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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Erik Thomassen, Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Erik Thomassen, Amsterdam, NL;
TomTom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method and device are disclosed for conveying information relationships. In one embodiment, the method includes prompting, in a navigation device, at least one of input and selection of a travel destination and a desired arrival time at the travel destination; calculating an arrival time during travel to the travel destination; and outputting via the navigation device, during travel to the travel destination, an indication of a relationship between the desired arrival time and the calculated arrival time. In another embodiment, the method includes inputting a travel destination on a navigation device; determining a travel route to the input travel destination; calculating a speed in a navigation device during travel to the travel destination along the determined route; and outputting, via the navigation device, an indication of a relationship between a permitted speed and the calculated speed.