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Navigation device

  • US 7,755,517 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2006
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable components for navigating a mobile device to a location, the components comprising:

  • a positioning system configured to determine a current position, in geospatial terms, of the mobile device;

    a locations data store in which resides information about positions for each location in a plurality of locations; and

    a directional manager configured to;

    retrieve the current position of the mobile device from the positioning system;

    compare the current position to the positions of the locations in the locations data store to determine, without manual intervention and without user input, which of the plurality of locations is a preferred location; and

    orient a pointer in a direction that leads to the preferred location, wherein the directional manager is further configured to continually update the orientation of the pointer as the mobile device moves and changes current position.

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