Personal cuing for spatially associated information
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1. A cuing method, comprising:
- receiving current locative data, the locative data identifying a geographic position of a user'"'"'s portable computing device and a direction of motion of the portable computing device;
defining a shape of a proximity region around the geographic position according to the direction of motion of the portable computing device;
accessing a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with a location;
determining whether a location to which an information file is linked is within the proximity region; and
transmitting a message to the portable computing device when a location linked to an information file is within the proximity region, the message adapted to alert a user via the portable computing device as to the presence of the information file.
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Abstract
A method and system provides sensory cues to a user via a portable computing device as they wander a physical space, alerting the user as to the presence of spatially associated information linked to a location that is within a proximity region defined around that user'"'"'s then current physical location. The size and/or shape of the proximity region can be defined in accordance with the speed and/or direction of motion of the user.
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46 Claims
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1. A cuing method, comprising:
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receiving current locative data, the locative data identifying a geographic position of a user'"'"'s portable computing device and a direction of motion of the portable computing device;
defining a shape of a proximity region around the geographic position according to the direction of motion of the portable computing device;
accessing a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with a location;
determining whether a location to which an information file is linked is within the proximity region; and
transmitting a message to the portable computing device when a location linked to an information file is within the proximity region, the message adapted to alert a user via the portable computing device as to the presence of the information file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A cuing method, comprising:
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receiving current locative data, the locative data identifying a geographic position of a user'"'"'s portable computing device and a speed of motion of the portable computing device;
defining a size of a proximity region around the geographic position according to the speed of motion of the portable computing device;
accessing a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with a location;
determining whether a location to which an information file is linked is within the proximity region; and
transmitting a message to the portable computing device when a location linked to an information file is within the proximity region, the message adapted to alert a user via the portable computing device as to the presence of the information file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A cuing system, comprising:
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circuitry adapted to;
receive current locative data, the locative data identifying a geographic position of a user'"'"'s portable computing device and a direction of motion of the portable computing device;
define a shape of a proximity region around the geographic position according to the direction of motion of the portable computing device;
access a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with a location;
determine whether a location to which an information file is linked is within the proximity region; and
transmit a message to the portable computing device when a location linked to an information file is within the proximity region, the message adapted to alert a user via the portable computing device as to the presence of the information file. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A cuing system, comprising:
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circuitry adapted to;
receive current locative data, the locative data identifying a geographic position of a user'"'"'s portable computing device and a speed of motion of the portable computing device;
define a size of a proximity region around the geographic position according to the speed of motion of the portable computing device;
access a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with a location;
determine whether a location to which an information file is linked is within the proximity region; and
transmit a message to the portable computing device when a location linked to an information file is within the proximity region, the message adapted to alert a user via the portable computing device as to the presence of the information file. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A cuing system comprising a portable computing device with circuitry adapted to:
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determine a current geospatial position and direction of motion;
access a database containing a plurality of information files, each of the plurality of information files being linked with one or more geospatial locations, each of the plurality of information files also being linked with a directional mobility condition; and
alert a user of the portable computing device when a location linked to a particular information file is within a proximity region around the current geospatial position and when the current direction of motion satisfies the directional mobility condition linked to that information file. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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