METHOD FOR ROUTE PLANNING ON A NAVIGATION SYSTEM INCLUDING POINTS OF INTEREST
First Claim
1. A method for route planning for display on a screen of a vehicle navigation system comprising the steps of:
- inputting a route origin and a route destination on a computer separate from the navigation system,calculating a preferred route between said route origin and said route destination,inputting activities of interest,searching a point of interest database for point(s) of interest which match said activities of interest along said preferred route,wirelessly transmitting said preferred route and said matching points of interest along said route to the navigation system, andthereafter displaying said preferred route and said matching points of interest on the screen of the navigation system.
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Abstract
A method for route planning for use with a vehicle navigation system. The method includes the steps of inputting a route origin and route destination on a computer separate from the navigation system, such as a PC. The user also inputs activities or points of interest. The computer then searches a point of interest database which matches the activities inputted by the user and calculates a preferred route from the origin and to the route destination. The preferred route, together with data relating to the points of activity, are then wirelessly transmitted to the navigation system for subsequent display on the navigation system screen.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for route planning for display on a screen of a vehicle navigation system comprising the steps of:
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inputting a route origin and a route destination on a computer separate from the navigation system, calculating a preferred route between said route origin and said route destination, inputting activities of interest, searching a point of interest database for point(s) of interest which match said activities of interest along said preferred route, wirelessly transmitting said preferred route and said matching points of interest along said route to the navigation system, and thereafter displaying said preferred route and said matching points of interest on the screen of the navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for route planning for display on a screen of a vehicle navigation system comprising:
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a computer separate from the navigation system, an input device which inputs a route origin, route destination and activities of interest to said computer, said computer programmed to calculate a preferred route between said route origin and said route destination, a database accessible by said computer containing points of interest, said computer programmed to search said database for points of interest along the preferred route which match said activities of interest, a transmitter which wirelessly transmits said preferred route and said points of interest along the preferred route which match said activities of interest to the navigation system for display on the screen of the navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of developing a database for use with vehicle navigation systems which transmit a signal to a network indicative of the position of the vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing records of points of interest, each record containing an identifier of the point of interest, a location of the point of interest and data relating to the point of interest, receiving data from the navigation system, analyzing said received data to determine if the vehicle is present at one of said points of interest in the database and, if so, updating the data of the record for said point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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