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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Daishi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daishi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Alpine Electronic, Inc., Iwaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A map-data distribution method distributes map data from a map-data distribution server to a client and causes the client to draw a map image. The map-data distribution method includes steps of causing the map-data distribution server to store a plurality of map components obtained by dividing the map data, causing the server to send the map data to the client in an order according to the map component, and causing the client to store the received data in a temporary memory while causing the client to start to draw the map image using one of the received data and the data stored in the temporary memory.