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PolygamousRanchKid writes with these lines culled from InformationWeek: "With the grant of their US Patent #8090532 Microsoft may be attempting to corner the market on GPS systems for use by pedestrians, or they may have opened a fertile ground for refinement lawsuits. ... Described as a patent on pedestrian route production, the patent describes a two-way system of edifice seamanship devices targeted at people who are not in vehicles, but still require the use of such a device to most efficiently route to their destination. ... For example, the user inputs their destination and any constraints or requirements they might have, such as a wheelchair 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all rights reserved.view results from: definiendum | llc.view results from: lexicon | llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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var adtarget;
adtarget = route, types of terrain they are willing to cross, the option of public transportation, and a way point such as the nearest Starbucks on the route. Any in anticipation configured preferences are also considered, such as avoiding block that exceed a certain outset of violent crime birth death immigration statistics (hence the variety of this as the 'avoid bad neighborhoods' patent), fastest route, most scenic, etc." Having lived in some high-crime neighborhoods, the actual feature (versus the patent) sounds like a great idea to me.