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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Mark Huijnen, Rotterdam, NL;
Frederic Bruneteau, Brussels, BE;
Jeroen Trum, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); G08G 1/0969 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G01C 21/3614 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G08G 1/091 (2013.01); G08G 1/0969 (2013.01); G08G 1/09675 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096827 (2013.01); G08G 1/096844 (2013.01); G08G 1/096861 (2013.01); G08G 1/096883 (2013.01); G08G 1/096888 (2013.01); G08G 1/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device including a processor, a location determining device to determine a geographical location of the device and a communication device to wirelessly transmit data. In at least one embodiment, the processor is arranged to determine when the device is located in a vehicle which has vacated a parking place and, in response, to transmit a message via the communication device indicating a location of the parking place.