Patent ID: 8914047
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G01C,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a skin of a communication device, the method comprising: receiving, by a communication device, from a user, a start location and a destination location; determining a route between the start location and the destination location, the route defining at least one highway exit at which an action is required; determining, by the communication device, a first distance between the communication device and the highway exit at which the action is required in accordance with the route, at a first time; causing a color of a skin of the communication device to change from a first color to a second color, in response to determining that the first distance between the communication device and the highway exit at which the action is required in accordance with the route is less than a first predetermined distance; determining a second distance between the communication device and the highway exit at which the action is required in accordance with the route, at a second time; and causing the skin of the communication device to change to a third color, in response to determining that the second distance between the communication device and the highway exit at which the action is required in accordance with the route is less than a second predetermined distance; wherein: