In a navigation device in accordance with the invention, user profiles may be
stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or
in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user's
personae. For example, the user business profile corresponding to the user's business
persona may be different from the user personal profile corresponding to the user's
personal persona. For instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining
type restaurants for business meetings while the user personal profile may instead
include fast-food type restaurants for personal dining. The inventive navigation
device provides the user with a navigated route, together with information concerning
the favorite facilities and events surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy
the preferences in a selected user profile. In accordance with an aspect of the
invention, blockages may also be established using the device to avoid selected
areas, e.g., high crime areas, in the navigated route, or to block transmission
of selected information concerning, e.g., uninteresting facilities and events,
to the inventive navigation device.