Patent Document ID: 20120254263
Application ID: 13515818
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for enriching the content in a digital map by integrating data in the form of building blocks from one or more sources into a digital map, comprising the steps of: integrating a supplemental building block containing at least one digitized geocoded object pertaining to an object in reality into a digital map stored on a computer, said digital map containing digitized information including at least one building block containing a digitized geocoded object corresponding to the same object in reality; identifying the geocoded objects from respective building blocks that correspond to the same object in reality; assigning a priority value for each identified geocoded object; comparing the priority values to one another; and storing, in the digital map, information identifying the geocoded objects that correspond to the same object in reality and which one of the identified geocoded objects has the highest priority value and is to be used by a digital map or navigation application.