Geographic database including data indicating wireless coverage and method and system for use thereof
First Claim
1. An improved geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region, wherein the improvement comprises:
- wireless coverage data associated with said geographic database, wherein said wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related data from a service provider are available wirelessly.
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Abstract
Wireless coverage data are associated with a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region. The wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navigation services provider are available wirelessly, or conversely, areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navigation services provider are not available wirelessly. An end user obtains the wireless coverage data. The wireless coverage data are used to indicate to the end user areas in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly or areas in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are not available wirelessly. The wireless coverage data may also be used to warn the end user when he/she is leaving an area in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly. Data for uncovered areas can be downloaded to an end user'"'"'s computing platform while the end user is still within an area in which navigation-related data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly.
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23 Claims
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1. An improved geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region, wherein the improvement comprises:
wireless coverage data associated with said geographic database, wherein said wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related data from a service provider are available wirelessly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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4. An improved geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region, wherein the improvement comprises:
wireless coverage data associated with said geographic database, wherein said wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related data from a service provider are not available wirelessly. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer readable medium comprising:
wireless coverage data associated with a geographic database, wherein the wireless coverage data indicates areas within a geographic region in which a wireless navigation service provider is available to provide navigation-related data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium having a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region, wherein the geographic database comprises:
wireless coverage data associated with the geographic database, wherein the wireless coverage data indicates areas within the geographic region in which a wireless navigation service provider is not available to provide navigation-related data.
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20. A method of providing data in a database comprising:
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identifying at least one area within a geographic region in which a navigation service provider is available to communicate wirelessly navigation-related data to provide an identified area of the wireless navigation service provider; generating wireless coverage data to indicate the identified area of the wireless navigation service provider; associating the wireless coverage data with a geographic database having data that represent a road network in the geographic region to provide an association between the wireless coverage data with the geographic database; storing the wireless coverage data along with the association between the wireless coverage data with the geographic database in a database stored on a memory circuit. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of providing data in a database comprising:
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identifying at least one area within a geographic region in which a navigation service provider is unavailable to communicate wirelessly navigation-related data to provide an identified area of the wireless navigation service provider; generating wireless coverage data to indicate the identified area of the wireless navigation service provider; associating the wireless coverage data with a geographic database having data that represent a road network in the geographic region to provide an association between the wireless coverage data with the geographic database; storing the wireless coverage data along with the association between the wireless coverage data with the geographic database in a database stored on a memory circuit. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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