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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Maximilian Pühler, München, DE;
Hubert Fischer, Aichach, DE;
Michael Schermann, Freising, DE;
Tobias Schlachtbauer, Garching, DE;
Sergej Truschin, Garching, DE;
Thomas Wolf, Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Helmut Krcmar, Kranzberg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for conducting group travel, wherein a subsequent group travel participant follows a group travel participant travelling ahead or the subsequent group travel participant drives to a current destination of group travel participant travelling ahead, includes the steps of: assigning a group travel identifier for a journey of the group travel participant travelling ahead; passing on the group travel identifier from the group travel participant travelling ahead to the subsequent group travel participant; transmitting navigation information of the group travel participant travelling ahead to a distribution unit in a context with the group travel identifier; transmitting the navigation information from the distribution unit to the subsequent group travel participant; and using the navigation information transmitted from the distribution unit by the subsequent group travel participant.