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US 2013/0174076 A1Published application
Personal GPS Navigation Device
AssigneeTomTom International B.V.
InventorPieter Geelen
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Abstract
A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information and points of interest (POIs), the POIs including description information and location information; and a display to display stored POIs at a location of the map information, based upon the location information, POIs being selectively retrievable from a remote location for subsequent storage and display.
Claims5
1-22. (canceled)
A navigation device, comprising:
- a storage device configured to store map information, said map information including a plurality of points of interest (POIs) in a database, the POIs including:
- description information;
- an indication of type;
- and point location information, and the POIs being stored in the database such that they can be used as a destination for a route calculation algorithm and can also be exchanged with other users;
- a user interface configured to receive at least one input from a user to create at least one first POI for insertion in the storage device;
- a connection device configured to connect the navigation device to at least one of a remote server and another navigation device for the selective retrieval of at least one second POI for insertion in the storage device;
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- a display configured to display at least one stored POI on a map based upon the point location information for the POI.
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