System and method for distributed navigation service

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6421607
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09667354

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A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service center stores driving instructions in a continuously updated map database. In response to a user request the instructions are transmitted by way of a wireless network to a client device residing in the user vehicle. The instructions are assembled into sequential stepwise driving directions and stored in a storage device in the client device. Commands from the user trigger playback of the driving instructions in a stepwise fashion.

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GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bullock, James Blake Gilbert, AZ 11 2097
Gee, Robert A Tempe, AZ 3 151
Gonsalves, Stanislaus Elgin, AZ 2 139
Kohley, Jeffrey Carol Stream, AZ 2 139
McNulty, Mark Carol Stream, AZ 8 690

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