RU2445578C2 - Method and device to use selected address mark for relative display of elements of list of points of interest - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: instrument making.

SUBSTANCE: address mark is selected for relative display of elements of a list of points of interest to a user of a navigation device. At the same time in one version of realisation the method includes stages, at which selection of the address mark of the point of interest on the navigation device is requested, and selected elements of the list of the points of interest on the navigation device are displayed in the order based on location corresponding with the selected address mark of the point of interest, and the relative location of each selected element of the list of the points of interest.

EFFECT: expansion of functional capabilities.

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Description

Priority Statement

This application hereby claims priority, based on paragraph 119 of section 35 of the United States Code, with respect to each of the following UK patent applications: 0604709.6, registered March 8, 2006; number 0604708.8, registered on March 8, 2006; number 0604710.4, registered on March 8, 2006; number 0604704.7, registered on March 8, 2006; and number 0604706.2, registered March 8, 2006, the entire contents of each of them is hereby incorporated into this description by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This appendix generally relates to navigation methods and devices.

State of the art

Known navigation systems use menus to display various travel destinations, given locations, or specified points of interest (POIs). The user, for example, can select the category of restaurants, and can find many options available. Then the user can select a particular restaurant and then determine the route to this restaurant using the navigation system.

Disclosure of invention

The inventors of the present invention have found that although a plurality of selectable different travel destinations or locations were displayed in known navigation systems, as a list of a plurality of list items, for example, in various selectable categories, the relative proximity of the list items was not displayed to the user. For example, in at least one embodiment, the method includes requesting the selection of an address tag of a point of interest on a navigation device and displaying selectable items of a list of points of interest in an order based on a location corresponding to the selected address tag of a point of interest (e.g. the current GPS coordinates of the navigation device, the user's home, the destination of the move, etc.), and the relative location of each of the selected items of interest ochek.

In another embodiment, the navigation device includes a combined input and display device for requesting the selection of an address tag of a point of interest on the navigation device and for displaying selectable items of a list of points of interest in an order based on a location corresponding to a selected address tag of a point of interest and the relative location of each from the selected elements of the list of points of interest.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further, the present application will be described in more detail using illustrative embodiments that will be disclosed using the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an illustrative image of a global positioning system (GPS);

2 shows an illustrative block diagram of electronic components of a navigation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 3 shows an illustrative structural diagram of a service node, a navigation device and the connection between them according to a variant implementation of the present application;

4 shows an example of a screen image of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

5 shows an example of an additional image on a screen of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application; and

6 shows an example of an additional image on the screen of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The terminology used in the present description is intended only to describe specific embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. For the purposes of this description, the singular form also includes the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Additionally, it is understood that the terms “includes” and / or “including,” when used in the present description of the invention, establish the presence of declared signs, something whole, steps, actions, elements, and / or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other signs, something whole, steps, actions, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

In the description of the illustrative embodiments shown in the drawings, certain terminology is used for clarity. However, it is not intended to limit the disclosure of this patent description to such specific terminology chosen, and it should be understood that each individual element includes all technical equivalents that function in a similar manner.

The following describes illustrative embodiments of the present patent application with reference to the drawings, in which like reference values indicate the same or similar parts in all separate images. Similar numbers refer to like elements throughout. For the purposes of the present description, the term "and / or" includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed elements.

Figure 1 shows an illustrative image of a global positioning system (GPS) used by navigation devices, including a navigation device according to embodiments of the present application. Such systems are known and used for a variety of purposes. In general terms, GPS is a radio-satellite navigation system capable of constantly determining the position, speed, time, and in some cases these directions for an unlimited number of users.

Formerly known as NAVSTAR, GPS combines many satellites that move above the earth in very precise orbits. Located in these exact orbits, GPS satellites can broadcast their location to any number of receiving modules. The GPS system is implemented when a device specially adapted for receiving GPS data starts scanning radio frequencies for the presence of GPS satellite signals. Based on the reception of the GPS satellite radio signal, the device determines the exact location of this satellite in one of many different standard ways. The device will continue to scan, in most cases, for the presence of signals until at least three signals from different satellites are typed (note that the position is not entirely correct, but can only be determined by two signals using other triangulation methods ) When implementing geometric triangulation, the receiving device uses three known positions to determine its own two-dimensional position relative to the satellites. This can be done in a known manner. Additionally, receiving a signal from the fourth satellite will allow the receiving device in a known manner to calculate its three-dimensional position by the same geometric calculation. Position and speed data can be continuously updated in real time by an unlimited number of users.

As shown in FIG. 1, the GPS system as a whole is denoted by a reference value of 100. A plurality of satellites 120 are in orbit around the earth 124. The orbit of each satellite 120 is not necessarily synchronized with the orbits of the other satellites 120 and is, in fact, probably asynchronous. A GPS receiver 140 used in embodiments of navigation devices of the present application is shown to receive broadband signals 160 of GPS satellites from various satellites 120.

Broadband signals 160, continuously transmitted from each satellite 120, use a high-precision frequency standard, achieved using extremely accurate atomic clocks. Each satellite 120, as part of its data signal 160, transmits a stream of data indicative of a particular satellite 120. Those skilled in the art will recognize that GPS receiver 140 typically receives wideband signals 160 of GPS satellites from at least three satellites 120 for calculating by the receiving device 140 GPS its two-dimensional position using triangulation. The receipt of an additional signal, resulting in signals 160 from four satellites 120, allows the GPS receiving device 140 in a known manner to calculate its three-dimensional position.

2 shows an illustrative block diagram of the electronic components of a navigation device 200 according to an embodiment of the present application, in the form of block components. It should be noted that the structural diagram of the navigation device 200 does not contain all the components of the navigation device, but only typical illustrative components from among many.

The navigation device 200 is housed in a housing (not shown). The housing encloses a processing device 210 connected to an input device 220 and a screen 240 of a display device. Input device 220 may include a keyboard device, voice input device, and / or any other known input device used for data input; and the display device 240 may include any type of display device, such as, for example, a liquid crystal display device. In at least one embodiment of the present application, the input device 220 and the display device 240 are combined into a combined input and display device including an input device in the form of a touch panel or touch screen, for which the user only needs to touch a part of the screen of the display device 240, to select one of the many options displayed or activate one of the many virtual buttons.

In addition, other type of output device 250 may also be present, including, but not limited to, an audio output device. As the output device 250 can reproduce audio information to a user of the navigation device 200, it is equally understood that the input device 240 may also include a microphone and software in order to further receive input voice commands.

In the navigation device 200, the processing device 210 is operatively connected to the input device 240 and configured to receive input from it through the connection 225, and functionally connected to at least either the display device 240 or the output device 250, through the output connection 245, for output data to them. Additionally, the processing device 210 is operatively connected to the storage device 230 via the connection 235 and is configured to receive / send data from / to the input / output ports 270 via the connection 275, the input / output ports 270 being connected to an external device for the navigation device 200 280 I / O. The external input / output device 280 may include, but is not limited to, an external listening device, such as, for example, a handset speaker. Additionally, the connection to the input / output device 280 may be a wired or wireless connection to any other external device, such as, for example, a car radio, for working with free hands, and / or for using voice control, for connecting to the speaker of the handset or headphones, and / or for connecting to a mobile phone, for example, and connecting to a mobile phone can be used to establish a TCP / IP connection between the navigation device 200 and the network The Internet or any other network, for example, and / or establishing a connection with a service node via the Internet or some other network, for example.

FIG. 2 further shows a functional connection between the processing device 210 and the antenna / receiver 250 via the connection 255, wherein the antenna / receiver 250 may be, for example, a GPS antenna / receiver. It is understood that the antenna and the receiving device, denoted by the reference value 250, are schematically combined to illustrate, but that the antenna and the receiving device can be separately placed components, and that the antenna can be a flat integrated antenna or a GPS helical antenna, for example.

Additionally, one skilled in the art will recognize that the electronic components shown in FIG. 2 are supplied with energy from energy sources (not shown) in a conventional manner. As will be understood by a person skilled in the art, various configurations of the components shown in FIG. 2 are considered within the scope of this application. For example, in one embodiment, the components shown in FIG. 2 can communicate with each other via wired and / or wireless connections and the like. Accordingly, the volume of the navigation device 200 according to the present application includes a portable or portable navigation device 200.

In addition, the portable or portable navigation device 200 shown in FIG. 2 may be connected or “docked” to a motor vehicle, such as a car or boat, in a known manner. Such a navigation device 200 may then be removed from the dock for navigation use as portable or portable.

FIG. 3 shows an illustrative structural diagram of a service unit 302 and a navigation device 200 according to the present application using the multi-function communication channel 318 according to an embodiment of the present application. The service unit 302 and the navigation device 200 according to the present application can interact when a connection is established via the communication channel 318 between the service unit 302 and the navigation device 200 (note that such a connection can be a data connection using a mobile device, a direct connection using a personal computer via Internet, etc.).

The navigation device 200, in at least one embodiment, can establish a “mobile” network connection with a service node 302 via a mobile device 400 (such as a mobile phone, PDA, and / or any device supporting mobile telephone technology) that has established a digital connection (such as a digital connection using known Bluetooth technology, for example). After that, through its network service provider, the mobile device 400 can establish a network connection (via the Internet, for example) with the service node 302. In fact, a “mobile” network connection is established between the navigation device 200 (which can be, and often is, mobile because it moves autonomously and / or on the vehicle) and the service node 302 to provide a “real-time” information gateway or, at least with very “fresh data”.

Establishing a network connection between a mobile device 400 (via a service provider) and another device, such as a service node 302, using the Internet 410, for example, can be done in a known manner. This may include the use of a layered TCP / IP protocol, for example. Mobile device 400 may use any of a number of communication standards, such as CDMA, GSM, WAN, etc.

Actually, an Internet connection can be used, which is provided through a connection for transmitting data via a mobile phone or mobile phone technical means in a navigation device 200, for example. Thanks to this connection, an Internet connection is established between the service node 302 and the navigation device 200. This can be done, for example, using a mobile phone or other mobile device and using the General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) protocol (GPRS) - the connection is a high-speed data connection for mobile devices provided by telephone operators; GPRS is a method of connecting to the Internet).

The navigation device 200 may additionally make a data connection with the mobile device 400, and ultimately with the Internet 410 and the service node 302, in a known manner, for example, using existing Bluetooth technology, any protocol of a number of standards can be used, such for example, like GSRM, the Data Protocol Standard for the GSM standard.

The navigation device 200 may include its own technical means of mobile telephony directly in the navigation device 200 (including, for example, an antenna, the built-in antenna of the navigation device 200 may be used additionally as an alternative). The technical means of mobile telephony in the navigation device 200 may include integrated components, as noted above, and / or may include a plug-in card equipped with the necessary technical means of mobile telephony and / or antenna, for example. Actually, the technical means of mobile telephony in the navigation device 200 can in the same way establish a network connection between the navigation device 200 and the service node 302, via the Internet 410, for example, in the same way as any mobile device 400.

To configure the phone to work on the GPRS protocol, to work correctly with the ever-changing variety of models of mobile phones, manufacturers, etc. a device supporting Bluetooth technology may be used, while settings for a particular model / manufacturer may be stored on the navigation device 200, for example. Data stored to provide this information may be updated in a manner discussed in any of the preceding and following embodiments.

The service unit 302 includes, in addition to other components that may not be demonstrated, a processing device 304 operatively coupled to the memory device 306 and further functionally connected, via a wired or wireless connection 314, to the large capacity storage device 312. The processing device 304 is additionally functionally connected to a transmitting device 308 and a receiving device 310 for transmitting and sending information to and from the navigation device 200 via a communication channel 318. Sent and received signals may include data signals, communication signals and / or other distributed signals.

The transmitting device 308 and the receiving device 310 can be selected or developed in accordance with the requirements for the exchange of information and technical means of communication used in the design of communication tools for the navigation system 200. Additionally, it should be noted that the functions of the transmitting device 308 and the receiving device 310 can be combined in a signal transceiver.

The service unit 302 is additionally connected (or includes) with a mass storage device 312, meaning that the large capacity storage device 312 can communicate with the service unit 302 via a communication line 314. The mass storage device 312 contains a large amount of navigation data and map information, and in turn can be a separate device from the service unit 302 or can be integrated into the service unit 302.

The navigation device 200 is configured to interact with the service node 302 via a communication channel 318, and includes both a processing device, a storage device, etc., as described above with respect to FIG. 2, and a transmitting device 320 and a receiving device 322 in order to send and receive signals and / or data on the communication channel 318, it is understood that these devices can be additionally used to interact with other devices in addition to the service node 302. Additionally, the transmitting device 320 and the receiving device 322 are selected or developed in accordance with the requirements for the exchange of information and technical means of communication used in the design of communication tools for the navigation system 200, and the functions of the transmitting device 320 and the receiving device 322 can be combined in a single transceiver .

The software stored in the storage device 306 of the service node provides instructions for the processing device 304 and enables the service node 302 to provide services for the navigation device 200. One service provided by the service node 302 involves processing requests from the navigation device 200 and the transmission of navigation data from a large capacity data storage device 312 to a navigation device 200. According to at least one embodiment of the present application , another service provided by the service node 302 includes processing navigation data using various algorithms for a given application and sending the results of these calculations to the navigation device 200.

Communication channel 318 as a whole is a distribution medium or path that connects the navigation device 200 and the service node 302. According to at least one embodiment of the present application, both the service unit 302 and the navigation device 200 include a transmitting device for transmitting data over a communication channel and a receiving device for receiving data that has been transmitted over a communication channel.

Communication channel 318 is not limited to specific communications technology. Additionally, the communication channel 318 is not limited to individual communications equipment; that is, channel 318 may include several communication lines that use various technologies. For example, according to at least one embodiment, the communication channel 318 may be configured to provide a path for electrical, optical, and / or electromagnetic communication, etc. The communication channel 318 itself includes, but is not limited to, one of the following: electrical circuits, electrical conductors such as wires and coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, converters, radio frequency (RF) waves, atmosphere, vacuum, and etc., or combinations thereof. In addition, according to at least one different embodiment, the communication channel 318 may include intermediate devices, such as, for example, routing devices, intermediate amplifiers, buffer devices, transmitting devices, and receiving devices.

In at least one embodiment of the present application, for example, communication channel 318 includes telephone and computer networks. In addition, in at least one embodiment, the communication channel 318 may be configured to provide wireless communications, such as communications using radio frequency, microwave, infrared, etc. Additionally, according to at least one embodiment, communication channel 318 may provide satellite communications.

Communication signals transmitted over communication channel 318 include, but are not limited to, signals that may be necessary or desirable for these communications equipment. For example, the signals can be adapted for use in cellular technology, such as TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), code multiple access channel separation (CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access), global system for mobile communications (GSM - Global System for Mobile communications), etc. Channel 318 can transmit both digital and analog signals. According to at least one embodiment, these signals may be modulated, encoded and / or compressed signals, which may be required for technical communications.

The large capacity storage device 312 includes sufficient memory for the required navigation applications. Examples of large capacity storage device 312 may include magnetic storage media, such as, for example, hard disk drives, optical storage media, such as CD-ROMs, and charge-coupled storage media such as memory bulk dubbing, molecular memory, etc.

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the service node 302 includes a remote service node available to the navigation device 200 wirelessly. According to at least one other embodiment of the application, the service node 302 may include a network service node located in a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), virtual private network (VPN), etc. .

According to at least one embodiment of the present application, the service node 302 may include a personal computer, such as a desktop or laptop computer, and the communication channel 318 may be a cable connecting the personal computer and the navigation device 200. Alternatively, a personal computer may be connected between the navigation device 200 and the service node 302 to establish an Internet connection between the service node 302 and the navigation device 200. As an alternative Ativ, mobile phone or other portable device can connect wirelessly to the Internet to connect the navigation device 200 to the node 302 via the Internet service.

The navigation device 200 may be provided with information from the service node 302 through downloads of information that may be updated periodically when a user establishes a connection between the navigation device 200 and the service node 302, and / or may be more dynamic with a more constant or frequent connection established between the service node 302 and a navigation device 200 using a wireless mobile connecting device and a TCP / IP connection, for example. The processing device 304 at the service node 302 can be used for many dynamic calculations to carry out the bulk of the necessary processing, however, the processing device 210 of the navigation device 200 can also perform significant processing and calculations, often regardless of the connection to the service node 302.

A mass storage device 312 associated with the service node 302 may include significantly more map and routing data than those that can be supported directly on the navigation device 200, including maps, etc. The service unit 302 can process, for example, most devices from among the navigation devices 200 that move along the route using a set of processing algorithms. Additionally, the map and route data stored on the storage device 312 may operate with signals (eg, GPS signals) originally received by the navigation device 200.

4 provides a depiction of an illustrative embodiment of a display device according to the present application. 4 shows a screen image of a display device 240 of a navigation device 200. A display device 240 spans a plurality of address marks of points of interest for selection by a user. The choice of any of these marks establishes the relative position from which points of interest can be measured, respectively distributed over the distance, for example, etc.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display device 240 requests the selection of the address mark of a point of interest on the navigation device 200. The illustrative labels shown in FIG. 4 may include a “POI near you” 410 (setting a relative mark based on the current location navigation device 200, for example), "POI in the city" 420 (setting the relative mark based on the location of the mark of the current city where you are, such as the Empire State Building in New York), "POI near the house "430 (establishing relative m based on the registered location of the user's home of the navigation device 200, for example), and if a route was chosen, "POI along the route" 440 (setting a relative mark based on points along the selected route, for example), and "POI near the destination" 450 (setting a relative mark based on the entered travel destination, for example). It should be understood and taken into account that the labels shown in FIG. 4 are only examples and do not cover all possible labels, and note that embodiments of the present application should not be limited to the wording used to describe specific labels in FIG. 4.

So, as shown in FIG. 4, on the navigation device 200, a selection of an address mark of a point of interest is requested (for example, a plurality of address labels of points of interest). As shown in FIG. 4, a selectable address mark of a point of interest may include a plurality of address marks, including at least two of the following: a selectable mark for the location of the navigation device, a selectable label for the location of the user home of the navigation device, and a selectable A label for the location of the entered destination, for example. After a particular label of a point of interest is selected, a plurality of elements of a list of selectable points of interest are displayed on the navigation device 200 shown in FIG.

These selectable points of interest list items displayed on the navigation device 200 shown in FIG. 5 relate to the selected address label of the point of interest and are displayed (or in parts, note that additional list items can be scrolled from beginning to end, for example, and / or restrictions may include setting a display restriction, for example, ten first) in an order based on the location corresponding to the selected address label of the point of interest and the relative location of each of the selected element of the list of points of interest. For example, if the “POI near you” label is selected (410 in FIG. 4), selectable points of interest list items are displayed in an order based on the relative location to the current location of the navigation device itself. This order may consist in ordering in ascending order and / or ordering in descending order, for example.

It must be understood and taken into account that the locations of points of interest are pre-stored or can be downloaded and subsequently stored on the storage device 230 of the navigation device 200. Additionally, the locations of the navigation device 200 are easily retrievable through the location of the GPS coordinates, and other marks, such as the location of the house, point route destinations, etc., can either be pre-stored or entered / selected by the user of the navigation device and subsequently stored in memory We eat device 230 in a known manner. Thus, using saved / entered / selected points of interest and locations of marks, distance calculation or other calculations (for example, any other calculations for relative ordering / display, including, but not limited to, travel time to POI, total detour time, a label indicating whether a small detour is required or whether the POI is actually on the route, etc.) can be easily done by the processing device 200, as well as structuring in descending / increasing distance or / and displaying them using the processing device 200 and display device 240.

In any case, the method and navigation device 200 according to an embodiment of the present application provide the user with the opportunity to view a plurality of selectable items of the list of points of interest based on the visible relationships between the locations of the selected address mark of the point of interest and the selected items of the list of points of interest themselves. Accordingly, if the user searches for points of interest near the current position of the navigation device 200, the user can find points of interest that are relatively least and relatively farthest from the navigation device 200 when selecting the “POI near you” address mark. Accordingly, selectable items of the list of points of interest will be displayed in an order based on the location of the current GPS coordinates of the navigation device 200 and the relative location of each selectable item of the list of points of interest. Similarly, if the “POI near home” address label is selected (430 in FIG. 4), selectable list items will be displayed in an order based on the location of the user's home (entered or specified when registering the navigation device 200, for example) and the relative location of each selectable list of points of interest.

Additionally, in the same way, if the address label “POI near destination” is selected (450 in FIG. 4), the selected list items will be displayed in order based on the location of the selected / entered destination of the user's movement (entered / selected previously for calculation route, for example) and the relative location of each selectable list of points of interest. It should be noted that similar actions occur due to the selection of any address label of the point of interest, including, but not limited to, shown in Figure 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, selectable list items can also be displayed along with distance information, the distance information indicating the distance between the location corresponding to the selected address mark of the point of interest and the location of each of the selected list items. Accordingly, assuming that the “POI near home” label 430 is selected, for example, the bulldog point of interest is displayed as being relatively closest to the user's home / owner of the navigation device 200 based on the registered location of the home, for example, 45 meters from the user's home / owner with respect to the navigation device 200, wherein distance information is displayed with respect to the particular selected address mark of the point of interest. Similar to displaying a distance of 45 meters for the bulldog point of interest in FIG. 5, each selectable list of points of interest can be displayed on the display device 240 of the navigation device 200 in accordance with the distance from it to the selected mark. This display can be ordered by increasing distance, decreasing distance, etc., so that the user of the navigation device 200 has the opportunity to view each of the many elements of the list of points of interest depending on the location of the selected label.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, a selection request may include requesting a selection of one of a plurality of address labels of points of interest, and a selection request may include displaying a plurality of address labels of points of interest. When selecting the address mark of a point of interest associated with the current location of the navigation device 200, the selected list items are displayed in an order based on the location of the current GPS coordinates of the navigation device 200 and the relative location of the selected elements of the list of points of interest. When selecting an address mark of a point of interest associated with the location of the user's home of the navigation device 200, selectable list items are displayed in an order based on the stored location of the user's home of the navigation device 200 and the location of at least a portion of the select list items. Similarly, when selecting an address mark of a point of interest associated with a travel destination entered (by input / selection / etc.) into the navigation device 200, selectable list items are displayed in an order based on the stored location of the travel destination and location, at least a portion of selectable list items. Similar actions occur due to the selection of any address label of the point of interest, including, but not limited to, shown in Figure 4.

You need to understand that the implementation option of this application may cover the implementation of the method directly on the navigation device. Additionally, an embodiment of the present application also includes a navigation device 200 including a combined input and display device for requesting a choice of an address point of a point of interest on the navigation device and displaying selectable items of a list of points of interest in an order based on a location corresponding to the selected address mark point of interest, and the relative location of each selectable list item of point of interest.

In addition, it must be further understood and taken into account that embodiments of the present application may include requesting and / or displaying a selection of a main category of points of interest from the main menu before the display shown in FIG. 4. For example, during the display of the main menu, on the display device 240 may display the input sentence "Point of Interest" 600, as shown in Fig.6, for example. In addition, it must be further understood and taken into account that embodiments of the present application may include requesting and / or displaying a selection of categories of points of interest after selecting an address label of a point of interest, including displaying a variety of different categories, including but not limited to , restaurants, city attractions, museums, sports venues, etc., and points of interest in these categories can then be displayed accordingly with respect to the selected address tag resuyuschey point.

The methods according to at least one embodiment presented above can be implemented as a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, or a distributed signal, which is a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a processing device (such as, for example, a processing device 304, the service unit 302 and / or the processing device 210 of the navigation device 200) cause the corresponding method to be executed by the processing device. In at least one other embodiment, at least one of the above methods may be implemented as the aforementioned set of instructions contained in a computer-readable or computer-accessible medium, such as one of the storage devices described previously, for example , to perform the corresponding method when executed by a processing device or other computing device. In different embodiments, the implementation of the medium may be a magnetic medium, an electronic medium, an optical medium, etc.

Even further, any of the above methods may be implemented as a program. The program may be stored on a computer-readable medium and used to perform any of the above methods when run on a computing device (a device including a processing device). Thus, a storage medium or computer-readable medium configured to store information and interact with data processing means or a computing device to execute a method according to any of the above embodiments.

The storage medium may be an embedded medium installed in the main unit of the computing device, or a removable medium mounted so that it can be separated from the main unit of the computing device. Examples of the embedded environment include, but are not limited to, rewritable non-volatile storage devices, such as ROMs and bulk rewritable memory, and hard drives. Examples of removable media include, but are not limited to, optical media such as CD-ROM and DVD; magneto-optical carriers such as MO; magnetic media, including but not limited to floppy disks (brand), cassette tapes, and removable hard drives; media with a built-in rewritable non-volatile memory device, including, but not limited to, memory cards; and media with integrated ROMs, including, but not limited to, cassette ROMs; etc. Moreover, a variety of information regarding, for example, stored images, property information, may be stored in any other form, or may be provided in other ways.

As will be understood after reading the present description of the invention to a person skilled in the art, the electronic components of the navigation device 200 and / or the components of the service unit 302 may be embodied as computer hardware circuits or as a computer-readable program, or as a combination thereof.

The system and method according to the embodiments of the present application includes software operating on a processing device for executing at least one of the methods according to the ideas of the present application. A person skilled in the art will understand, after reading and comprehending this description of the invention, how a program can be launched from a computer-readable medium in a computer system to execute functions found in a software program. Additionally, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand that a variety of programming languages can be used to create a software program designed to implement and execute at least one of the methods of this application.

Programs can have an object-oriented structure using an object-oriented language, including, but not limited to, JAVA, Smalltalk, C ++, etc., and programs can have a procedure-oriented structure using a procedure-oriented language, including, but not limited to, COBOL, C, etc. Software components can interact in any of a number of ways that are well known to specialists in this field of technology, including, but not limited to, using application program interface (API) technologies for interaction between processes, including, but not limited to , remote procedure call (RPC), general object request broker architecture (CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture), component model (COM - Component Object Model), distributed component model (DCOM - Di stributed Component Object Model), Distributed System Object Model (DSOM), and Remote Method Invocation (RMI). However, as one of ordinary skill in the art will understand after reading the disclosure of this application, the ideas of this application are not limited to a particular programming language or environment.

The above systems, devices, and methods have been described as an example, and not for limitation with respect to improving the accuracy, speed of the processing device, and ease of interaction with the user, etc. navigation device 200. Additionally, elements and / or features of various illustrative embodiments may be combined with each other and / or replaced with each other within the scope of this disclosure and the attached claims.

Moreover, any of the above and other illustrative features of the present invention can be embodied in the form of an apparatus, method, system, computer program and computer program product. For example, the above methods may be embodied in the form of a system or device including, but not limited to, any structure for performing the methodology illustrated in the drawings.

With respect to the illustrative embodiments described in this way, it will be apparent that these can be varied in many ways. Such changes should not be construed as deviating from the essence and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications, which are obvious to a person skilled in the art, suggest the inclusion within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (12)

1. A method of selecting an address tag of a point of interest on a navigation device, comprising the steps of:
requesting the selection of the address mark of the point of interest on the navigation device; moreover, the address mark of the point of interest is an icon representing the location previously entered by the user locally stored on the navigation device; and
display selectable points of interest list items on the navigation device in an order based on a location corresponding to a selected address mark of a point of interest and the relative location of each selectable points of interest list item from a user entered location. 2. The method according to claim 1, in which elements of the list of points of interest are displayed on the navigation device along with distance information, the distance information indicating the distance between the location corresponding to the selected address mark of the point of interest and the location of each of the selected elements of the list of points of interest. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of requesting includes the step of requesting the selection of one of a plurality of address labels of points of interest. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of requesting includes displaying a plurality of address labels of points of interest. 5. The method according to claim 1, in which, when selecting a selectable label for the location of the navigation device, selectable items of the list of points of interest are displayed in an order based on the current GPS coordinates of the navigation device and the relative location of each selectable item of the list of points of interest. 6. The method according to claim 1, in which when selecting a selectable label for the location of the user's home of the navigation device, selectable items of the list of points of interest are displayed in an order based on the stored location of the user's home of the navigation device and the relative location of each selectable item of the list of points of interest. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when selecting a selectable label for the location of the entered route destination, selectable list of points of interest are displayed in an order based on the location of the entered route destination and the relative location of each selectable list of points of interest. 8. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises the step of following the selection of the requested address point of the point of interest requesting the selection of the category of points of interest, the step of displaying comprising displaying selectable items of the list of points of interest within the selected category points of interest. 9. The method according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, which further comprises the step of asking to select the point of interest from the main menu before selecting the requested address mark of the point of interest. 10. The method according to claim 9, which further comprises the step of following the selection of the requested address label of the point of interest requesting the selection of the category of points of interest, the step of displaying comprising displaying selectable items of the list of points of interest within the selected category points of interest. 11. Machine-readable medium containing program segments for implementation when executing on the processing device of the navigation device execution on the navigation device of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. 12. A navigation device configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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