gonna take some sharp marketing skills

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http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/01/06/microsoft-patents-avoid-ghetto-feature-for-gps-devices/

REDMOND, Wash. (CBS Seattle) – Microsoft has been granted a patent for its “avoid ghetto” feature for GPS devices.

A GPS device is used to find shortcuts and avoid traffic, but Microsoft’s patent states that a route can be plotted for pedestrians to avoid an “unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures.”

Created for mobile phones, the technology uses the latest crime statistics and weather data and includes them when calculating a route.

The patent, written in a combination of tech-speak and legalese, was awarded to Microsoft earlier this week. It also described other uses for the new GPS technology.

One section of the patent mentioned that advertisers can use the technology to navigate a user through a newly set up ad campaign.

Microsoft declined to comment to CBS Seattle

 

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Love it. When I travel I love to walk my first time in Chicago a buddy of mine were staying in downtown and wanted to go to the science and industry museum. Had gone for lunch with Benzo earlier in the week and he had warned us that if we were going to take the train not to take the green line. It goes no where you want to go. So we took the red line and 20 minutes later walked past the green line. Gps should have told us to take a cab. Prolly not the right neighborhood for a couple of guys from the north.

 

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