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Method of providing narrative information to a traveler

US7647166B1 · kind B1 · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 2004
Grant dateJan 12, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 28, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3679
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention discloses a navigation system for communicating narrative information to a traveler moving through a geographic region. The present invention more specifically discloses a navigation system comprising: a position determining device; a means for associating each of a plurality of narrations with each of a plurality of locations within the geographic region, wherein each of the plurality of narrations relate to each of a plurality of points of interest within the geographic region; a means for associating each of a plurality of alerts with each of the plurality of locations within the geographic region; a means for communicating alerts to the traveler as the traveler freely moves throughout the geographic region, wherein the alerts are communicated when the traveler moves within a specified proximity to the locations associated with the alerts, and wherein the alerts provide the traveler with a means for receiving information with respect to the general nature of the point of interest associated with the location; and a means for providing the traveler with the narration associated with the point of interest associated with the location.

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