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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2009
Frederick D. Kim, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Robert S. Daley, Del Mar, CA (US);
Frederick D. Kim, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Robert S. Daley, Del Mar, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus generating a departure alert for an event based on a current location. The method may comprises: obtaining scheduling data associated with a first event, wherein the first event scheduling data includes a first event time value and a first event location value, obtaining a device location value, obtaining a current time value, determining if the first event location value and the device location value differ by more than a event location threshold, upon a determination that the first event location value and the device location value differ by more than the event location threshold, estimating a first travel time value from the device location and the first event location, generating a departure time value by comparing the first event time value and the estimated first travel time value, and generating a departure alert by comparing the departure time value and the current time value.