Generating a navigation route referencing digital signage
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing navigational assistance to a user, the method comprising:
- referencing, by a navigation system, location data of digital signage within an area, the location data of the digital signage being accessible by the navigation system;
receiving, by the navigation system, a request from the user for navigation directions to a destination location; and
based on receiving the request, generating by the navigation system a navigation route for the user to the destination location, the navigation route passing, at least in part, within the area, and the navigation route including reference to one or more digital signs of the digital signage within the area, and location of the one or more digital signs within the area in relation to the navigation route.
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Abstract
Navigation system assistance to a user within an area is provided by ascertaining location data and content of digital signage within the area. Further, based on the system receiving a request from a user for navigation directions to a destination location from a starting location, a navigation route is generated for the user to the destination location. The navigation route passes, at least in part, within the area, and the navigation route includes reference to one or more digital signs of the digital signage within the area, and a location of the one or more digital signs within the area in relation to the navigation route.
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing navigational assistance to a user, the method comprising:
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referencing, by a navigation system, location data of digital signage within an area, the location data of the digital signage being accessible by the navigation system; receiving, by the navigation system, a request from the user for navigation directions to a destination location; and based on receiving the request, generating by the navigation system a navigation route for the user to the destination location, the navigation route passing, at least in part, within the area, and the navigation route including reference to one or more digital signs of the digital signage within the area, and location of the one or more digital signs within the area in relation to the navigation route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing navigational assistance to a user, the system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the system performs a method comprising; referencing location data of digital signage within an area, the location data of the digital signage being accessible by the system; receiving, by the system, a request from the user for navigation directions to a destination location; and based on receiving the request, generating by the system a navigation route for the user to the destination location, the navigation route passing, at least in part, within the area, and the navigation route including reference to one or more digital signs of the digital signage within the area, and location of the one or more digital signs within the area in relation to the navigation route. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for providing navigational assistance to a user, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processor to perform a method comprising; referencing location data of digital signage within an area; receiving a request from the user for navigation directions to a destination location; and based on receiving the request, generating a navigation route for the user to the destination location, the navigation route passing, at least in part, within the area, and the navigation route including reference to one or more digital signs of the digital signage of the area, and location of the one or more digital signs within the area in relation to the navigation route.
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