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Pedestrian alerts for mobile devices

  • US 20180114435A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2016
  • Published: 04/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for alerting a user of a mobile device the includes a display screen, comprising:

  • tracking a location of the mobile device relative to a pedestrian street crossing identified from mapping data;

    based on the tracking, determining that the user is approaching the pedestrian street crossing;

    rendering an alert to the user regarding the pedestrian street crossing, the alert being active over a time interval;

    identifying one or more GUI (graphical user interface) applications among a plurality of applications executing on the mobile device, the GUI applications rendering content on the display screen; and

    dimming, freezing, or obscuring the content rendered by the GUI applications on the display screen.

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