Patent ID: 6889138

Claim:
A personal digital assistant (PDA) with an automatic next turn page, comprising: a calender function; an address book function; a processor operable to communicate to a memory, the memory having cartographic data and a route to a desired destination stored therein, the cartographic data including data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types; a display operable to communicate with the processor and the memory and capable of displaying the cartographic data; wherein the PDA processes travel along the route; wherein the PDA recognizes when the PDA is approaching a decision point in the route and provides to the display an overlay screen on top of any presently displayed screen, the overlay screen adapted to display a preview of the decision point including a highlighted portion indicating a course to follow through the decision point, and the overlay screen displays motion of the PDA on the course through the decision point; and wherein insignificant detail is removed from the overlay screen at the decision point based on a set of criteria.