Method for Enabling Useful Data, in Particular Navigation Data

• US 20070255492A1
• Filed: 01/07/2005
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Listle, Holger
• Application Number:
  US10/590,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

A method for enabling useful data, in particular navigation data, which are stored on a data carrier or transmitted into a data processing system. The user is provided with an optimized data provision method. For this purpose, the data are enabled for an area that is freely selectable by the user of the useful data.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. A method for enabling useful data, which is one of (a) stored on a data carrier and (b) transmitted into a data processing system, the method comprising:

enabling the useful data for an area which is freely selectable by a user of the useful data.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the data includes navigation data.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the useful data is enabled for an area within a radius around a freely selectable center point.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein a use authorization is one of (a) transmitted via a radio signal and (b) present on the data carrier.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein a navigation system is used to determine whether the user is located within the area for which a use authorization has been granted.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein enabling takes place in a time-limited manner.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the area is not limited to any political boundary.