Navigation device and method for exchanging data between resident applications
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method of displaying information on a navigation device programmed with a map database and navigation software that enables route calculation to a destination, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- running a contacts application on the navigation device;
displaying a selectable menu icon of a contact record on a touch screen of the navigation device;
exporting a contact address used in the contacts application, the contact address including street, city format and/or postcode format address data, upon the selectable menu icon being selected via the touch screen, to a navigation application run by a processor of the navigation device;
automatically setting an address associated with the exported contact address as the destination used in the route calculation by the navigation application; and
displaying a route to the destination based on the route calculation via the navigation device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, navigation software is integrated with other kinds of software running on the same device so that capabilities of the navigation software can be made available from within the other applications. In one example embodiment, those applications can export street, city or postcode format address data to the navigation software. The address data can then be converted to a co-ordinate system based address by the navigation software, which can then automatically be set as the destination address used by the navigation software in calculating the route and/or automatically marked on a map generated and displayed by the navigation software.
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28 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method of displaying information on a navigation device programmed with a map database and navigation software that enables route calculation to a destination, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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running a contacts application on the navigation device; displaying a selectable menu icon of a contact record on a touch screen of the navigation device; exporting a contact address used in the contacts application, the contact address including street, city format and/or postcode format address data, upon the selectable menu icon being selected via the touch screen, to a navigation application run by a processor of the navigation device; automatically setting an address associated with the exported contact address as the destination used in the route calculation by the navigation application; and displaying a route to the destination based on the route calculation via the navigation device.
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2. A method of displaying information on a navigation device programmed with a map database and navigation software that enables route calculation to a destination, the method comprising:
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running a contacts application on the navigation device; displaying a selectable menu icon of a contact record on a touch screen of the navigation device; exporting a contact address used in the contacts application, the contact address including street, city format and/or postcode format address data, upon the selectable menu icon being selected via the touch screen, to a navigation application run by a processor of the navigation device; automatically setting an address associated with the exported contact address as the destination used in the route calculation by the navigation application; and displaying a route to the destination based on the route calculation via the navigation device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of displaying information on a navigation device programmed with a map database and navigation software that enables a route to be planned to a destination, the method comprising:
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displaying a menu option on a display of the navigation device; exporting address data to the navigation software, upon the displayed menu item being selected, the exported address data being street, city format and/or postcode format address data sent by an application resident on the navigation device; automatically setting an address associated with the exported address data as the destination used by the navigation software in planning the route; and displaying the planned route via the navigation device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method of displaying information on a navigation device programmed with a map database and navigation software that enables a route to be planned to a destination, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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displaying a menu option on a display of the navigation device; exporting address data to the navigation software, upon the displayed menu item being selected, the exported address data being street, city format and/or postcode format address data sent by an application resident on the navigation device; automatically setting an address associated with the exported address data as the destination used by the navigation software in planning the route; and displaying the planned route via the navigation device.
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