METHOD, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND SERVER FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION IN A DIGITAL MAP DATABASE
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1. Method for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the method comprising:
- receiving a request including a query for a first location;
searching for the first location in the first digital map database based upon the received query;
searching, upon the first location not being found within the first digital map database, for the first location in a second digital map database; and
searching in the second digital map database, upon the first location being found within the second digital map database, for a second location proximate to the first location, the second location being included in the first digital map database; and
providing, upon the second location being found, the second location as a response to the query.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query. The method includes receiving a request comprising a query for a first location not included by the first digital map database. Then, the method includes searching for the first location in a second digital map database, and in case the first location is found in the second digital map database, searching for a second location nearby the first location, the second location being included by the first digital map database.
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29 Claims
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1. Method for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the method comprising:
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receiving a request including a query for a first location; searching for the first location in the first digital map database based upon the received query; searching, upon the first location not being found within the first digital map database, for the first location in a second digital map database; and searching in the second digital map database, upon the first location being found within the second digital map database, for a second location proximate to the first location, the second location being included in the first digital map database; and providing, upon the second location being found, the second location as a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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14. Server for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the server comprising:
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a second digital map database stored in a memory associated with the server; at least one communication device to communicate with remote devices, wherein the server is arranged to; receive a request including a query for a first location via the at least one communication device, the first location not being included within the first digital map database, search for the first location in a second digital map database, the second digital map database being stored in the memory associated with the server, and search, upon the first location being found in the second digital map database, search for a second location proximate to the first location, the second location being included within the first digital map database.
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19. Navigation device, comprising:
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a first digital map database associated with the navigation device; at least one communication device to communicate with remote devices, wherein the navigation device is arranged to; receive a query for a first location via at least one input device, search for the first location in the first digital map database based on the query, and transmit, upon the first location not being found in the first digital map database, a request including the query to a server having access to a second digital map database via the at least one communication device, receive a reply via the at least one communication device, and provide, upon the reply including a second location, the second location as the result for the query via at least one output device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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