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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108069 · 5 Dec 2001
An improved method and system for specifying physical locations when using applications run on navigation systems or other computer platforms that provide navigation- or map-related functions. When requesting a navigation- or map-related function from such...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108247 · 28 Nov 2001
A method whereby a computing platform that uses geographic data that are spatially organized into parcels of a given size can specify a parcel block size larger than the given size. Thereafter, during runtime, the geographic data are accessed by the comput...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1109244 · 17 Oct 2001
A method performed by a navigation system to provide guidance to a driver of a vehicle when the vehicle departs from a route to a destination for which route guidance was being provided by the navigation system. Intersections that can be reached by the veh...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1109526 · 4 Oct 2001
A database architecture for using geographic data to provide navigation-related functions is disclosed. The navigation-related functions are provided by navigation program applications. A geographic database is stored on a medium and includes data represen...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1110313 · 12 Sep 2001
A method that facilitates complying with traffic restrictions that involve three or more connected road segments when using a navigation system to determine a route. The method includes forming multiple instances of data representing each intermediate road...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111422 · 25 Jul 2001
A method and system for providing navigation services to portable communications devices, such as cellular phones. A cellular phone user uses a cellular phone to request navigation services. The cellular phone is located in a geographic area that has a cel...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111999 · 27 Jun 2001
A data architecture for a motor vehicle that continuously provides updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along the roads. The data architecture...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111968 · 27 Jun 2001
A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1113128 · 9 May 2001
A process and system for collecting data about roads located in a geographic area and using the collected data to develop representations of the locations and geometry of the roads for a geographic database. A vehicle in which data acquisition equipment is...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1113302 · 2 May 2001
A process and system for collecting data about roads located in a geographic area and using the collected data to develop representations of the roads for a geographic database. Data representing positions along roads are acquired using equipment installed...