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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
May. 16, 1994
Peter Van Loomis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dominic G Farmer, Milpitas, CA (US);
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus combining a handheld, electronic video game device, a location determination receiver, an electronic map and/or electronic yellow pages, and geocoding. The apparatus provides a user with his location and locations of map features and/or yellow page addresses proximate to his location. The handheld, electronic video game display displays the user's location and a map and/or yellow pages and hosts a memory cartridge that includes software for a user interface, for maps and/or yellow pages database, and for geocoding. The apparatus benefits from the high manufacturing and sales volumes of existing handheld games devices.