Interactive Mapping Enhancement to a Vehicle Navigation System
First Claim
1. A navigation system for instructing an operator of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an interactive computer-based mapping application configured to generate mapping data corresponding to a user-entered destination, the mapping data being formatted for native compatibility with the mapping application;
an onboard data converter configured to convert the mapping data into navigation data corresponding to the destination; and
an onboard vehicle navigation system configured to process the navigation data using native navigation system processing logic, and configured to generate a proposed route in response to the navigation data;
wherein the mapping data is not fully compatible with the onboard vehicle navigation system and wherein the navigation data is formatted for native compatibility with the onboard vehicle navigation system.
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Abstract
An onboard vehicle navigation system as described herein is enhanced with data obtained from an interactive computer-based mapping application, which may be readily available from one or more websites. The mapping application generates mapping data that indicates a desired destination and/or a proposed route to that destination. The mapping data is stored in a portable data storage device, such as a USB flash memory device, which can be connected to a data port on the vehicle. The mapping data can be downloaded to the onboard vehicle navigation system from the portable data storage device and used in lieu of programming inputs that would otherwise have been entered by the operator of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A navigation system for instructing an operator of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an interactive computer-based mapping application configured to generate mapping data corresponding to a user-entered destination, the mapping data being formatted for native compatibility with the mapping application; an onboard data converter configured to convert the mapping data into navigation data corresponding to the destination; and an onboard vehicle navigation system configured to process the navigation data using native navigation system processing logic, and configured to generate a proposed route in response to the navigation data;
wherein the mapping data is not fully compatible with the onboard vehicle navigation system and wherein the navigation data is formatted for native compatibility with the onboard vehicle navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. (canceled)
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3. (canceled)
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8. A navigation system for instructing an operator of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a portable data storage device configured to store mapping data generated by an interactive computer-based mapping application, the mapping data corresponding to a destination for the operator, and the mapping data being formatted for native compatibility with the mapping application; and an onboard vehicle navigation system configured to receive the portable data storage device to facilitate transfer of the mapping data from the portable data storage device to the onboard vehicle navigation system, the onboard vehicle navigation system being configured to reformat the mapping data into navigation data formatted for native compatibility with the onboard vehicle navigagtion system , and to generate a proposed route in response to the navigation data, wherein the mapping data is not fully compatible with the onboard vehicle navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. (canceled)
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16. A navigation method for instructing an operator of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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generating mapping data with an interactive computer-based mapping application, the mapping data corresponding to a user-entered destination for the operator, and the mapping data being formatted for native compatibility with the mapping application; storing the mapping data on a portable data storage device to obtain a loaded storage device; establishing data connectivity between the loaded storage device and an onboard vehicle navigation system; downloading the mapping data from the loaded storage device to the onboard vehicle navigation system; and converting the mapping data into navigation data formatted for native compatibility with the onboard vehicle navigation system, wherein the mapping data is not fUlly compatible with the onboard vehicle navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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17. (canceled)
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