Method and apparatus for modification of vehicular navigation information

A method for modifying vehicular navigation information comprising:

• in a terrestrial vehicle, providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• in the terrestrial vehicle, receiving a radio frequency transmission that is compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• using other information to facilitate detecting an information conflict between the navigation information and the received information;
• in response to detecting the information conflict automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• providing information at least partially based upon the resultant information to a user.

A method for modifying vehicular navigation information comprising:

• in a terrestrial vehicle, providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• in the terrestrial vehicle, receiving a radio frequency transmission that is compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• detecting an information conflict between the navigation information and the received information by detecting a predetermined message in the received information;
• in response to detecting the information conflict automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• providing information at least partially based upon the resultant information to a user.

A method for modifying vehicular navigation information comprising:

• in a terrestrial vehicle, providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• in the terrestrial vehicle, receiving a radio frequency transmission that is compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• detecting an information conflict between the navigation information and the received information;
• in response to detecting the information conflict automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information by doing at least one of:
• automatically deleting at least part of at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• automatically deleting all of at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
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• automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information using other information to provide resultant information;
• providing information at least partially based upon the resultant information to a user.

A method for modifying vehicular navigation information comprising:

• in a terrestrial vehicle, providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• in the terrestrial vehicle, receiving a radio frequency transmission that is compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• detecting an information conflict between the navigation information and the received information by detecting a potential future information conflict between the navigation information and the received information;
• in response to detecting the information conflict automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• providing information at least partially based upon the resultant information to a user.

A method for modifying vehicular navigation information comprising:

• in a terrestrial vehicle, providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• in the terrestrial vehicle, receiving a radio frequency transmission that is compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• detecting an information conflict between information content of the navigation information and information content of the received information;
• in response to detecting the information conflict automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• using the resultant information to at least partially modify a pre-existing route plan.

An apparatus for use in a terrestrial vehicle comprising:

• navigation means in the terrestrial vehicle for providing navigation information that is at least partially based upon previously stored navigation information;
• radio means in the terrestrial vehicle for receiving radio frequency transmissions that are compliant with a roadside information service to provide received information;
• detection means operably connected to the navigation means and the radio means for detecting an information conflict between information content of the navigation information and information content of the received information;
• response means operably connected to the detection means, the navigation means, and the radio means and being responsive to detection of the information conflict for automatically at least partially modifying at least one of the navigation information and the received information to provide resultant information;
• user interface means operably connected to the response means for providing at least part of the resultant information to a user in the terrestrial vehicle.