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6868338 Method and apparatus for recording and synthesizing position data  
A method and system for recording, synthesizing, distributing, and playing back position data includes a reference receiver having a known position, a mobile receiver having a variable position...
6865479 Programmatically calculating paths from a spatially-enabled database  
Technics are disclosed for programmatically calculating directions (or other types of paths between points) without reliance on proprietary file formats or binary shape files, and without requiring...
6859722 Notification systems and methods with notifications based upon prior package delivery  
Methods and systems are disclosed for maintaining a delivery list having a plurality of packages, for monitoring travel data associated with a vehicle in relation to the delivery list, and for...
6853915 Motor vehicle navigation system that receives route information from a central unit  
Data indicative of an instantaneous location, a destination and a route from the instantaneous location to the destination are transmitted from a motor vehicle navigation unit to a central unit....
6847885 Vehicle information providing apparatus, on-vehicle information playing apparatus, vehicle information providing method and on-vehicle information playing method  
An information providing center calculates an estimated traveling time to elapse before a vehicle arrives at a destination by using traveling information transmitted from an on-vehicle system and...
6845318 Methods, data structures, and systems for processing track logs  
Methods, data structures, and systems provide techniques for processing track logs. A track log is represented as a plurality of track points. The track points represent geographic positions...
6844828 Method for providing road users with information and device for carrying out same  
In a method for providing road users with information about a route section which is traveled along by a motor vehicle before a dangerous situation, the position and the duration of travel of the...
6842692 Computer-controlled power wheelchair navigation system  
A wheelchair navigation system having motorized wheelchair which is powered by at least one onboard battery, and a battery charger. The navigation system also has a filter-based estimator with...
6842788 Computing and using resource colors for composite links  
A router can consider two color vectors for a path including multiple links through a network. One color vector indicates colors that all of the multiple links include. Another color vector...
6842695 Mapping and addressing system for a secure remote access system  
A mapping and addressing system suitable for use with secure remote access system, and in particular, with open application (web browsing) standard remote access devices is disclosed. The invention...
6839629 Method and system for the visually impaired to navigate a route through a facility  
A system and method of the type for aiding a user in navigating a route through a facility so as too efficiently locate specific items within a facility is provided. The system includes a facility...
6834229 Integrated journey planner  
An integrated journey planner deconstructs user enquiries into information requests, each specifying a journey part using a single transport mode, e.g., rail, car or coach. The planner sends each...
6832139 Graphical system configuration program for material handling  
A graphical system configuration program allows material handling systems to easily be defined, configured, and implemented. The system may utilize a computer for configuring an automatic guided...
6826473 PDA with integrated navigation functions and expense reporting  
Systems, devices and methods are provided to integrate navigation data, such as GPS navigation data, with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) expense reporting functions to flexibly, accurately and...
6820004 Operation supporting apparatus  
In response to a voice request from a facility judgment means which judges the location of such a facility from the current position selected in advance based on the current position and map data,...
6820001 Navigation system for vehicle  
A map area indicated by map data is partitioned into a plurality of map units respectively having a squared area, and a route from a current position of a vehicle to a destination is determined...
6820092 Map information providing system and map information searching method  
A map information providing system for providing map data to a terminal device via a data transmission path, includes: a first server, the first server including a first storage unit for storing...
6816778 Event finder with navigation system and display method thereof  
An event finder on a remote terminal for finding events such as movies, sports, weather, news and the like through a remote terminal such as a lap top computer, personal digital assistant (PDA) and...
6813585 Method and device for measuring length, area or volume  
A device and a method for determining length, area, and/or volume using a distance measuring device 10 includes a transmit unit 18 and a receive unit 20 in one housing, a keypad 28 for...
6813558 Method and system for route planning  
The present invention provides method of enabling a user to plan a route using a computer system, the method including the steps of: printing a map of a geographic area, the map including coded...
6813556 Traffic information notification system  
In a traffic information notifying system, a management center is connected through communication networks information terminal devices owned by a traveler and information centers that provide...
6807483 Method and system for prediction-based distributed navigation  
Method and system for prediction-based navigation in a real-time distributed navigation system. In one embodiment, a server receives a request from a client comprising one or more position...
6801851 COMMUNICATION NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, COMMUNICATION CENTER APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MAP INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION NAVIGATION TERMINAL, PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL EMBODIED IN CARRIER WAVE  
A communication navigation system is provided with a communication center apparatus ( 3 ) and a communication navigation terminal ( 5 ), which perform two-way communication on a communication...
6801839 Control parameter selecting apparatus for boat and sailing control system equipped with this apparatus  
A control parameter selecting apparatus and a sailing control system capable of selecting a control parameter for performing a suitable sailing control of a boat correspondingly to a sailing...
6801901 Systems and methods for building and improving the quality of inventory load configurations  
The present invention is a method and system for building and improving inventory load configurations, and displaying the built load configurations to allow review of the load configurations. One...
6799099 Material handling systems with high frequency radio location devices  
A material handling system uses high-frequency location devices for determining the location of mobile units, such as AGVs, overhead mono-rails, conveyor components, or individual articles being...
6795769 Navigation apparatus and storage medium therefor  
Disclosed is a navigation apparatus for a vehicle, which detects a present location of a mobile body, searches for a route to a destination based on map data and roads ranked in accordance with a...
6792349 Vehicle navigation system and method  
A remote consumer service center calculates traveling routes for a car and selects a geo area that covers the traveling routes. The geo area is defined by two boundary points, and divided by a pair...
6792350 Navigation system for moving body  
To provide a navigation system for a moving body useful to carry out delivery service operation. A delivery history is included in customer information, and a route guide including at least one...
6778973 Method for selection of events based on proximity  
This invention provides a system for matching a user with an item in the nature of an activity, sporting or other event, or facility, referred to collectively as an ASEF, based on a request made by...
6778900 Vehicle mileage logging system  
A motor vehicle mileage logging system is disclosed that will calculate a cumulative mileage log by summing several different types of individual trip logs. The system is installed on a vehicle...
6778903 Method and system for exchanging routing data between end users  
A method and system that provides end users with the ability to exchange routing data. A route recorder application on a first computing system provides a first end user with the ability to define...
6766174 Method and apparatus for providing directional information  
A communications system provides the functionality to provide a wireless telephone user directional information to a desired destination. Incorporated into the wireless telephone is a position...
6763300 Notification systems and methods with purpose message in notifications  
Methods and systems are disclosed for implementation in connection with a computer system. The methods and systems practice the following: receiving an identification of (a) one or more...
6751548 Matching stored routes to a required route  
A computer-implementable method for identifying the preferred route to be used, or ordering a set of routes to be used in order of preferability, for a given route requirement, in a computationally...
6750823 Rearview mirror with integrated microwave receiver  
An inventive rearview mirror assembly is disclosed in which a microwave antenna is mounted so as to receive transmissions from one or more satellites through the front windshield of the vehicle....
6751609 Map database apparatus  
A map database apparatus according to the present invention manages roads by expressing the roads as link strings. Each of the link strings is constituted by connecting a plurality of links, each...
6748318 Advanced notification systems and methods utilizing a computer network  
An advance notification system notifies users of the impending arrival of a vehicle, for example, an overnight package delivery vehicle, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes...
6748319 Remaining distance meter  
A remaining distance meter for easily assuring detection of the remaining distance up to the destination from the current position and for recognizes intuitively and visually whether the vehicle is...
6748320 Advance notification systems and methods utilizing a computer network  
An advance notification system notifies users of the impending arrival of a vehicle, for example, an overnight package delivery vehicle, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes...
6748316 Apparatus and method for presenting navigation information based on instructions described in a script  
A navigation script includes time and point information for navigation and information for guidance, and describes an instruction sequence which can represent these information in time series in a...
6741927 User-definable communications methods and systems  
Notification methods and systems are provided. One such method, among others, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: enabling a user to define at least two communications methods for...
6741926 Method and system for reporting automotive traffic conditions in response to user-specific requests  
The method and system described herein provides an interface for accessing a database containing information pertaining traffic conditions. Using the interface, a driver can receive traffic...
6738952 Navigational map data object selection and display system  
A navigational map data object selection system having a data retrieving and displaying system, and a storage device which stores a plurality of names as body word sets and stores, as duplicate...
6735516 Methods and apparatus for telephoning a destination in vehicle navigation  
The present invention provides a computer implemented method for dialing a telephone number using a vehicle navigation system in the following manner. A destination is retrieved in response to...
6728634 Destination route guiding method  
A destination navigation method is disclosed, which includes locating present position and destination, searching route to the destination. The method includes giving driving guidance along a route...
6721654 Navigation system and memory medium storing the position data of the specific facilities  
Memory mediums storing position data of specific facilities that can be read as position data of a destination on the map data of a vehicle navigation apparatus are distributed to users. When a...
6721633 Method and device for interfacing a driver information system using a voice portal server  
System for interfacing a device onboard a vehicle and a voice portal server external to the vehicle including a voice communicator and a data communicator situated in the vehicle. The onboard...
6721795 Data transfer server  
A computer-implemented information transfer method includes receiving a trigger message at a server, evaluating a selection rule to select a data flow to be presented to a user at an access device,...
6717508 Vehicle anti-theft matching system  
In a vehicle anti-theft matching system, password matching is effected only when a mismatch between a current vehicle position acquired from a car navigation system 1 and an authorized storage...