Apparatus and method for displaying caller ID with location information
First Claim
1. A method for use in a mobile communication device comprising:
- receiving a communication set up signal responsive to a communication initiation by an other communication device;
receiving location data regarding the other communication device;
displaying said location data regarding the other communication device at said first mobile communication device in human-understandable form.
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Abstract
A system and method that provides communication devices with the capability of informing the user where the other party is located. A communication device receives a communication initialization signal. The communication device then receives data comprising location data of the communication device that initiated the communication. The data is translated into human-understandable form and conveyed to the user of the communication device. The device may be a mobile telephone, personal digital assistant, two-way pager or any other similar mobile system. The human-understandable form may be text on a text display, graphics on a graphics display (such as a map) or audio information. Alternatively, a communication device receives location data as part of the communication initialization signal. The device then translates the location data into human-understandable form and conveys that data to the user of the communication device.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for use in a mobile communication device comprising:
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receiving a communication set up signal responsive to a communication initiation by an other communication device;
receiving location data regarding the other communication device;
displaying said location data regarding the other communication device at said first mobile communication device in human-understandable form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile communication device comprising:
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an air interface configured to receive communication initiation signals, said communication initiation signals including location data regarding a location of an other communication device that initiated communication with said mobile communication device;
a user interface display; and
a display controller configured to receive location data from the air interface and cause the location data to be displayed in human-understandable form. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for use in a communication device comprising:
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receiving a communication initialization signal responsive to a communication initialization from an other communication device, said communication initialization signal including location data regarding the location of the other communication device;
translating the location data into human-understandable location information; and
conveying the location information to a user of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A communication device connected to a communications network comprising:
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a network interface device configured to receive communication initialization signals, said communication initialization signals including location data;
a translator configured to receive the location data and translate said location data into human-understandable location information; and
a human interface device configured to convey the human-understandable location information to a user of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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