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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Jeffrey E. Pierfelice, Canton, MI (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
Vehicle navigation systems and methods for presenting information originating from a mobile device on a vehicle navigation system display of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of presenting information originating from a mobile device on a vehicle navigation system display of a vehicle includes receiving, by a vehicle navigation system, application data from an application operating on the mobile device, wherein the application data from the application represents an entity in proximity to the vehicle. The method further includes displaying an icon representing the application data from the application on a map presented on the vehicle navigation system display. The icon is positioned on the map according to a geographic location of the entity.