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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Chad Christopher Boes, Plymouth, MI (US);

Chad Evert Esselink, Canton, MI (US);

Andrew E. Shaffer, Bloomfield Village, MI (US);

Justin Counts, Birmingham, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the vehicle coordinates to geo-fence coordinate sets of a plurality of geo-fences surrounding point of interest (POI), wherein at least a portion of each geo-fence is within some predetermined distance from the vehicle coordinates. The processor is further configured to receive information relating to the POI if the vehicle coordinates fall within the geo-fence coordinates and instruct presentation of the received information to vehicle occupants.


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