Financial decision aid for 4-D navigation
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, comprising:
- a processing unit;
means for receiving navigation information, coupled to said processing unit;
a data storage unit coupled to said processing unit; and
a display unit coupled to said processing unit, said processing unit operable to process said navigation information to;
determine a current location of said vehicle;
retrieve at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations;
retrieve at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location;
estimate, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs associated with said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of monetary costs establishing a minimum monetary value derived from said navigation information and a maximum monetary value derived from said navigation information; and
generating display control signals that cause the display unit to render an indicator that includes at least one monetary cost differential point of said range of monetary costs, wherein a zero cost differential point represents said at least one predetermined location on the display, a maximum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point is a point associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigation information for the vehicle. A current location of the vehicle is determined. Data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations is retrieved. A range of costs for said vehicle, representative of the at least one predetermined arrival time for the at least one predetermined location, is estimated. The range of costs is associated with a minimum value of the navigational information and a maximum value of the navigational information. An indicator representative of at least one cost of the range of costs is displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, comprising:
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a processing unit; means for receiving navigation information, coupled to said processing unit; a data storage unit coupled to said processing unit; and a display unit coupled to said processing unit, said processing unit operable to process said navigation information to; determine a current location of said vehicle; retrieve at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations; retrieve at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location; estimate, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs associated with said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of monetary costs establishing a minimum monetary value derived from said navigation information and a maximum monetary value derived from said navigation information; and generating display control signals that cause the display unit to render an indicator that includes at least one monetary cost differential point of said range of monetary costs, wherein a zero cost differential point represents said at least one predetermined location on the display, a maximum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point is a point associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, comprising:
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means for receiving navigation information; means for determining a current location of said vehicle; means for retrieving data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations; means for retrieving at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location; means for estimating, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs associated with said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of costs establishing a minimum monetary value derived from said navigation information and a maximum monetary value derived from said navigation information; and means for displaying at least one of said range of monetary costs, wherein an indicator is representative of at least one monetary cost differential point of said range of monetary costs, wherein a zero monetary cost differential point represents said at least one predetermined location, a maximum monetary cost differential point represents a point on said display associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point represents a point associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method of facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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receiving navigation information for said vehicle; from said navigation information; determining a current location of said vehicle; retrieving data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations; retrieving at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location; estimating, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs associated with said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of monetary costs associated with a minimum value of said navigation information and a maximum value of said navigation information; and displaying an indicator within said display that includes at least one monetary cost differential point of said range of monetary costs, wherein a zero monetary cost differential point represents said predetermined location within the indicator, a maximum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point is a point associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-usable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for configuring a computer processor for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, the computer program product comprising; a first executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to receive navigation information for a vehicle; a second executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to determine a current location of said vehicle; a third executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to retrieve data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations; a fourth executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to retrieve at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location; a fifth executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to estimate, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs representative of said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of monetary costs associated with a minimum value of said navigation information and a maximum value of said navigation information; and a sixth executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to render at least one cost differential point of said range of monetary costs on a display device, wherein a zero monetary cost differential point is said predetermined location rendered on the display device, a maximum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display device associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display device associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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