Patent ID: 8386163
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A GPS Navigation Code System comprising: a. a GPS navigation device having Internet connectivity, a local database, an internal map database, display monitor, memory, processor, software generated or hardware data entry keyboard, sound input, sound output and a special key for activating address search; b. said GPS navigation device being programmed by a user through a software generated or hardware data entry keyboard to record various addresses and points of interest; c. said user assigning a contracted navigation code reference to each of the addresses and points of interest; d. said user recording a speech pattern of sounds for each of the navigation codes for each of the addresses and points of interest; e. said GPS navigation device storing in a local database information collected and linking said addresses, points of interest, contracted navigation code reference and speech pattern of sounds in three linked separate databases; f. said special key being operative, upon being pressed, to thereby set the device in address search mode, whereupon a desired address is retrieved from the stored database and displayed on the monitor when the user types a few characters on the software generated or data entry keyboard or speaks the previously assigned speech pattern of sounds; g. said user accepting the displayed address by pressing a special key and canceling the address search mode of said GPS navigation device; h. said GPS navigation system calculating the route to the desired address selected and displaying the route on the display as well as providing voice generated guidance using said internal map database; i. said GPS navigation system being operative in response to communication of a contracted navigation code that is not present in the local database therewithin to access the Internet and connect to a remote database containing advertised contracted navigation codes and names of specific businesses and the GPS longitude and latitude of the business entered and managed by an owner/administrator of the remote database; j. the GPS navigation system being further operative to access said remote database providing current GPS longitude and latitude coordinates of the GPS unit in the vehicle; k. a computer searching through the entire remote database, matching contracted navigation code and computing driving distances based on business GPS coordinates and vehicle GPS coordinates, and creating an ordered list according to driving distances, all entries having driving distance less than a specified driving distance range; l. the user selecting a particular business location from the list presented and the GPS coordinates of said selected business transferred to the GPS mapping software; and m. said remote database being maintained by an operator or other representative of the system; whereby the user after pressing the special key on the GPS navigator device spends a shorter time, entering a few navigation code characters or speaking the previously assigned speech pattern, when retrieving the destination address, thereby avoiding distractions from vehicular driving duties, increasing the margin of safety for the driver, passengers and others in the vicinity of the vehicle.