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Navigation system with distributed computing architecture

  • US 20020169778A1
  • Filed: 04/19/2001
  • Published: 11/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A server that provides geographic data for client computing platforms comprising:

  • a repository for geographic data, wherein the repository contains data that represent geographic features located in a serviced geographic region, wherein the geographic region is divided into a plurality of pre-determined smaller sub-areas, wherein the data contained in the repository are organized into a plurality of uniform-sized parcels of data, wherein each of said uniform-sized parcels includes data that represent the geographic features located in a separate respective one of the plurality of smaller sub-areas; and

    a data downloading application run on said server that downloads one or more of said whole uniform-sized parcels of data from said repository to said client computing platforms, as needed, for use therein.

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