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`of International Application No. PCT/US00/27270 filed on
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`Oct. 4, 2000, which was published under PCT Article 12 (2)
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`in English and which claims the priority ofProvisional Appli-
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`cation No. 60/160,326 filed on Oct. 19, 1999.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention relates to a navigation technique, and more
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`particularly to a technique for navigation subject to user pref-
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Recently, navigation systems based on global positioning
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`system (GPS) technology were developed for use in an auto-
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`mobile. Such navigation systems are capable of receiving
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`signals from a constellation of satellites which is part of the
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`GPS. Based on the received signals, one such navigation
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`system identifies the automobile’s location, e.g., in latitude
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`and longitude. The navigation system also detects the auto-
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`mobile’s speed and direction. With geographic information
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`stored in an on-board computer in the automobile, the navi-
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`gation system is capable of audio-visually communicating to
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`a user instructions for reaching a given destination.
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`Similarly, a GPS navigation device in hand-held form
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`enables a user carrying the device to monitor his/her planned
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`route leading to a given destination. Nowadays, in general,
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`hand-held devices for information organization and commu-
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`nications are popular and have been proliferating. For
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`example, use of cellular phones for communications is ubiq-
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`uitous. Use of personal data assistants (PDAs), e.g., PALM
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`type hand-held devices, is equally ubiquitous for organizing
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`personal information including meeting schedules, telephone
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`listing, address information, etc. More recently, hand-held
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`communicators emerged which have cellular communication
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`and modem facilities integrated into a PDA, thereby enabling
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`a user to communicate data in a wireless manner, e.g., to send
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`and receive email, and to upload and download information
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`Traditionally, a navigation device, e.g., a GPS navigation
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`system used in an automobile, provides a user with directions
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`to a given destination. The navigation typically provides the
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`shortest navigated route in terms of distance to the given
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`destination. However, we have expanded the concept of the
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`traditional navigation to broadly include providing a navi-
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`gated route subject to user preferences, together with infor-
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`mation concerning facilities and events surrounding the navi-
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`gated route for the user’s convenience. The navigated route is
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`selected to satisfy a trip’s purpose. Such a trip’s purpose may
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`be (1) to reach a given destination as in prior art, and/or (2) to
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`perform certain tasks enroute or at the destination, which may
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`include purchasing business supplies, shopping for gifts, din-
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`ing, obtaining entertainments, etc. To realize (2), the naviga-
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`tor arrangement in accordance with the invention allows for
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`storage of user profiles including user preferences such as
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`preferred types of restaurants, shops, entertainments, etc.
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`In accordance with an aspect of the invention, each user
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`profile corresponds to one of the user’s personae. For
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`example, the user business profile corresponding to the user’ s
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`business persona may be different from the user personal
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`profile corresponding to his/her personal persona. For
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`instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining
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`type restaurants for business meetings while the userpersonal
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`profile may instead include fast-food type restaurants for
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`personal dining. Thus, the navigator arrangement in accor-
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`dance with the invention provides a navigated route, together
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`with information concerning the favorite facilities and events
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`surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy the prefer-
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`ences in a selected user profile.
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`In accordance with another aspect ofthe invention, the user
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`can adopt a second person’s profile for a trip’s purpose par-
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`ticular to that second person, thereby temporarily assuming
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`the second person’s persona to achieve such a trip’s purpose.
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`In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, the
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`actual navigated route selected by the inventive navigator
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`arrangement may depend on the mode of transportation
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`specified by the user. For example, driving and walking are
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`two different modes of transportation. The selected route for
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`driving may be very different from that for walking, even
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`though they may accomplish the same trip’s purpose. The
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`routes from which the inventive navigator arrangement
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`selects for driving have to be passable by an automobile,
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`which exclude, e.g., foot bridges, and walk paths through
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`buildings, parks, fields, forests, etc. On the other hand, the
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`routes from which the inventive navigator arrangement
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`selects for walking have to be safe to pedestrians, which
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`exclude, e.g., highways, freeways, etc.
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`In accordance with still yet another aspect ofthe invention,
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`the actual route selected by the inventive navigator arrange-
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`ment may also depend on external conditions, e. g., traffic,
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`weather and road conditions. Thus, based on the information
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`concerning such external conditions received from, say, a
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`server via the Internet, the inventive navigator arrangement
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`selects the mo st time-efficient route, e. g., one that requires the
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`least travel time, to accomplish the trip’s purpose despite any
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`adverse traffic, weather and road conditions.
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`In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, a user
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`may prescribe one or more roadblocks specifying certain
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`prohibited areas or paths from which the route selected by the
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`inventive navigator arrangement deviates. For example, it
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`may be sensible to place roadblocks around high crime areas
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`especially when the user is new in town and unfamiliar with
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`those areas. A roadblock may be permanent or temporary. For
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`example, a temporary roadblock may be placed on certain
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`streets where a parade is held which lasts for several hours.
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`Similar to a roadblock, a blockade may be imposed to block
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`transmission of certain information to the inventive navigator
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`arrangement which concerns, e.g., uninteresting facilities or
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`events.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
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`Further aspects, features and advantages of the invention
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`will become apparent from the following detailed description
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`taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing show-
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`ing an illustrative embodiment of the invention, in which:
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`FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a navigator arrangement in
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`accordance with the invention;
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`103 determines that the option or icon has been selected.
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`Otherwise, a cursor is placed at the touched location on dis-
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`play 113, prompting for an input from the user.
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`The user input may be realized using a virtual keyboard
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`shown on display 113 also provided by the touch-screen
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`circuitry. In a well known manner, characters are input by
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`touching the corresponding keys on the virtual keyboard.
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`Alternatively, processor 103 may be programmed to recog-
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`nize handwritten characters, and may receive through the
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`touch-screen circuitry images of characters drawn by the user
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`on display 113. Any recognized characters corresponding to
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`the drawn images then become the user input. Still altema-
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`tively, through one of external interfaces 117, arrangement
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`100 can be connected to a keyboard device or a personal
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`computer (PC) having a keyboard for user input.
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`However, we have recognized that the traditional ways of
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`inputting data to a hand-held device are inefiicient. For
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`example, user input by drawn images of characters is often
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`thus requiring repeated input of the same characters, which is
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`frustrating. Limited by the size of a display in a hand-held
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`device, a virtual keyboard does not afford much room to each
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`character key thereon. As a result, data entry using the virtual
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`keyboard is also error prone. Inputting data to a hand-held
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`device using a physical keyboard connected thereto is unde-
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`sirable because of the bulkiness of the keyboard, which
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`defeats the purpose ofhaving the hand-held device for its easy
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`transportability in the first place.
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`However, navigator arrangement 100 is designed pursuant
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`to an object to minimize data entry by the user. To the extent
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`possible, databases in arrangement 100 are pre-populated
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`with data, which the user may edit to satisfy his/her needs. In
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`addition, arrangement 100 allows for downloading of data
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