Communications device having a commute time function and methods of use thereof
First Claim
1. A machine-implemented method for operating a mobile electronic device having a commute time function, comprising:
- receiving and storing commute information provided by a user as input on the mobile electronic device, the commute information including start address and destination address;
prompting the user to input an event on the mobile electronic device, the event including a time entry and a day entry, and associating the event with said stored commute information; and
automatically activating the commute time function on the mobile electronic device based on the event, and then performing the commute time function on the mobile electronic device, wherein performing the commute time function on the mobile electronic device includesa) the mobile electronic device determining an up-to-date commute time based on the stored commute information, wherein the mobile electronic device determining the up-to-date commute time includes(i) the mobile electronic device sending the stored commute information to a website or an internet accessible service that computes the up-to-date commute time based on up-to-date traffic conditions and the stored commute information, and(ii) the mobile electronic device receiving the up-to-date commute time from the website or the internet accessible service, andb) the mobile electronic device displaying or speaking the up-to-date commute time.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods to operate a commute time function of a communications device are described herein. In one embodiment, the commute time function is automatically activated based on an event and is then performed by (i) determining an up-to-date commute time based on commute information and (ii) displaying or speaking the up-to-date commute time on the device. In one embodiment, triggered by and before the occurrence of a calendar event, a device obtains a current commute time (based on the commute information and based on current traffic conditions). In this embodiment, the device reschedules the calendar event based on the current commute time, by sending an update to the contacts with whom the user is to meet that indicates a change to the calendar event. Other embodiments are also described.
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1. A machine-implemented method for operating a mobile electronic device having a commute time function, comprising:
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receiving and storing commute information provided by a user as input on the mobile electronic device, the commute information including start address and destination address; prompting the user to input an event on the mobile electronic device, the event including a time entry and a day entry, and associating the event with said stored commute information; and automatically activating the commute time function on the mobile electronic device based on the event, and then performing the commute time function on the mobile electronic device, wherein performing the commute time function on the mobile electronic device includes a) the mobile electronic device determining an up-to-date commute time based on the stored commute information, wherein the mobile electronic device determining the up-to-date commute time includes (i) the mobile electronic device sending the stored commute information to a website or an internet accessible service that computes the up-to-date commute time based on up-to-date traffic conditions and the stored commute information, and (ii) the mobile electronic device receiving the up-to-date commute time from the website or the internet accessible service, and b) the mobile electronic device displaying or speaking the up-to-date commute time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a mobile device housing having integrated therein a communications network interface, a user interface, and programmed processing circuitry that implements a map module to acquire, through the user interface and via tactile and/or spoken input from a user of the apparatus, commute information, a calendar module to manage a calendar of the user and acquire, through the user interface and via tactile and/or spoken input from the user, a calendar event associated with the commute information, a commute time module to obtain a current commute time based on the commute information and based on current traffic conditions obtained through the network interface, and to signal the user interface to present, via visual and/or spoken output, the current commute time, a commute time activator to activate the commute time module based on but before occurrence of the calendar event, and an alarm clock, wherein the commute time module adjusts an alarm wake-up time in the alarm clock, that was previously set by the user, to an earlier time in response to the current commute time being longer than a specified time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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