Patent ID: 7155337

Claim:
A method for transferring at least one navigation element from a vehicle navigation unit to a master station, the method comprising: entering navigation element data which relate to at least one navigation element into the vehicle navigation unit, transmitting the navigation element data to the master station via an online connection between the vehicle navigation unit and the master station, comparing the navigation element data to navigation element database entries available in the master station; and differentiating between at least the following cases: Case 1: a navigation element database entry is uniquely assigned to the navigation element data, with respect to each navigation element that is included; Case 2: navigation element database entries is not uniquely assigned to the navigation element data, at least with respect to one navigation element; Case 3: the navigation element database entries are not assignable to the navigation element data, at least with respect to one navigation element; wherein in case 2, the master station transmitting at least some of the navigation element database entries, that are not uniquely assignable, via the online connection to the vehicle navigation unit, and an additional selection point is offered to the user in Case 2 which is selected by the user if none of navigation element database entries, that were transmitted and which are not uniquely assignable, is applicable.