Navigation system and memory medium storing the position data of the specific facilities
US6721654B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3697
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Memory mediums storing position data of specific facilities that can be read as position data of a destination on the map data of a vehicle navigation apparatus are distributed to users. When a user sets or inserts this memory medium to a fixed location of the navigation system, the position data of the specific facilities is read and set as the destination. Then the vehicle navigation apparatus starts route guiding to the destination. Arriving at the destination, the user can shop or obtain the benefit of discounts at the facilities (the shop) by using coupons for those shops, also stored on the memory medium.
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