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Data Presentation for Navigation System

  • US 20080312814A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2006
  • Published: 12/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A navigation device comprising:

  • a data storage device containing map data identifying geographically distributed objects and their locations, each object identified by a series of separate data-containing object fields,an input device to allow a user to provide input data indicative of a desired destination location,control means which executes instructions causing it to search for objects amongst the map data having at least one field at least partially matching the input data and generates a results table populated with entries which each correspond to at least one matching object,wherein each entry in the results table includes data from all or a predetermined selection of the object fields associated with each matching object, andwherein, the control means selectively merges together two or more separate entries in the results table which have substantially equivalent data within predetermined corresponding object fields into a single merged entry, andan output device which provides the user with the results table.

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