Automatically identifying location information in text data
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1. A location-aware device operable to receive content through a communications network, the device comprising:
- a processor;
a position module operable to determine a current geographic location of the device;
memory; and
one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the processor to;
determine a locale context based on the current geographic location of the device, the locale context indicating an address format;
based at least in part on the locale context, automatically identify location information in the received content received from one or more sources; and
provide one or more navigational-related functions using the identified location information.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for automatically identifying/recognizing location information in received data and then providing navigational-related functions associated with the location information. In one or more implementations, automatically identifying location information may be performed using a locale context. More particularly, the locale context may serve as a basis for determining how text data is parsed and which expressions are used to parse text in order to recognize the location information.
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1. A location-aware device operable to receive content through a communications network, the device comprising:
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a processor; a position module operable to determine a current geographic location of the device; memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the processor to; determine a locale context based on the current geographic location of the device, the locale context indicating an address format; based at least in part on the locale context, automatically identify location information in the received content received from one or more sources; and provide one or more navigational-related functions using the identified location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for identifying information in content received by a location-aware device through a communications network, the method comprising:
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determining a locale context based on the current geographic location of the location-aware device, the locale context indicating an address format; automatically identifying address information in the received content at least in part by parsing text data associated with the received content in a manner suitable to the locale context; processing the address information to provide one or more coordinates for a location; and providing, on the location-aware device, a navigational-related function for the location based at least in part on the address information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable location-aware communication device operable to receive content through a communications network, the device comprising:
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a processor; a position module operable to determine a current geographic location of the device; memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the processor to; determine a locale context based on the current geographic location of the device, the locale context indicating an address format; based at least in part on the locale context, automatically identify location information in the content; tokenize the identified location information into one or more location information tokens; geo-code the location information tokens to provide coordinates for a location; and based at least in part on the coordinates, provide one or more navigational-related functions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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