TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVE NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PREFERENCES
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Abstract
In a navigation device in accordance with the invention, user profiles may be stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user'"'"'s personae. For example, the user business profile corresponding to the user'"'"'s business persona may be different from the user personal profile corresponding to the user'"'"'s personal persona. For instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining type restaurants for business meetings while the user personal profile may instead include fast-food type restaurants for personal dining. The inventive navigation device provides the user with a navigated route, together with information concerning the favorite facilities and events surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy the preferences in a selected user profile. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, blockages may also be established using the device to avoid selected areas, e.g., high crime areas, in the navigated route, or to block transmission of selected information concerning, e.g., uninteresting facilities and events, to the inventive navigation device.
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73 Claims
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54. A method for use in a navigation system which includes a display element, the method comprising:
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storing records associated with different points of interest;
receiving user preference data;
suggesting a plurality of points of interest based on the user preference data;
presenting, on the display element, the plurality of points of interest;
allowing a user to select one of the plurality of points of interest;
retrieving a record associated with a user selected point of interest, the record containing at least connection data; and
allowing a user entry to cause a lookup of the connection data in the record to establish a communications connection with the selected point of interest using the connection data. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A navigation system, comprising:
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storage for storing records associated with different points of interest;
a device for receiving user preference data;
a processor configured to suggest a plurality of points of interest based on the user preference data;
a display element for presenting thereon the plurality of points of interest, a user being allowed to select one of the plurality of points of interest;
a mechanism for retrieving a record associated with a user selected point of interest, the record containing at least connection data; and
an interface for allowing a user entry to cause a lookup of the connection data in the record to establish a communications connection with the selected point of interest using the connection data. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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