METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION GUIDANCE VIA PROXIMATE DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of connecting a first device associated with a first user with a second device associated with a second user that is proximate to a destination, for navigation guidance, comprising:
- receiving at an configuration server a navigation assistance request from the first device sent over a communication network, the navigation assistance request including destination information of the destination, the configuration server comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor;
determines the second user associated with the second device based on the second user being within a proximity threshold of the destination; and
transmits the navigation assistance request from the first device to the second device associated with the second user,wherein the navigation assistance request seeks navigation guidance information related to the destination from the second user,wherein the second user is a pedestrian, andwherein the navigation guidance information related to the destination that the first user seeks includes one or more of a main entrance associated with the destination, a parking location associated with the destination, an area to avoid when arriving at or leaving the destination, and a parking area to avoid at the destination.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for connecting at least one first device with at least one second device proximate to at least one destination for navigation guidance. The approach involves determining at least one destination associated with at least one first device, at least one first user associated with the at least one first device, or a combination thereof. The approach also involves determining at least one second device, at least one second user associated with the at least one second device, or a combination thereof within at least one proximity threshold of the at least one destination. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of at least one navigation assistance request from the at least one first device, that least one first user, or a combination thereof to the at least one second device, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof, wherein the at least one navigation assistance request seeks, at least in part, navigation guidance information related to the at least one destination, at least one point of interest associated with the at least one destination, or a combination thereof from the at least one second device, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of connecting a first device associated with a first user with a second device associated with a second user that is proximate to a destination, for navigation guidance, comprising:
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receiving at an configuration server a navigation assistance request from the first device sent over a communication network, the navigation assistance request including destination information of the destination, the configuration server comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor; determines the second user associated with the second device based on the second user being within a proximity threshold of the destination; and transmits the navigation assistance request from the first device to the second device associated with the second user, wherein the navigation assistance request seeks navigation guidance information related to the destination from the second user, wherein the second user is a pedestrian, and wherein the navigation guidance information related to the destination that the first user seeks includes one or more of a main entrance associated with the destination, a parking location associated with the destination, an area to avoid when arriving at or leaving the destination, and a parking area to avoid at the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. (canceled)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions stored thereon executed by a processor to perform a method of connecting a first device associated with a first user with a second device associated with a second user that is proximate to a destination, for navigation guidance, the method comprising:
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receiving a navigation assistance request from the first device sent over a communication network, the navigation assistance request including destination information of the destination; determining the second user associated with the second device based on the second user being within a proximity threshold of the destination; and transmitting the navigation assistance request from the first device to the second device associated with the second user, wherein the navigation assistance request seeks navigation guidance information related to the destination from the second user, wherein the second user is a pedestrian, and wherein the navigation guidance information related to the destination that the first user seeks includes one or more of a main entrance associated with the destination, a parking location associated with the destination, an area to avoid when arriving at or leaving the destination, and a parking area to avoid at the destination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. (canceled)
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