Position based personal digital assistant
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- associating a geographic location with a task description;
monitoring positional information of a mobile device; and
retrieving the task description when the mobile device is within a selected metric of the geographic location, as determined by the position of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A task description is stored in a database accessible by a mobile computer system. The mobile computer system receives positioning information corresponding to its geographic location and indexes the database based on the positioning information when the information indicates that the mobile computer system is in a geographic location that facilitates completion of a task associated with the task description. The database may be resident in the mobile computer system or accessible in other ways, for example, via the Internet. The task description preferably includes a geocode which corresponds to the geographic location at which completion of the task may be facilitated. The task description may also include textual, voice or other message which can be displayed and/or played back to a user. The positioning information may be obtained from a GPS satellite, a GLONASS satellite or a pseudolite. The mobile computer system may be a portable unit, such as a PDA, or integrated within a vehicle.
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1. A method, comprising:
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associating a geographic location with a task description;
monitoring positional information of a mobile device; and
retrieving the task description when the mobile device is within a selected metric of the geographic location, as determined by the position of the mobile device. - 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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- 21. A method, comprising alerting a user of a mobile device of a previously stored task to be performed at a geographic location when the mobile device is determined to be within a selected distance of the geographic location.
- 37. A method, comprising automatically reminding a user of a mobile device of a task to be performed when the mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined distance of a geographic location associated with the task.
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