Method of operating a navigation system to report effects of updated portions of a geographic database
First Claim
1. A method of operating a navigation system that executes a navigation application software program to provide a navigation-related feature, the method comprising:
- identifying that said navigation application software program uses both updated geographic data and un-updated geographic data from a geographic database associated with said navigation system, wherein said un-updated geographic data has an associated date or version different from said updated geographic data; and
providing a report indicating that an inconsistency between said updated geographic data and said un-updated geographic data may exist.
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Abstract
A method for operating a navigation system that executes a navigation application software program to provide a navigation-related feature is provided. The method comprises identifying that the navigation application software program uses both updated geographic data and un-updated geographic data from a geographic database associated with said navigation system. The un-updated geographic data has an associated date or version different from the updated geographic data. The method further comprises providing a report indicating that an inconsistency between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data may exist. The method may further include identifying the inconsistency between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a navigation system that executes a navigation application software program to provide a navigation-related feature, the method comprising:
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identifying that said navigation application software program uses both updated geographic data and un-updated geographic data from a geographic database associated with said navigation system, wherein said un-updated geographic data has an associated date or version different from said updated geographic data; and
providing a report indicating that an inconsistency between said updated geographic data and said un-updated geographic data may exist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A navigation system comprising:
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a geographic database containing geographic data representing features in a geographic region, wherein said geographic database is capable of receiving an incremental update, wherein said incremental update changes a previously released geographic dataset of the geographic database to provide an updated dataset and an un-updated dataset, wherein said updated dataset including changes to said previously released geographic dataset and said un-updated dataset includes a portion of said previously released geographic dataset; and
a navigation application software program determining whether both said updated geographic dataset and said un-updated geographic dataset are used to provide a navigation-related feature. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operating a computing platform that executes a navigation application software program to provide a navigation-related feature, the method comprising:
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identifying whether a geographic database associated with said computing platform has undergone an incremental update, wherein said incremental update changes a previously released geographic dataset of the geographic database to provide an updated dataset and an un-updated dataset, wherein said updated dataset including changes to said previously released geographic dataset and said un-updated dataset includes a portion of said previously released geographic dataset; and
providing a report indicating that said navigation-related feature uses both said updated dataset and said un-updated dataset. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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