Patent ID: 6960997
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting location-related data information between a main station and a mobile terminal, comprising: (i) ascertaining a position of the mobile terminal and transmitting the position, as well as information on a size of a map section reproducible on a reproduction device of the mobile terminal, from the mobile terminal to the main station; (ii) forming location-related data information for the mobile terminal in the main station as a function of the ascertained position of the mobile terminal; (iii) transmitting the location-related data information from the main station to the mobile terminal; (iv) reproducing the received location-related data information on the reproduction device of the mobile terminal; (v) ascertaining a new position of the mobile terminal and transmitting the new position to the main station; (vi) selecting a new map section in the main station, the selected new map section including the new position of the mobile terminal; (vii) transmitting image data from the main station to the mobile terminal as a function of differences between the selected new map section and a present map section; and (viii) updating the present map section dependent upon the transmitted image data and reproducing the updated map section on the reproduction device, wherein: