Location based entertainment with a personal navigation device
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1. A method of providing location based entertainment with a personal navigation device, the method comprising:
- determining, with a processor of the personal navigation device, if a user wishes to start an entertainment program on the personal navigation device that provides localized entertainment, wherein determining if the user wishes to start the entertainment program comprises;
detecting, with the processor a likelihood of boredom by calculating statistics regarding recent movements that the personal navigation device has experienced, by calculating an amount of recent user interface activity, by calculating recent voice activity of the user, or by calculating a current time; and
prompting the user to start the entertainment program when the likelihood of boredom is greater than a predetermined level; and
starting, with the processor, the entertainment program using content about a current location of the personal navigation device in response to the user wishing to start the entertainment program.
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A method of providing location based entertainment with a personal navigation device includes determining if a user wishes to start an entertainment program on the personal navigation device that provides localized entertainment and starting the entertainment program using content about a current location of the personal navigation device in response to the user wishing to start the entertainment program.
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1. A method of providing location based entertainment with a personal navigation device, the method comprising:
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determining, with a processor of the personal navigation device, if a user wishes to start an entertainment program on the personal navigation device that provides localized entertainment, wherein determining if the user wishes to start the entertainment program comprises; detecting, with the processor a likelihood of boredom by calculating statistics regarding recent movements that the personal navigation device has experienced, by calculating an amount of recent user interface activity, by calculating recent voice activity of the user, or by calculating a current time; and prompting the user to start the entertainment program when the likelihood of boredom is greater than a predetermined level; and starting, with the processor, the entertainment program using content about a current location of the personal navigation device in response to the user wishing to start the entertainment program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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