Patent ID: 7606658

Claim:
A system for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle, comprising: a processing unit; means for receiving navigation information, coupled to said processing unit; a data storage unit coupled to said processing unit; and a display unit coupled to said processing unit, said processing unit operable to process said navigation information to: determine a current location of said vehicle; retrieve at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations; retrieve at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location; estimate, for said vehicle, a range of monetary costs associated with said at least one predetermined arrival time for said at least one predetermined location, said range of monetary costs establishing a minimum monetary value derived from said navigation information and a maximum monetary value derived from said navigation information; and generating display control signals that cause the display unit to render an indicator that includes at least one monetary cost differential point of said range of monetary costs, wherein a zero cost differential point represents said at least one predetermined location on the display, a maximum monetary cost differential point is a point on said display associated with one of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information, and a minimum monetary cost differential point is a point associated with the other of said maximum value of said navigation information and said minimum value of said navigation information.