Method of providing a navigational route for a vehicle navigation system
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1. A method of providing a navigational route for a vehicle navigation system, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a navigational route request that includes a destination and a trigger event;
(b) monitoring for occurrence of the trigger event;
(c) generating the navigational route once the trigger event occurs, wherein the navigational route generally extends between a starting point and the destination;
(d) asking a user if they want to be presented with the navigational route; and
, if so,(e) presenting the navigational route to the user.
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Abstract
A navigational route providing method for use with various types of vehicle navigation systems. The route providing method generally enables a user to pre-select one or more destinations and trigger events, so that navigational routes leading to the pre-selected destinations can be subsequently generated and presented to the user when the designated trigger events occur. According to some embodiments, multiple destinations and trigger events can be provided so that multiple navigational routes are generated.
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1. A method of providing a navigational route for a vehicle navigation system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a navigational route request that includes a destination and a trigger event; (b) monitoring for occurrence of the trigger event; (c) generating the navigational route once the trigger event occurs, wherein the navigational route generally extends between a starting point and the destination; (d) asking a user if they want to be presented with the navigational route; and
, if so,(e) presenting the navigational route to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing a navigational route for a vehicle navigation system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a navigational route request that includes a destination and a trigger event; (b) monitoring for occurrence of the trigger event; (c) generating the navigational route once the trigger event occurs, wherein the navigational route generally extends between a starting point and the destination; and (d) preparing the navigational route for presentation to a user, wherein the trigger event includes a designated point in time, so that the navigational route in step (c) is generated at some moment after the designated point in time.
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15. A method of providing a plurality of navigational routes for a vehicle navigation system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a navigational route request that includes a plurality of destinations and a plurality of trigger events; (b) monitoring for occurrence of any of the plurality of trigger events; (c) generating a first navigational route once a first trigger event occurs, wherein the first navigational route generally extends between a starting point and the first destination; (d) preparing the first navigational route for presentation to a user; (e) generating a second navigational route once a second trigger event occurs, wherein the second navigational route generally extends between a starting point and the second destination; and (f) preparing the second navigational route for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing a navigational route for a navigation system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a navigational route request that includes a destination and a trigger event; (b) monitoring for occurrence of the trigger event; (c) determining after occurrence of the trigger event whether a user wants to be presented with the navigational route; (d) presenting the navigational route to the user if the user wants to be presented with the navigational route; and (e) delaying or canceling presentation of the navigational route if the user does not want to be presented with the navigational route. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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