Automatic updating of favorite places for navigation system upon change of home address
First Claim
1. A method for updating information on favorite places pre-established in a navigation system for an old home address to be appropriate to a new home address, comprising the following steps of:
- checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address;
searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address;
determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user;
updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address stored in the navigation system with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and
repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically updating information on favorite places upon change of home address. The method includes the steps of: checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address; searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address; determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user; updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address.
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1. A method for updating information on favorite places pre-established in a navigation system for an old home address to be appropriate to a new home address, comprising the following steps of:
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checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address; searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address; determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user; updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address stored in the navigation system with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for updating information on favorite places pre-established in a navigation system for an old home address to be appropriate to a new home address, comprising:
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means for checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address; means for searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address; means for determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user; means for updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address stored in the navigation system with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and means for repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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