Patent ID: 7239961

Claim:
A method of inputting destination data into a navigation system, the method comprising: bringing a mobile terminal including a short range wireless interface into wireless communication with the navigation system via the short range wire less interface; selecting, at the mobile terminal, at least one data record that is stored in the mobile terminal, said at least one data record including data associated with an address; transferring the at least one data record that is selected from the mobile terminal to the navigation system via the short range wireless interface; extracting, at the navigation system, destination data from the at least one data record that is received and using the destination data that is extracted as a destination address to determine a destination route corresponding to the destination address by the navigation system; checking, at the navigation system, plausibility of extracted destination data using an address data base, or correcting, at the navigation system, the extracted destination data using the address database; providing a back-channel between the mobile terminal and the navigation system; and sending a notification back via said back-channel to the mobile terminal if the address data are not correct or if the address data are corrected.