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Enabling alert messages in a vehicle

  • US 9,689,706 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2015
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving location data indicative of a location of a navigation device;

    identifying, using a processor, a plurality of road segments based on the location data, wherein the plurality of road segments are an electronic horizon of the possible routes extending from a road segment including the location of the navigation device;

    identifying, using the processor, one or more conditions along the plurality of road segments, wherein each condition is associated with a precautionary action;

    ranking, using the processor, the one or more conditions based on a degree of severity of each of the one or more conditions;

    andproviding an alert signal to the navigation device for each of the one or more conditions where alert signals of the one or more conditions with a higher rank are given precedence.

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