Patent ID: 8855918

Claim:
A method of assisting a user of a personal navigation device with automatically selecting a route after the personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode, the method comprising: guiding the user to a first destination location by providing driving instructions with the personal navigation device to the first destination location; detecting a mode transition in the personal navigation device from driving mode to walking mode; recording a vehicle location where the mode transition from driving mode to walking mode occurs; receiving a request from the user to create navigation instructions to a second destination location after detecting the mode transition in the personal navigation device from driving mode to walking mode and the vehicle location is recorded; determining a distance from the current location to the second destination location in response to receiving the request from the user to create navigation instructions to the second destination location; guiding the user back to the vehicle location by providing walking instructions with the personal navigation device when the distance from the current location to the second destination location is greater than or equal to a threshold distance and then guiding the user to the second destination location by providing driving instructions with the personal navigation device; and guiding the user to the second destination location directly by providing walking instructions with the personal navigation device when the distance from the current location to the second destination location is less than a threshold distance.