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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2007
Jens Gelhar, Hamburg, DE;
Jens Gelhar, Hamburg, DE;
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle navigation system having an input device, a storage device, a processor, and an output device. The storage device stores a database of geographical locations, such as the names of states, cities, streets, or countries. The database has a data list that includes data sub-lists, where the data sub-lists may have one or more data sub-list elements. Each data sub-list may have an assigned unique name. The data sub-lists also may be divided into parts, such that each part is assigned a unique name. The processor is operative to index the data sub-lists or the parts of a divided data sub-list. The processor may be further operative to search the database for a data sub-list element given an input from a user, and the output device may output one or more data sub-list elements from the database based on the search performed by the processor.