Method and system for exchanging routing data between end users
AssigneeNauteq North America, LLC
InventorsRichard Robinson, Brian Walton, Jean K. Ohler
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Abstract
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 a route formed of specific road segments and store data that represent the route in a data file. The data file is distributed to a second end user who uses the data that represent the route in a second computing system to provide guidance for following the route.
Claims20
A method of providing end users with the ability to exchange routing data, the method comprising:
- providing a route recorder application on a first computing system, wherein the route recording application provides a first end user with the ability to define a route formed of specific road segments and store data that represent the route in a data file;
- distributing the data file to a second end user;
- and
- using the data that represent the route in a second computing system to provide the second end user with guidance for following the route.
A system for enabling end users to exchange data that define routes comprising:
- a collection system enables a first user to store data that define a route;
- a distribution system that enables the first user to provide the data that define a route to a second user;
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- a utilization system that enables the second user to obtain route guidance for following the route.
A route recorder application run on a first computing system, said route recorder application comprising:
- a routine that allows a first user to select road segments that form a route;
- a routine that allows the first user to review the selected road segments;
- a routine that allows the first user to change the road segments that form the route;
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- a routine that allows the first user to save data that represent the route as changed in a data file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.