Patent ID: 6639550
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A method for vehicle navigation comprising:maintaining a first storage for user-specific information for each of a plurality of users at a server computer system; during a first communication session between the server computer a system and one of the users, accepting user-specific information from the user and storing said information in the first storage; during a second communication session between the server computer system and a navigation system in a vehicle, providing navigation information from the server computer system to the navigation system at a location remote from the server computer system using the information previously stored in the first storage, and storing the navigation information in a second storage accessed locally by the navigation system; and during an interactive session between the user and the navigation system after termination of the second communication session, using the navigation system to access and process the navigation information stored in the second storage, and to provide processed navigation information to the user.