Route determining system for a vehicle with navigation system
First Claim
1. A method of determining an optimal route from a current position of a vehicle to a destination for a navigation system of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a user of the navigation system where the navigation system is controlled by a processor;
authenticating the user to the navigation system;
connecting the navigation system and a remote information system;
if the user is authenticated to the navigation system, requesting scheduling information of the user from the remote information system;
determining a next appointment based on the current time and date and the scheduling information;
requesting address information of the next appointment from the information system, where the next appointment is a previously scheduled appointment;
requesting information related to one or more possible routes from the remote information system in response to receipt of the address information;
setting the destination in the navigation system based on the address information of the next appointment; and
determining an optimal route to the destination from the one or more possible routes, where the optimal route is selected based on received information from the remote information system and the current position.
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Abstract
A system for determining an optimum route to a destination by a navigation system of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a navigation system, a remote information system, and a data communication network linking the navigation system and the remote information system. A method is also disclosed that includes the steps of establishing a communication connection between the navigation system and the remote information system, and determining the optimum route to the destination where the optimum route is determined based on requested information received from the remote information system.
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1. A method of determining an optimal route from a current position of a vehicle to a destination for a navigation system of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a user of the navigation system where the navigation system is controlled by a processor; authenticating the user to the navigation system; connecting the navigation system and a remote information system; if the user is authenticated to the navigation system, requesting scheduling information of the user from the remote information system; determining a next appointment based on the current time and date and the scheduling information; requesting address information of the next appointment from the information system, where the next appointment is a previously scheduled appointment; requesting information related to one or more possible routes from the remote information system in response to receipt of the address information; setting the destination in the navigation system based on the address information of the next appointment; and determining an optimal route to the destination from the one or more possible routes, where the optimal route is selected based on received information from the remote information system and the current position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for calculating an optimum route from a current position of a vehicle to a selected destination, the system comprising:
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a navigation system located in the vehicle; a remote information system containing information related to one or more routes to the selected destination; a data communication network providing a communication link between the navigation system and the remote information system; and a processing unit configured to request information related to the one or more routes from the remote information system and to determine an optimum route to a destination based on the requested information and the current position, where the processing unit of the navigation system is configured to request scheduling information of the user from the remote information system, to determine a next appointment based on the current time and date and the scheduling information, to request address information of the next appointment from the remote information system, and to set the destination in the destination unit of the navigation system based on the address information of the next appointment, where the next appointment is a previously scheduled appointment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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