LOCATION-BASED ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONAL PLANNING
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Abstract
A method for location-based assistance includes maintaining in a personal digital assistant (PDA) (22, 24, 26) a data structure that is indicative of a state of a user (32, 34, 36) of the PDA. Responsively to the state, a map (30) is generated in the PDA indicating targets (42, 44, 46, 48) within an area of relevance surround a present location of the user. Based on the map, the PDA provides a suggestion to the user of an action to be taken by the user with respect to one or more of the targets.
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87 Claims
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1-67. -67. (canceled)
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68. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to hold a data structure that is indicative of a state of a user of the apparatus; a user interface comprising a display; and a processor configured to maintain the data structure and responsive to the state, to generate a map indicating targets within an area of relevance surrounding a present location of the user, and to provide, based on the map, via the user interface, a suggestion to the user of an action to be taken by the user with respect to one or more of the targets. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; a user interface; one or more sensors; and a processor configured to collect inputs from the one or more sensors with respect to motion of a user of the apparatus, and to assess, responsive to the inputs, a motion-related state of the user, and to provide, based on the motion-related state, via the user interface to the user a suggestion of an action to be taken by the user. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. At least one computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to:
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receive from a first user an indication of an event to be scheduled, in which a second user is to participate; responsive to the indication, to autonomously transmit a request via a communication interface of the computer of the first user to a PDA operated by the second user in accordance with a predefined inter-PDA protocol; and upon receipt of a response from the PDA, in accordance with the predefined inter-PDA protocol, to automatically enter the event in a schedule of the first user maintained by the computer. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87)
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