Navigation device and method for displaying a rich content document

• US 20080168398A1
• Filed: 10/10/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Erik Thomassen, Olaf Achthoven, Pieter Geelen
• Original Assignee: Erik Thomassen, Olaf Achthoven, Pieter Geelen
• Inventors: Geelen, Pieter, Thomassen, Erik, Achthoven, Olaf
• Application Number:
  US11/907,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20080168398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle

Abstract

A method and a navigation device are disclosed for displaying a rich content document. The navigation device includes an input device to receive an input for selecting a rich content document and a display device to display the rich content document. The rich content document is at least one of a document stored in memory associated with the navigation device and a document acquired via a network connection. The method includes receiving an input for selecting a rich content document and displaying the rich content document on a navigation device display. The rich content document is at least one of a document stored in memory associated with the navigation device and a document acquired via a network connection.

Claims

1. A navigation device for displaying a rich content document, the navigation device comprising an input device to receive an input for selecting a rich content document and a display device to display the rich content document, the rich content document being at least one of a document stored in memory associated with the navigation device and a document acquired via a network connection.

2. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes formatted text.

3. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes a link to one or more other documents.

4. The navigation device of claim 3 wherein the other documents include one or more of a movie document, an image document, an audio document and a video document.

5. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes hypertext markup language (HTML).

6. The navigational device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document is selected from a document browser.

7. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the input device and the display device are included in an integrated input and display device.

8. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes a combination of text and at least one image.

9. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes at least one hyperlink.

10. The navigation device of claim 1 wherein the rich content document includes a webpage.

11. A method of displaying a rich content document, the method comprising receiving an input for selecting a rich content document, and displaying the rich content document on a navigation device display, the rich content document being at least one of a document stored in memory associated with the navigation device and a document acquired via a network connection.

12. The method of claim 11 where in the rich content document includes hypertext markup language (HTML).

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the rich content document includes a link to one or more other documents.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the other documents include one or more of a movie document, an image document, an audio document and a video document.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the rich content document includes a webpage.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising receiving a input from a user of the navigation device, the input for selecting the rich content document from a plurality of rich content documents selectable from a document browser.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein displaying the rich content document includes displaying one or more control buttons such that a user of the navigation device can control the view of the rich content document.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein one or more control buttons includes a find button.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein one or more of the control buttons is gray when the control associated with the button is disabled.

20. A navigation device for displaying a rich content document, the navigation device comprising means for receiving an input for selecting a rich content document, and means for displaying the rich content document, the rich content document being at least one of a document stored in memory associated with the navigation device and a document acquired via a network connection.

21. The navigation device of claim 20 further comprising means for receiving an input from a user of the navigation device, the input for selecting the displayed rich content document from a document browser.

22. The navigation device of claim 20 wherein in the means for displaying includes a means for receiving a user input to control the view of the rich content document.

23. The navigation device of claim 20 wherein the rich content document includes a hyperlink.