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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Navigation > Determination Of Travel Data Based On The Start Point And Destination Point > Route Pre-planning Route Pre-planningRoute Pre-planning patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/30/06 - 20060271277 - Interactive map-based travel guide A trip planner is provided for creating, modifying, categorizing, and sharing online trip plans. A trip plan includes a list of items such as hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions selected from a travel guide or provided by a user. An item can have a street address for positioning the item ... 11/16/06 - 20060259234 - System and method for flight plan data capture A system and method for providing to a user a candidate list of flight plans that specify one or more planned routes of flight from one location to another location, such routes satisfying certain criteria. These criteria include ranking the candidate list of flight plans according to the probability that ... 10/26/06 - 20060241857 - Navigation system, route search server, route search method and route search program The present invention provides for a navigation system which enables searching for an optimum route through a one-time route searching process where several destination or departure locations exist. The navigation system 10 includes a point of interest (POI) attribute information database 40 for accumulating POI attribute information, a network data ... 10/26/06 - 20060241856 - Geo-infosphere as applied to dynamic routing system Systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A graphical information system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises a database for storing data representing the geographical area, wherein the database includes at ... 10/26/06 - 20060241855 - Dynamic routing tool GIS-based methods and apparatuses for determining transportation routes are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises determining a transportation route using a geographical information systems (GIS) database that represents a geographical area, wherein the GIS database includes at least one node representing at least one geographical location ... 10/26/06 - 20060241854 - Route determination method and apparatus for navigation system A navigation system is able to find an optimum route to a destination even when a large non-digitized area exists between a starting point to the destination. The navigation system produces processing points based on a particular shape and size of the large non-digitized area and determines whether such processing ... 10/19/06 - 20060235610 - Map-based trajectory generation A mobile vehicle navigation system includes a polygon rasterization module configured to perform a polygon rasterization process on one or more maps of an obstacle field to identify obstacle-free regions within the obstacle field. The navigation system further includes a shortest path module configured to select an optimal trajectory along ... 10/05/06 - 20060224305 - Vehicle unit for controlling communications between a vehicle and a wireless device A vehicle includes a communication unit for communicating with a wireless device including a selection portion and a command portion. The selection portion provides an interface for a user to select functions of the vehicle for control by the wireless device. The command portion of the communication unit receives user ... 10/05/06 - 20060224304 - Method for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles. In a preferred embodiment, the method begins by offsetting the initial paths through the obstacles from the obstacles to form adjusted paths. If it is determined that any adjusted path encounters a ... 09/28/06 - 20060217876 - System and method for assigning plurality of locations to individuals and routing individuals to locations A system and method for assigning a plurality of locations to individuals and for creating work schedules and routes for the individuals is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, location data including a list of locations and location addresses is received. The location coordinates are determined from the location ... 09/14/06 - 20060206258 - Route based on distance Systems, methods, and device are provided for generating a route based on a distance. One method embodiment includes program instructions which execute to receive a distance input and to generate a route based on the distance input. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190164 - Method for transferring routes between navigational devices A method for navigation includes providing a route, including at least first and second route portions, at a telematics unit and determining a route status. The method further sends the second route portion to a mobile communication device based on the route status. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184315 - Method for initiating navigation guidance in a distributed communications system A method is provided for improved navigation guidance in a portable navigation device (104) having a first navigation operating mode (302) for requesting (318, 324) and receiving (326, 334) routelet data and navigation route data and operating in accordance with the routelet data (332) and a second operation navigation mode ... 08/17/06 - 20060184314 - Multi-modal navigation system and method A multi-modal navigation system is presented. The navigation system is multi-modal as it provides navigation information (including routes, maps, directions, and navigation instructions) for a plurality of transportation modes including, but not limited to, automobiles, pedestrian walking, trains, subways, and the like. The multi-modal navigation system may be embodied in ... 08/10/06 - 20060178813 - Auxiliary method for setting vehicle satellite navigating destinations An auxiliary method for setting vehicle satellite navigating destinations aims to build a destination file from electronic map data of Web pages of a Web site. The data source of the destination file may be retrieved by E-mail. The destination file data are downloaded by radio transmission or through a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167621 - Planning a journey that includes waypoints Planning a journey from an origin to a destination involves establishing selection criteria that includes one or more journey parameters and one or more rules. A journey parameter describes a constraint of the journey, and a rule specifies an action to perform in response to a trigger event. A route ... 07/20/06 - 20060161338 - Multi-port memory device providing protection signal A memory system includes a first external device, a second external device, and a multi-port memory device connected to the first and second external devices. The multi-port memory system includes: a first port and a second port connected to the first and second external devices, respectively, a first bank group ... 07/06/06 - 20060149461 - Transportation routing A computer-implemented method of providing personalized route information involves gathering a plurality of past location indicators over time for a wireless client device, determining a future driving objective using the plurality of previously-gathered location indicators, obtaining real-time traffic data for an area proximate to the determined driving objective, and generating ... 06/22/06 - 20060136123 - Travel route mapping A method and system for providing a closed route for travel features a database having geographic information and input information including a starting point and a desired route length. The geographic information from the database and the input information are processed to define an outbound path from the starting point ... 06/22/06 - 20060136122 - Method to dynamically select a routing service option A method of dynamically selecting a routing service including receiving a route request at a call center from a telematics unit via a wireless connection, determining a vehicle communication configuration responsive to the request, determining map data availability responsive to the request and selecting a routing service option based on ... 06/15/06 - 20060129313 - System and method for driving directions based on non-map criteria The present invention introduces the notion of a route provider that efficiently and automatically helps and rewards drivers for traversing optimal driving routes. In particular, described is a technique for receiving one or more conditions and criteria associated with map directions over a computer network from a service bureau. The ... 04/27/06 - 20060089788 - Method and apparatus for navigation system for searching easily accessible poi along route A search method and apparatus for a navigation system finds accessible points of interest (POI) along the route to the destination in a flexible manner. The navigation system changes its search range when the geographic condition warrants expansion of the search range. The search method is comprised of the steps ... 04/27/06 - 20060089787 - Traffic scheduling system A system for scheduling traffic capable of planning journeys, each having a plurality of transit points, comprising means for receiving scheduling criteria including transit point data and map data, said map data comprising one or more routes, each route defined in terms of a plurality of route-sections, a data repository ... 03/23/06 - 20060064242 - Navigation assistance method and system In a navigation assistance system, information is received via the Internet from a user pertaining to a water trip contemplated by the user. The system includes a database storing waterway data. The database is accessed in response to the information from the user. At least one recommended over-water route is ... 03/02/06 - 20060047416 - Efficiently finding shortest paths using landmarks for computing lower-bound distance estimates Methods and systems are described for computing shortest paths among a set of locations. A small set of landmarks is chosen and the distance between each location and each landmark is computed and stored. Given source and destination locations, the landmark distances are used to compute lower-bound estimates of distances ... 02/16/06 - 20060036363 - Automated vehicle routing based on physical vehicle criteria A system, method, and user interface are provided for determining a traversable route for a vehicle, which supports the ability to determine traversable routes based on physical vehicle criteria and vehicle criteria limits imposed by the routes. The user enters the vehicle criteria, and in response the system populates a ... 12/08/05 - 20050273253 - Route planning system and method for agricultural working machines In a route planning system and method for agricultural working machines, a defined working width is assigned to the agricultural working machines to generate driving routes in a territory, and dynamic adaptation of the planned driving route is carried out thereby ensuring that the driving route to be covered is ... 09/08/05 - 20050197766 - Path planner and method for planning a contour path of a vehicle In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a path planner and method for planning a path of a vehicle defines a reference row having a reference contour in a work area. A representation of the defined reference row is established. The defined reference row comprises a curved component, a ... 09/01/05 - 20050192740 - Data transmitting and receiving method between a mobile terminal and an information center in a navigation system A data transmitting and receiving method between a mobile terminal and an information center in a navigation system is disclosed. The present invention is characterized in that if lower items of a destination are not received from the information center in the middle of receiving destination setting items to set ... 07/07/05 - 20050149254 - Action support method and apparatus An action support apparatus displays a destination specification screen for specifying a destination, and receives from the user a specification of a general destination. If a general destination is specified, then the apparatus determines a detailed destination, referencing a knowledge DB. If there is a plurality of detailed destinations with ... 06/23/05 - 20050137790 - Information distribution system and information distribution method An information distribution center includes a controller that searches for a route from a departure place to a destination place as a search route and searches for access points on the search route. The controller selects, based on distribution information, a first access point that can communicate with a mobile ... 06/23/05 - 20050137789 - Prioritized delivery of navigation information A method for sending navigation information is disclosed. The method can gather various items of navigation information and send those items of navigation information in a certain order. In some cases, the order is established by information that has been received. In other cases, the order has been predetermined. This ... 06/16/05 - 20050131634 - Estimation of roadway travel information based on historical travel data Systems and methods for estimation of roadway travel information based on historical travel data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for estimating travel conditions may comprise, for example, a communication network; an automobile navigation system communicatively coupled to the communication network, the automobile navigation system for specifying a future ... 06/16/05 - 20050131633 - Method and assembly for determining a route The present invention provides determines a route using a computer system, a map and a user operated sensing device, wherein: the map shows a geographic area and includes coded data that is indicative of the map, and reference points on the map; the sensing device is operable to sense the ... 06/02/05 - 20050119825 - Method and device for determining the minimal cost path between two points in a road network The invention relates to a network comprising numerous nodes which are paired by means of segments. The inventive method consists in: allocating a cost to each segment in the network; producing two path graphs, essentially from two points respectively; interrupting the production of the two graphs when they comprise at ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |