Potable Geo-Coded Audio
First Claim
1. A system for providing route guidance to a user of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a telematics unit associated with the vehicle, adapted to act on geo-coded data to take one or more action selected from the group consisting of (1) playing an assigned audio file at an assigned geographic location and (2) executing an assigned action upon the occurrence of a specified event;
a computer linked to a data source for retrieving geo-coded data from the data source; and
a removable memory medium for use in conjunction with the computer and the telematics unit, whereby the geo-coded data is transferred from the computer to the telematics unit via the removable memory medium.
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Abstract
A method of providing route guidance to a vehicle user via a telematics unit comprises reading geo-coded route data from a removable medium at the telematics unit, the geo-coded data comprising a list of location and events associated with respective actions. The system senses the vehicle location and event status during the course of a trip. If the vehicle location matches a vehicle location listed in the geo-coded route data, the system executes an action associated in the list with that location and if a sensed event status indicates the occurrence of an event listed in the geo-coded route data, the system executes an action associated in the list with that event.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing route guidance to a user of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a telematics unit associated with the vehicle, adapted to act on geo-coded data to take one or more action selected from the group consisting of (1) playing an assigned audio file at an assigned geographic location and (2) executing an assigned action upon the occurrence of a specified event; a computer linked to a data source for retrieving geo-coded data from the data source; and a removable memory medium for use in conjunction with the computer and the telematics unit, whereby the geo-coded data is transferred from the computer to the telematics unit via the removable memory medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for executing a route plan comprising actions associated with specified locations and specified events, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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instructions for reading the route plan; instructions for checking the location of a vehicle and comparing the location of the vehicle to the specified locations and if the location of the vehicle matches a specified location, executing a specified action associated with the specified location; and instructions for sensing a vehicle event and comparing the vehicle event with the specified vehicle events, and if the sensed vehicle event matches a specified vehicle event, executing an action associated with the specified vehicle event. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing route guidance to a vehicle user via a telematics unit, the method comprising:
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reading geo-coded route data from a removable medium at the telematics unit, the geo-coded data comprising a list of location and events associated with respective actions; sensing the vehicle location and event status during the course of a trip; and if the vehicle location matches a vehicle location listed in the geo-coded route data, executing an action associated in the list with that location and if a sensed event status indicates the occurrence of an event listed in the geo-coded route data, executing an action associated in the list with that event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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