Navigation system, method and database using mobile devices
First Claim
1. A navigation system for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of places, the system comprising:
- a storage means for storing a database comprising a plurality of records, each record including location data indicating a location of a respective place;
a mobile device;
a location determination means for determining a current location of the mobile device; and
a processing means for using the database and the current location to select, according to at least one predetermined criterion, a place to direct a user towards,wherein the mobile device is adapted to provide a user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to the selected place, andwherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of the selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location.
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Abstract
Provided is a navigation system for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of locations including a storage means adapted to store a database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising location data indicative of the location of a respective place; a mobile device; a location determination means adapted to determine a current location of the mobile device; and a processing means adapted to use the database and current location to select, according to at least one predetermined criterion, a location that the user is directed towards, wherein the mobile device is adapted to provide the user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to the selected place.
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29 Claims
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1. A navigation system for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of places, the system comprising:
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a storage means for storing a database comprising a plurality of records, each record including location data indicating a location of a respective place; a mobile device; a location determination means for determining a current location of the mobile device; and a processing means for using the database and the current location to select, according to at least one predetermined criterion, a place to direct a user towards, wherein the mobile device is adapted to provide a user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to the selected place, and wherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of the selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A navigation method for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of places, the method comprising:
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storing a database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising location data indicating a location of a respective place; determining a current location of the mobile device; using the database and the current location to select, according to at least one predetermined criterion, a place to direct a user of the mobile device towards; and using the mobile device to provide a user with an indicator to direct the user to the selected place, wherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of the selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A mobile device comprising:
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a location determination means for determining a current location of the mobile device; a user interface means for providing a user with an option to create an entry, corresponding to the current location, in a database; and an input means operable by the user to select the option, wherein the mobile device transmits, in response to a user selecting said option, data for remote reception and entry into the database, the transmitted data including location data indicating the current location, wherein the mobile device provides the user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to a selected place from a current location, and wherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of the selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location.
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25. A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising:
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determining, by the mobile device, a location of a place the mobile device has been taken; providing, by the mobile device, a user with an option to create an entry corresponding to the place, in a database; receiving, through an input means of the mobile device, a selection from the option; transmitting data, from the mobile device, for remote reception and entry into a database, the transmitted data including location data indicating of a current location; and providing, by the mobile device, the user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to a location from the current location, wherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of the selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location.
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26. A method of generating a database for use in a navigation system for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of places, the method comprising:
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determining, by the mobile device, a current location of a place the mobile device has been taken; creating, by the mobile device, an entry in the database, the entry including location data indicating the location of the place; and providing the user with an indicator arranged to direct the user to a location from the current location, wherein the indicator is a single graphical indicator including a first graphical component having a size dependent upon a distance of a selected place from the current location and a second graphical component indicating a direction of the selected place from the current location. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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