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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Michael V. Shuman, Chicago, IL (US);
Kurt Brooks Uhlir, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael V. Shuman, Chicago, IL (US);
Kurt Brooks Uhlir, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
NAVTEQ B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system of managing computer data files are disclosed. Each computer data file on at least one data storage device is associated with at least one physical geographic location. Alternatively, the location may be an actual physical geographic location, a virtual location, a historical location, a fictional location, and so on. A function provides for searching and accessing the computer data files by location.