Abstract: According to examples, a system for providing personalized routes may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to receive a user request for a personalized route wherein the user request can include at least a route origin and destination. The processor employs the user request to identify the user and retrieves the user's preferences from different recommender systems. The recommendations output by the recommender systems are ranked based on context data associated with the user request. The geographic locations associated with a predetermined number of top-ranked recommendations are obtained and a personalized route that passes through a maximum number of the geographic locations is built for a display to the user.

Abstract: A system and method for determining movement from a defined region and that an event trigger has occurred. A proximity notification system includes a first device and a second device. In an example embodiment, the first device is a handheld electronic device that has a global positioning system (GPS). The second device has a proximity connection with the first device. The proximity connection can be a wireless Bluetooth type of connection, a physical switch type of connection or another type of connection. The first device generates a message for a user of the first device upon the GPS detecting that the first device has moved from a predetermined area and that the proximity connection between the first device and the second device has been lost.