Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100228473 | Method for reminding users about future appointments while taking into account traveling time to the appointment location - A method of notifying a user of an appointment at a remote location includes receiving an appointment time and an appointment location inputted into a personal navigation device operated by a user, determining the current location of the personal navigation device, and determining the user's routing preferences when traveling to the appointment location. The method also includes estimating a travel time for the user to travel from the current location to the appointment location when traveling according to the user's routing preferences, determining a notification time based on the estimated travel time and the appointment time, and notifying the user of the appointment at the notification time. | 09-09-2010 |
20110050730 | Method of displaying data on a portable electronic device according to detected movement of the portable electronic device - A method of viewing data on a portable electronic device includes presenting data on a display of the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a sensor for detecting movement of the portable electronic device, the sensor detecting movement of the portable electronic device in a first direction, the first direction being parallel with the horizontal, and scrolling the data presented on the display in the first direction in response to the sensor detecting movement of the portable electronic device in the first direction. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055739 | Method of spreading out and displaying closely located points of interest on a personal navigation device - A method of displaying points of interest in a personal navigation device includes displaying a map on a display of the personal navigation device, receiving touch input at a touched position of the display, displaying points of interest located near the touched position, wherein the points of interest are represented by icons, each icon being connected to its location on the map with a line extending out from the touched position, and spreading out the icons around the touched position to separate the icons from each other, the spread out icons being displayed in a pattern around the touched position, wherein a length of the line connecting each icon to its location on the map is not directly proportional to a distance from the corresponding point of interest to the touched position. | 03-03-2011 |
20110057956 | Method of improving the accuracy of selecting a soft button displayed on a touch-sensitive screen and related portable electronic device - A method of inputting commands through a touch-sensitive screen of a portable electronic device includes displaying a plurality of soft buttons on the touch-sensitive screen, detecting touch input on the touch-sensitive screen at a touch location, identifying a closest soft button that is nearest to the touch location, magnifying the closest soft button and one or more other soft buttons in the immediate vicinity of the closest soft button that are located in a same row or in a same column as the closest soft button, reducing the size of other soft buttons, detecting release of the touch input on the touch-sensitive screen at a release location after the soft buttons have been magnified, identifying a selected soft button located at the release location upon detecting release of the touch input, and executing a command corresponding to the selected soft button. | 03-10-2011 |
20110072368 | Personal navigation device and related method for dynamically downloading markup language content and overlaying existing map data - A method of overlaying markup language content on map data in a personal navigation device includes outputting map data on a display of the personal navigation device with a map display program, receiving markup language content with a markup language renderer, and overlaying the markup language content received by the markup language renderer on the map data output by the map display program. | 03-24-2011 |
20110074693 | Method of processing touch commands and voice commands in parallel in an electronic device supporting speech recognition - A method of processing touch commands and voice commands in parallel in an electronic device supporting speech recognition includes detecting a touch-down event on a touch-sensitive screen of the electronic device when touch input is sensed on the touch-sensitive screen, the touch-sensitive screen displaying one or more soft buttons, each soft button executing a corresponding command upon activation of the soft button. A microphone of the electronic device is activated to receive voice instructions in response to detecting the touch-down event. A touch-up event is detected when touch input is no longer sensed on the touch-sensitive screen, and it is determined whether a voice command was detected in a time period between the touch-down event and the touch-up event. The voice command is then executed if the voice command was detected. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077853 | Methods of assisting a user with selecting a route after a personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode - A method of assisting a user of a personal navigation device with automatically selecting a route after the personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode includes detecting a mode transition in the personal navigation device from driving mode to walking mode, recording a vehicle location where the mode transition from driving mode to walking mode occurs, receiving a request from the user to create navigation instructions to a destination location, determining a distance from the current location to the destination location, and guiding the user back to the vehicle location by providing walking instructions with the personal navigation device when the distance from the current location to the destination location is greater than or equal to a threshold distance and then guiding the user to the destination location by providing driving instructions with the personal navigation device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110169692 | GPS Management System - A method applied to a mobile device having a GPS receiver having access to a network interface is disclosed. When transmitting via the network interface a first command to edit a user location information on the network interface based on a first geo-information from the GPS receiver to update location information displayed on a website, a destination list stored in the mobile device is updated with transmission destination network address and current GPS receiver location information. Stored location information is periodically compared to current GPS receiver locations and when determined that the GPS receiver has moved at least a predetermined distance from the location stored in the destination list, the method transmits via the network interface a second command to edit a user location information on the network interface based on a second geo-information from the GPS receiver to the website to update or invalidate displayed location information. | 07-14-2011 |
20120101724 | Location based entertainment with a personal navigation device - A method of 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. | 04-26-2012 |