Automatically identifying location information in text data
AssigneeGarmin Ltd.
InventorsDaniel D. Hein, Nathan J. Bishop, Jason B. Yonker
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Abstract
Techniques are described for automatically identifying/recognizing location information in received data and then providing navigational-related functions associated with the location information. In one or more implementations, automatically identifying location information may be performed using a locale context. More particularly, the locale context may serve as a basis for determining how text data is parsed and which expressions are used to parse text in order to recognize the location information.
Claims25
A location-aware device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the processor to:
- determine a locale context;
- based at least in part on the locale context, automatically identify location information in content received from one or more sources;
- and
- provide one or more navigational-related functions using the identified location information.
A method comprising:
- determining a locale context;
- automatically identifying address information in text data at least in part by parsing the text data in a manner suitable to the locale context;
- processing the address information to provide one or more coordinates for a location;
- and
- providing, on a location-aware device, a navigational-related function for the location based at least in part on the address information.
A portable location-aware communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the processor to:
- determine a locale context;
- based at least in part on the locale context, automatically identify location information in content received from one or more sources;
- geo-code the location information to provide coordinates for a location;
- and
- based at least in part on the coordinates, provide one or more navigational-related functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.