Patent ID: 7957895

Claim:
A method of operating a portable navigation device or navigation system by a user, said device or system comprising a memory, user interface and locally stored map data, said method comprising the steps of: storing into memory a specific Point of Interest, other location or location range, said Point of Interest, location or range being identifiable with reference to said map data and optionally being or including a current location of said device or system; presenting to said user at least one user-selectable option via said user interface, said option arranged such that qualitative information pertaining to the said Point of Interest, other location or location range can be entered into said memory; recording and storing qualitative information and association of said information with said identified Point of Interest, other location or location range into said memory as primary information, said step of recording and storing executed by said device or system subsequent to selection of said option; and transmitting said primary information to a remote device wherein the at least one user-selectable option is presented to the user by the device or system subsequent to a determination thereby that the said Point of Interest, other location or location range has formed the basis of a previous navigation.