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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daryl D. Schroeder, Florissant, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/132 ;
Abstract
A navigation device having a satellite broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast transmission of map data for use in the navigation device. The navigation device also includes a location determining device such as a global positioning system receiver to determine a geographic location of the navigation device. The location of the device is compared with the received map data, and if there is a match, the map data is stored in a computer storage medium and displayed on a screen.