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US 6,587,782 B1Granted
Method and system for providing reminders about points of interests while traveling
AssigneeNavigation Technologies Corp.
InventorsTracey Nocek, Cynthia Paulauskas
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Abstract
A navigation system includes a feature that allows a user to specify a type of point of interest (or business chain) and then receive a reminder when the user is in proximity to a location of the point of interest of the specified type (or business chain) while traveling in a geographic region.
Claims31
A method of operation for a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting identification by a user of a category of location type about which a reminder is desired;
- using a geographic database to determine locations at which the identified category of location type are located in a geographic region;
- later, while the user is traveling in the geographic region to a location other than a location of the identified category of location type, continuing to determine new current positions of the user;
- comparing each new current position of the user as the user is traveling in the geographic region to locations of the category of location type identified by the user;
- determining if one of the new current positions of the user is within a proximity threshold of any one of the locations of the category of location type identified by the user;
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- informing the user with a reminder if one of the new current positions of the user is determined to be within the proximity threshold to one of the locations of the identified category of location type.
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A method of operation for a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting an identification by a user of a business chain about which a reminder is desired when the user is in proximity thereto;
- later, continuing to determine new current positions of the user while the user is traveling in a geographic region,
- using a geographic database to determine locations of the business chain in the geographic region;
- comparing each new current position of the user while the user is traveling in the geographic region to locations of the business chain identified by the user;
- determining if one of the new current positions of the user is within a proximity threshold of any one of the locations of the business chain;
- and
- informing the user with a reminder if one of the new current positions of the user is within the proximity threshold of one of the locations of the business chain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.