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Article: Kansas Inventors Develop Personal Digital Assistant Navigational Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 3, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Michael E. Childs and Darin J. Beesley, both of Overland Park, Kan., have developed a personal digital assistant (PDA) system.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "PDA systems, devices and methods are provided to account for insignificant route segments to enhance a route guidance experience. A PDA is provided according to one aspect. The PDA includes a processor and a memory adapted to communicate with the processor."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The processor and memory are adapted to cooperate to provide route guidance that accounts for insignificant route segments. According to various embodiments, ...