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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Applicants:
James Allen Hymel, Kitchener, CA;
William Donald Santo, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
James Allen Hymel, Kitchener, CA;
William Donald Santo, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3647 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a computing device to determine a route entails determining a sun position relative to the route, determining weather conditions along the route, and determining whether to provide alternate routing based on both the sun position and the weather conditions. In one implementation, time-specific and weather-specific digital photographs of points of interest along the route are downloaded for display on the device when the device is located at or near the points of interest.