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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R. Manson, Aptos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Horizon Navigation, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G08G 1/0969 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G08G 1/0969 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a computer implemented method for dialing a telephone number using a vehicle navigation system in the following manner. A destination is retrieved in response to selection of the destination by the user. A determination is then made if there is a phone number associated with the destination. Where there is a phone number associated with the destination, a phone number is transmitted to a wireless communications device for dialing.