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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2011
Applicants:

David L. Bednar, San Diego, CA (US);

Babak Forutanpour, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Devender A. Yamakawa, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel S. Baker, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

David L. Bednar, San Diego, CA (US);

Babak Forutanpour, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Devender A. Yamakawa, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel S. Baker, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for recommending a navigation destination based upon recent updates are provided. The apparatus and methods include, in one or more aspects, receiving a request from a user communication device for a desired item, and associating a user location of the user communication device with a destination location of a provider of the desired item. Further, the one or more aspects include identifying a destination communication device at the destination location, and querying the destination communication device for a human-originating response to obtain a current accessibility status of the desired item. Additionally, the one or more aspects include reporting the destination location of the provider and the current accessibility status to the user communication device.


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