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          Appeal No. 96-3758                                                          
          Application 08/252,832                                                      


                    7.  A method of supplementing primary navigation data             
          displayed on a display in a vehicle navigation system that is               
          installed within a vehicle, comprising the steps of:                        
                         receiving supplementary navigation data by a                 
          vehicle for a communications link at a local vehicle station;               


                         transmitting the received supplementary navigation           
          data to the vehicle navigation system that is installed in the              
          vehicle; and                                                                
                         displaying the received supplementary navigation             
          data on the display of the vehicle navigation system in the                 
          vehicle.                                                                    

                    16.  A system for supplementing navigation information            
          displayed by a vehicle navigation system that is installed within           
          a vehicle, the vehicle navigation system having a display, means            
          for storing primary navigation data, and means for displaying the           
          stored primary navigation data on the display, the navigation               
          information supplementing system comprising:                                
                         a plurality of local vehicle communication                   
          stations, each station having means for transmitting                        
          supplementary navigation data; and                                          
                         a vehicle having a communications device connected           
          to the vehicle navigation system that is installed within the               
          vehicle, and a controller for displaying the supplementary                  
          navigation dat received by the communications device on the                 
          display of the vehicle navigation system inside the vehicle.                

               All three claims require the receiving of supplementary                
          navigation data from a communications link at a local vehicle               
          station and the selective displaying of the received                        
          supplementary navigation data on a display.  Claim 16 further               

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