portion of the path adjacent to the first point; and at least one ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065077 | Organizing media data using a portable electronic device The present invention relates to an electronic communication device, a portable electronic device, a method, a computer program product, a computer program element, and a system for organizing electronic media data in relation to fix points of geographic locations. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065078 | Conveying locations in spoken dialog systems The presentation of location information to a user that is distracted by traveling can result in the user quickly forgetting, or never even comprehending, key parts of the location information, such as the street number. Identification can be made of intersections a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060298 | Multiple directions to a destination without providing a specific origin The automatic generation of multiple sets of directions for navigating geographically to a specific destination without specification of an origin. Based on the destination, candidate roads or other transportation conduits are selected for analysis. Candidate meta-d... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046162 | Data broadcast method for traffic information Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing traffic information and broadcasting the traffic information in a prioritized order. The method generally comprises receiving data regarding traffic conditions on various roads, wherein each road can be characterized... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046161 | Transportation planning with rule-based release of trips for execution A computer, for planning moves of freight automatically receives a plan containing a number of trips to be performed to move freight using vehicles, and partially releases only a portion of the plan for execution instead of releasing the entire plan. The plan portio... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041505 | Navigation services based on position location using broadcast digital television signals A service depends on the location of a device. The device location is determined using DTV signals. More specifically, the device location is determined based on pseudo-ranges between the device and a plurality of digital television (DTV) transmitters and the pseudo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036822 | Travel time determination The present invention relates to travel time determination, for example, determining a predicted travel time between locations based on historical data. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for determining a predicted amount of time required to tr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036823 | Navigation system A navigation system generating a display which enables an intuitive and instant grasp of a distance to a guide point (such as a guide target intersection) is provided. The navigation system displays an object on a route between the vicinity of a vehicle position and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027784 | Personal GPS navigation device A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information; a processor to determine a route of travel based upon a current position of the navigation device and an input or selected destina... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027785 | Homing display system and method A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The vari... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024111 | Travel route system and method A method of recommending a travel route includes receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location. One or more road segments included in possible routes are identified. Traffic data, event... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014942 | Remote destination programming for vehicle navigation Remote destination programming enables a user to define a desired destination (402, 406, 410) in advance of a journey. The destination may be stored in a user profile (502, 504) on a remote navigation server (400, 500). It may be uploaded there ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014941 | Optimum route determination employing an estimation function A method and system for determining a route from a starting point to a destination on a road network are provided, where an estimation function for vertices of the road network is employed, and where a tiling covers an area in which at least a portion of the road ne... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010281 | Method and apparatus for providing a navigation summary A route between locations includes a detailed set of directions to get from a present location to a destination. A route summary is provided, showing a subset of the roads needed to be traveled to go from the present location to the destination. The route summary is... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000891 | Data formats and usage for massive point to point route calculation The invention is directed to a method by which optimal paths are found between one or more start destinations and one or more end destinations. First destination and travel data is converted into a node and edge data format, wherein the nodes represent start points ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996148 | System and method for obtaining map coordinates to fixed location A method for obtaining directions to fixed location such as a restaurant includes using a telephone to call the restaurant, and providing a prompt to the caller during the call to push a button on the telephone to download GPS location of the restaurant. The GPS inf... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996149 | Method and device for automatic route registration A method and a device for automatic route registration. A destination is entered into a data input device. A route is determined as a function of a starting location and the entered destination. The first route is transmitted to a route analysis device and divided i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991545 | Method and apparatus for selecting POI by brand icon A method and apparatus for selecting a desired point of interest (“POI”) for a navigation system displays matching brand icons associated with POIs to assist the user in finding an intended POI. When the user inputs characters indicating a POI name or a POI type... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991546 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system for efficiently searching cities on map image A display method and apparatus for a navigation system promotes to quickly search a desired on a map image with respect to an order of distance from a current vehicle position or other reference position. On the screen of the navigation system, it displays a special... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979201 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes a map data acquiring means 11a, 11, 12, and 5 for acquiring map data including data about roads for which whether or not a car pool lane is also provided is specified; a current position determining means | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974776 | System and method for providing origin and destination guide information A system for providing origin and destination guide information selects an origin position of a vehicle, and selects a destination link that is a road near the destination in consideration of a position and a type (crossroads, apartment complex, park, or superhighwa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949464 | Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes transmitting a parking message including a determined parking availability. The de... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941267 | Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on selection criteria and driver characteristic information Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for matching a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Characteristic information about a plurality of drivers is received and a plurality of selection criteria are received from the passenger.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925427 | Metropolitan navigation system In embodiments herein, a desired destination is received from user input as an end location. The embodiments can determine the current position (the beginning location) based on automated positioning and/or user input. Thus, the embodiments can calculate potential r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925428 | Method and apparatus for efficiently storing map data regarding calculated route for navigation system A method and apparatus for a navigation system efficiently stores the data associated with a calculated route to the destination in a backup memory by incorporating a direction coding method. The method and apparatus can be advantageously implemented in such a situa... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925429 | Personal GPS navigation device A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information; a processor to determine a route of travel based upon a current position of the navigation device and an input or sel... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925430 | Presenting a travel route Techniques are provided for presenting a route using a route presentation that provides both a context map and one or more detail route maps. Narrative instructions for the route also may be presented. The presentation of the context map and the one or more detail r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925547 | Method of configuring a personalized consumer rating area A method of configuring a personalized geographical area for a user. An electronic system for providing a geographical-based service (e.g., a business directory, mapping, consumer opinions) obtains information regarding locations that can be associated with the user... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921114 | Capturing and combining media data and geodata in a composite file Systems and methods are provided for capturing and combining media data and geodata into a composite file. The system may include a media data capture module configured to capture media data at a plurality of geographic locations along a path in a geographic area, a... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912880 | Computerized national online parcel-level map data portal A National Online Parcel-Level Map Data Portal (NPDP) is provided that optimizes online delivery of parcel-level maps and linked attribute data. To do this, the NPDP manages a database of assembled and current vector based parcel data in a spatial format (GIS) that ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904238 | Presenting a travel route using more than one presentation style Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-rout... | 03/08/2011 |
