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US 2007/0192116 A1Published application
Position-sensitive events
AssigneeGARMIN LTD., a Cayman Islands corporation
InventorJohn Lovitt
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Abstract
Techniques for position-sensitive events are provided. Positioning information is used to acquire events for a given geographical location or within a configurable distance of that geographical location. In an embodiment, a route is provided from a current position of a requester to a destination location associated with a selected one of the events.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- receiving positioning information from a requestor;
- querying a repository for events within a configurable geographic distance of a location associated with the positioning information;
- and
- presenting the events to the requestor.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- issuing a search request for events of a given geographic location;
- receiving results associated with the search request;
- selecting one of the results;
- and
- presenting a route from a current location to a destination location associated with the selected result.
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A system, comprising:
- a position-sensitive event service;
- and
- a portable device, wherein the portable device is to communicate over a network with the position-sensitive event service and is to communicate positioning information to the position-sensitive event service, and wherein the position-sensitive event service is to communicate events associated with the positioning information to the portable device.
A system, comprising:
- a position-sensitive event service;
- and
- one or more event stores, wherein the position-sensitive event service is to query and update the one or more event stores for events in response to positioning information, and wherein the position-sensitive event service is to present the events to requestors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.