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Navigation system

  • US 7,941,270 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2004
  • Issued: 05/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing navigational instructions, said method comprising:

  • a service centre receiving a signal from a first device, said signal specifying a destination location, a receiving device selected from the group consisting of the first device and a second device, and a request for at least one route leading to the destination location such that the at least one route is to be sent to the receiving device; and

    in response to said receiving the signal from the first device, said service centre sending at least one set of images to the receiving device, wherein each set of images of the at least one set of images defines a unique route leading to the destination location, wherein the at least one set of images comprises a plurality of sets of images, wherein the signal specifies a starting location, wherein the service centre comprises a database that includes multiple locations and multiple sets of images leading to different destination locations, wherein the method further comprises said service centre determining that the database does not comprise the starting location specified in the signal, and wherein the unique routes defined by the sets of images of the plurality of sets of images consists of all possible unique routes to the destination location that are stored in the database.

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