System and method for sending a destination point to a vehicle navigation system from a portable electronic device

A system sending a destination point to a vehicle navigation system while the vehicle is in movement comprising:

• a device destination pointer application that is executed on one or more portable electronic devices that connects the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system;
• a user processing module that is included as a module of the device destination pointer application that identifies a user classification category of one or more users that are operating the one or more portable electronic devices that are connected to the navigation system;
• and
• a destination sending module that is included as a module of the device destination pointer application that sends the desired destination point from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system based on the user classification category;
• wherein the destination sending module sends the desired destination point from the one or more portable devices to the navigation system upon determining that the direct input to a user interface of the navigation system is locked out and includes the navigation system computing a navigational route to the desired destination point sent from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigational unit.

A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform actions comprising:

• connecting one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system;
• identifying a user classification category of one or more users that are operating the one or more portable electronic devices that are connected to the navigation system;
• and
• sending the desired destination point from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system based on the user classification category;
• wherein sending the desired destination point from the one or more portable devices to the navigation system occurs upon determining that direct input to a user interface of the navigation system is locked out and includes the navigation system computing a navigational route to the desired destination point sent from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system.