Communicating appointment and/or mapping information among a calendar application and a navigation application
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1. A method for providing directions to an appointment location appearing in a calendar application, the method comprising:
- identifying an appointment in a calendar application;
determining a geographic location of the appointment;
identifying another geographic location associated with a user of the calendar application;
generating directions between the geographic location of the appointment and the geographic location of the other location; and
providing the directions generated to the user.
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Abstract
According to one general aspect, a method for providing directions to an appointment location appearing in a calendar application includes identifying an appointment in a calendar application, determining a geographic location of the appointment, identifying another geographic location associated with a user of the calendar application, generating directions between the geographic location of the appointment and the geographic location of the other location, and providing the directions generated to the user.
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1. A method for providing directions to an appointment location appearing in a calendar application, the method comprising:
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identifying an appointment in a calendar application; determining a geographic location of the appointment; identifying another geographic location associated with a user of the calendar application; generating directions between the geographic location of the appointment and the geographic location of the other location; and providing the directions generated to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for providing directions to an appointment location appearing in a calendar application, the method comprising:
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rendering a transferring control as a tool within an interface associated with either a calendar application or a navigation application, the transferring control structured and arranged to communicate appointment information from the calendar application to the navigation application; enabling a user to activate the transferring control; and in response to the activation of the transferring control; identifying a location associated with an appointment appearing in the calendar application; transferring an identifier, identifying the appointment and the location associated with the appointment to the navigation application; generating directions between the location associated with the appointment and a starting location; and displaying the directions within a user interface associated with the navigation application or the calendar application. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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