Patent ID: 7865304

Claim:
A navigation device programmed with a map database and software that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places, in which the device is further programmed to calculate and to display a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road and to receive and process dynamic travel information relating to the route; wherein the device is configured to calculate and to display a schematic view showing, at one time, at least a remainder of the entire route from the current location of the device, for any location of the device on the route, the schematic view including graphical depictions of dynamic travel information relating to the route; wherein the dynamic travel information is represented by a selectable graphical icon or selectable option that, when selected by touching the icon or option, the device displays a relatively increased amount of detail of the dynamic travel information associated with the selected icon or option, the relatively increased amount of detail includes a textual description of the dynamic travel information.