IP Library Granted Patent US 7,881,864
Granted Patent B2
US 7,881,864 · App. 11/421,339 · Granted Feb 1, 2011

Method and apparatus for utilizing geographic location information

Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,881,864
App. No.
11/421,339
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide navigation devices ( 10 ) and methods for receiving and/or forming geoblogs. The provided navigation devices ( 10 ) are generally operable to retrieve a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device ( 10 ) and a user input, form a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device ( 10 ) and selected pre-defined comment, and/or automatically title a geoblog utilizing a current geographic location of the device ( 10 ). Such configurations and variations thereof enable users to easily share information related to a geographic location.

Claims (11)

1. A navigation device comprising:

a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the device;

a memory;

a display operable to present a listing of a plurality of pre-defined comments stored within the memory, wherein the pre-defined comments are associated with a particular geographic location in proximity to the current geographic location of the device;

a user interface operable to be functioned by a user to select one of the presented pre-defined comments; and

a processor coupled with the memory, the location determining component, the display, and the user interface, the processor operable to form a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device and the selected pre-defined comment and store the formed geoblog within the memory.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pre-defined comments are presented according to the current geographic location of the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pre-defined comments are displayed based upon a user-selected geoblog category.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pre-defined comments are displayed in a user-selected language.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor automatically titles the formed geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device.

6. The device of claim 1 , further including a communications element coupled with the processor to enable the processor to communicate with a communications network to provide the formed geoblog to an external source.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 14, 2011
From: GARMIN LTD.
To: GARMIN SWITZERLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 025638/0150 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2006
From: SMITH, DAVID A.
To: GARMIN LTD.
Reel/Frame 017705/0010 →
Continuity (1)
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