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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Debmalya Biswas, Lausanne, CH;
Julian Nolan, Pully, CH;
Matthew Lawrenson, Bussignypres-de-lausanne, CH;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method comprises receiving an indication of an activity to be performed, obtaining an indication of a current location of a user, transmitting, to a server, information relating to an area in which the location for the activity is to be identified, said information including the current location and one or more criteria relating to activity type and/or required privacy level, receiving, from the server, location information identifying one or more candidate locations for the activity. If a suitable candidate location cannot be identified within the area, further information regarding the candidate locations may be obtained, and comments regarding future conditions or shortcomings of the candidate location may be displayed, or the activity may be divided into two or more sub-tasks to be performed at different locations. The user's progress in performing the activity may be monitored, so that the displayed candidate locations can be updated.