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System and method for providing directions using a communication network

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  • US 6,535,743 B1
  • Filed: 07/29/1998
  • Issued: 03/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for providing directions, comprising:

  • a server coupled to a communication network, the server operable to determine directions from an origination location to a destination location and to communicate the directions using the communication network, wherein the directions comprise a plurality of segments, each segment separated from an adjacent segment by a separator signal and comprising a command and a notification region defined by a plurality of notification coordinates; and

    a mobile unit coupled to the communication network remote from the server, the mobile unit operable to receive the communicated directions, the mobile unit further operable to present automatically a particular segment of the directions to a user if the location of the mobile unit substantially corresponds to a notification coordinate defining the notification region associated with that segment.

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