User generated pedestrian and indoor shortcut routes for navigation systems
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- storing context data in a wireless device, the context data including a travel class, limits, and restrictions regarding a shortcut path for the wireless device;
registering, by the wireless device a starting location for the shortcut path;
recording, by the wireless device, one or more determined locations of the device as the device moves along the shortcut path;
receiving and recording information regarding a landmark at a one of the locations along the shortcut path; and
forming a shortcut map including the recorded shortcut path, the information regarding the landmark, and information about the context data, wherein the shortcut map is based at least in part on the context data.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed for creating and displaying shortcuts and landmarks on a navigational map. The embodiments include storing context data in a mobile wireless device, the context data including at least one of travel class of a shortcut path, limits of a shortcut path, or restrictions of a shortcut path. The shortcuts may be categorized by their context in travel classes such as car, bike, pedestrian, pram, wheelchair, walker, blind pedestrian, disabled pedestrian, or the like. The embodiments register in the mobile wireless device a starting location for a shortcut path and record locations of the device as the device moves along the shortcut path. The embodiments receive signals describing a landmark at a landmark location along the shortcut path, including digital photographs, descriptive text and voice clips. The embodiments then form in a shortcut mapping file the recorded shortcut path, information about the landmark, and the context data.
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1. A method, comprising:
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storing context data in a wireless device, the context data including a travel class, limits, and restrictions regarding a shortcut path for the wireless device; registering, by the wireless device a starting location for the shortcut path; recording, by the wireless device, one or more determined locations of the device as the device moves along the shortcut path; receiving and recording information regarding a landmark at a one of the locations along the shortcut path; and forming a shortcut map including the recorded shortcut path, the information regarding the landmark, and information about the context data, wherein the shortcut map is based at least in part on the context data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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