Tom Tom International B.v.

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Tomtom Traffic B.v.

Theo Kamalski

Breght Boschker

Berry Heerdink

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.

Mapping or navigation apparatus and method of operation thereof

An alert content reception apparatus comprises a communications interface () compatible with a data broadcast service and capable of receiving, when in use, a broadcast data message comprising reference data concerning alert content. The apparatus also comprises a processing resource () arranged to analyze, when in use, the broadcast data message and acquire the alert content associated with the reference data in response to determining that the alert content associated with the reference data has not previously been acquired. The communications interface () is compatible with a bidirectional data communications service, the processing resource () also being arranged to cooperate with the communications interface () in order to retrieve the alert content via the bidirectional data communications service.

Alert content reception apparatus, alert content communications system and method of acquiring alert content

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 neighboring the first country. The processing resource is also arranged to use the first country code to generate a Program Identification code.

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Weert, Netherlands

Theo Kamalski