Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110029237 | PORTABLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GENERATING RADIO DATA SYSTEM INFORMATION THEREFOR - A portable navigation device includes a processing resource operably coupled to a Radio Data System communications unit and a location determination unit. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource supports a country code selector and is operably coupled to a data store capable of storing Radio Data System country code data. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource is also arranged to determine a first country associated with location data generated, when in use, by the location determination unit, the country code selector being arranged to identify a first country code from the country code data that does not correspond to the first country associated with the location data and a second country neighbouring the first country. The processing resource is also arranged to use the first country code to generate a Programme Identification code. | 02-03-2011 |
20110092170 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, METHOD OF PURGING ERROR DATA THEREFOR AND METHOD OF REDUCING RE-TUNING DELAY THEREFOR - A portable electronic communications apparatus includes a processing resource operably coupled to a Radio Data System communications unit. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource is also arranged to identify, when in use, a number of available frequencies capable of serving as a number of Alternative Frequencies, respectively. The processing resource communicates on a tuned frequency first Radio Data System data identifying the number of Alternative Frequencies. A data store is also operably coupled to the processing resource. The Radio Data System communications unit is arranged to re-tune, when in use, from the tuned frequency to another frequency of the number of available frequencies and to communicate on the another frequency second Radio Data System data, the re-tuning being supplemental to any re-tuning initiated as a result of inadequate signal strength associated with the tuned frequency. The number of Alternative Frequencies is kept below a certain maximum. The apparatus can be a navigation system. | 04-21-2011 |
20120244795 | ALERT CONTENT RECEPTION APPARATUS, ALERT CONTENT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING ALERT CONTENT - An alert content reception apparatus comprises a communications interface ( | 09-27-2012 |
20130103302 | ELECTRONIC MAP CREATION PROCESS - An electronic map generation process is provided comprising the steps of: 1) Obtaining a local electronic map via a communication system, the local electronic map having been generated by a horizon generator in a vehicle and output to the communication system, the horizon generator having used a source electronic map and vehicle position data from a vehicle positioning system to generate the local electronic map; 2) Processing the local electronic map in an electronic map generation unit; and 3) Outputting an electronic map. | 04-25-2013 |
20130261954 | MAPPING OR NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A mapping or navigation device comprises or is connectable to position determining apparatus, the position determining apparatus being operable to determine one or more locations of the mapping or navigation device, the one or more determined locations forming at least one route, wherein the mapping or navigation device is configured to determine at least one portion of the at least one route, where the at least one portion is determined according to at least one property associated with at least one location comprised in the portion, and the mapping or navigation device is configured to form at least one anonymized route from the at least one determined route, wherein the at least one anonymized route does not include the at least one portion of the at least one route. | 10-03-2013 |