Patent ID: 7236924
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A device for entering names into a navigation system, comprising: a storage unit for storing names of at least one category of geographic information; an input unit for selecting a name; a display unit for supporting an entry; and a control unit for causing a selectable name to be displayed as a suggestion on the display unit as a function of a specified sorting criterion for the stored names of a category and as a function of earlier entries for the selection of the name to be entered, wherein a selection probability of the names is used as a sorting criterion in the control unit, and wherein at least one of (a) at least one statistically collected information item and (b) an information item recorded by measurement concerning local characteristics of an area designated by a name is used as a measure for the selection probability, and wherein at least one of (a) a number of hotels, (b) a size of hotels, (c) a number of offices, (d) a number of train stations and (e) a number of airports within an area designated by a name is used as a measure for the selection probability.