Location management method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A location management method to manage a location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member, the method comprising:
- inquiring of the GPS-equipped portable telephone about its current location;
making the GPS-equipped portable telephone return positional information of the current location measured by the GPS function;
managing the returned positional information of the current location in a file;
searching a map database based on the positional information of the current location; and
preparing and displaying map data linked with the positional information of the current location.
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Abstract
A location management method manages the location of a member which move around carrying a GPS-equipped portable telephone. The method includes inquiring of the GPS-equipped portable telephone about its current location, making the GPS-equipped portable telephone return positional information of the current location measured by the GPS function, managing the returned positional information of the current location in a file, searching a map database based on the positional information of the current location, and preparing and displaying map data linked with the positional information of the current location.
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16 Claims
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1. A location management method to manage a location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member, the method comprising:
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inquiring of the GPS-equipped portable telephone about its current location;
making the GPS-equipped portable telephone return positional information of the current location measured by the GPS function;
managing the returned positional information of the current location in a file;
searching a map database based on the positional information of the current location; and
preparing and displaying map data linked with the positional information of the current location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A location management method to manage the location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member, the method comprising:
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measuring current location of the GPS-equipped portable telephone of the member by its GPS function;
sending positional information of the measured current location from the GPS-equipped portable telephone to an administrative server;
managing server the received positional information of the current location in a file at the administrative;
searching a map database based on the positional information of the current location; and
preparing and displaying map data which is linked with the positional information of the current location. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A location management apparatus to manage the location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member, the apparatus comprising:
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inquiry means for inquiring of the GPS-equipped portable telephone about its current location;
positional information management means for managing positional information of the current location returned from the GPS-equipped portable telephone;
map database search means for searching a map database based on returned positional information of the current location and linking the positional information of the current location with map information; and
display means for displaying the map information linked with the positional information of the current location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A location management apparatus to manage a location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member, the apparatus comprising:
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positional information management means for receiving, from the GPS-equipped portable telephone, positional information of the current location measured by its GPS function and managing the positional information in a file;
map data preparation means for searching a map database based on the positional information of the current location and preparing map data linked with the positional information of the current location; and
display means for displaying the map data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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