Patent ID: 7634380

Claim:
A hand held electronic device comprising: a position determining component coupled with a bus, wherein said bus is disposed within said handheld electronic device, said position determining component configured to determine a geographic position of said handheld electronic device; an azimuth determination component coupled with said bus, said azimuth determination component configured to determine an azimuth from said handheld electronic device to an object; an incline measurement device coupled with said bus, said incline measurement device configured to measure a vertical angle between said handheld electronic device and said object; a processor coupled with said bus, wherein said processor is disposed within said handheld electronic device, said processor configured to access said geographic position, said azimuth, and said vertical angle, and configured to access a description of said object stored in a database separate from said handheld electronic device; and an object identification component coupled with said bus, said object identification component configured to identify said object based upon said geographic position, said azimuth, and said vertical angle.