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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Jeffrey Alan Millington, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Larry E. Spencer, II, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Donald J. Long, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Richard Eklund, Rochester, MI (US);
Michael G. Lambie, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Magellan DIS, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A navigation system provides multimedia annotations based upon the present location of the vehicle. These presentations may comprise advertising or text or other information entered by the user and associated with a specific location or locations. The navigation system also provides a removable media reader which obtains additional information based upon which the navigation system operates. This additional information may include multimedia annotations which are location-based. The navigation system further includes a wireless communication system which interacts with and provides further location-based multimedia annotations.