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Method of utilizing a personal navigation device to suggest alternate routes being identified by recognizable street names

  • US 20110060523A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2009
  • Published: 03/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of presenting alternate routes to a user of a personal navigation device, the method comprising:

  • providing navigation instructions for guiding the user on an original route selected by the user;

    receiving and analyzing dynamic traffic data;

    determining the presence of a first alternate route according to the dynamic traffic data, the first alternate route potentially requiring a shorter travel time than the original route; and

    prompting the user with a choice of following the first alternate route, wherein the first alternate route is described using the name of at least one street associated with the first alternate route.

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