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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Andrew DE Silva, Torrance, CA (US);
Jianning Zhuang, Torrance, CA (US);
Jose Mazas, Torrance, CA (US);
Alex Panganiban, Torrance, CA (US);
Andrew de Silva, Torrance, CA (US);
Jianning Zhuang, Torrance, CA (US);
Jose Mazas, Torrance, CA (US);
Alex Panganiban, Torrance, CA (US);
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically updating information on favorite places upon change of home address. The method includes the steps of: checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address; searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address; determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user; updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address.