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.