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Multiple node navigation and routing system for a domain to be user navigated

US6477463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 2001
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/206
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation and routing system for a domain to be navigated and including a plurality of nodes comprising, at each node, a passive element the identity of which is unique to the address of the associated node, and an active navigation device programmed with an electronic map of the domain and capable of receiving information from the passive elements, the arrangement being such that, for any given destination within the domain, and on reading of the passive element at a first node by the navigation device, routing information is displayed by the navigation device to direct the user to the next node in the route leading to his destination.

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