Patent Document ID: 8219315
Application ID: 12399976

Base Claim:
1. A method of creating and playing customizable audio alerts in a personal navigation device, the method comprising: adding, by a user of the personal navigation device via the personal navigation device, a user-customizable text message to a message field of a point of interest (POI) data structure for a POI to create an updated POI data structure, the message field of the POI data structure comprising a plurality of text messages, the POI data structure further comprising a text message category field comprising a plurality of text message categories, each of the plurality of text messages having a corresponding text message category for indicating a content type of the text message; storing the updated POI data structure in a memory of the personal navigation device; receiving current position information of the personal navigation device; comparing the current position information of the personal navigation device with position coordinates associated with the updated POI data structure; and converting the text message of the updated POI data structure to speech and playing the speech through a speaker of the personal navigation device when the position comparison indicates that the personal navigation device is within a predetermined radius of the POI.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising editing the text message directly through the personal navigation device.