Patent ID: 6324466
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A method for spatial allocation of information referring to a location in a terminal unit, comprising the steps of:sending the information from an information provider to the terminal unit together with location coordinate data which is associated with this information and which concerns the geographic coordinates of the location and with supplemental location data;carrying out an allocation of the information to a location in the terminal unit:based on a comparison of the transmitted location coordinate data relating to the information with location coordinate data in a reference file in the terminal unit; andbased on a comparison of the transmitted supplemental location data relating to the information with supplemental location data in the reference file in the terminal unit; andstoring the location coordinate data of the location in files of the information provider and in the terminal unit and sending the data from the information provider to the terminal unit as identification of a location to which transmitted information refers, the location coordinate data exactly designating the geographic coordinates of the location to every 10 to 500 m.