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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION

  • US 20120143495A1
  • Filed: 10/13/2011
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for navigating inside a building by a person using a smartphone, wherein the smartphone is equipped with one or more sensors and a navigation software platform, comprising:

  • specifying a desired destination by entering the desired destination into the navigation software platform of the smartphone, wherein the smartphone carries out the following steps in response;

    calculating the person'"'"'s present location inside the building,calculating the distance between the person'"'"'s present location and the desired destination,generating one or more possible routes through the building to the desired destination, andproviding directions to the person to reach the desired destination; and

    following the directions provided by the smartphone until the desired destination is reached.

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