Technique for audibly providing driving directions using a mobile telephone
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1. A mobile telephony device comprising:
- GPS electronics configured to determine GPS coordinates of the mobile telephony device, wherein the UPS electronics operate independent of transceiver operations of the mobile telephony device so that the mobile telephony device is capable of comparing GPS coordinates and responsively audibly presenting audio files without being communicatively linked to a telephony network;
an audio transducer configured to audibly present at least one audio file;
a data store configured to store a plurality of audio files and associated enabling GPS coordinates, wherein said mobile telephone device is programmatically configured to;
compare GPS coordinates determined by the GPS electronics against enabling GPS coordinates stored within the data store; and
responsive to a favorable comparison, audibly present an audio file associated with the favorably compared enabling GPS coordinates via the audio transducer.
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Abstract
A method for providing driving directions can include the step of within a mobile telephone device, associating one or more of audio files with enabling GPS coordinates. The audio files can include digitally encoded speech that specify driving instructions. Current GPS coordinates for the mobile telephone device can be ascertained. When the current GPS coordinates match enabling GPS coordinates, the audio file associated with the enabling GPS coordinates can be played.
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1. A mobile telephony device comprising:
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GPS electronics configured to determine GPS coordinates of the mobile telephony device, wherein the UPS electronics operate independent of transceiver operations of the mobile telephony device so that the mobile telephony device is capable of comparing GPS coordinates and responsively audibly presenting audio files without being communicatively linked to a telephony network; an audio transducer configured to audibly present at least one audio file; a data store configured to store a plurality of audio files and associated enabling GPS coordinates, wherein said mobile telephone device is programmatically configured to; compare GPS coordinates determined by the GPS electronics against enabling GPS coordinates stored within the data store; and responsive to a favorable comparison, audibly present an audio file associated with the favorably compared enabling GPS coordinates via the audio transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing driving directions comprising the steps of:
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within a mobile telephone device, associating a plurality of audio files with enabling GPS coordinates, said audio files including driving instructions; ascertaining current GPS coordinates for the mobile telephone device; and when the current GPS coordinates match at least one enabling GPS coordinate, audibly presenting the audio file associated with the enabling GPS coordinate, wherein the ascertaining and presenting steps occur independent of the mobile telephone device being communicatively linked to a telephony network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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within a mobile telephone device, associating a plurality of audio files with enabling GPS coordinates, said audio files including driving instructions; ascertaining current GPS coordinates for the mobile telephone device; and when the current GPS coordinates match at least one enabling GPS coordinate, audibly presenting the audio file associated with the enabling GPS coordinate, wherein the ascertaining and presenting steps occur independent of the mobile telephone device being communicatively linked to a telephony network.
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