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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2004
Applicants:

Kenichi Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichiro Ichiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichiro Ichiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A navigation device in that on each of fixed information having a long update period and update information having a short update period which compose the user service information stored in a navigation device whether or not the user service information is newest, is determined, and the newest information corresponding to at least one of the fixed information and the update information which are determined to be not newest by the determination is acquired from an information supply server, thus, in almost all cases, only the update information is acquired from the information supply server, so it acquires the desired user service information in a short time, and therefore, low communication expenses.


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