MEETING LOCATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A meeting location method, comprising:
- accessing current locative data of a first mobile unit and a second mobile unit, the locative data representing the location of each of the first and second mobile units;
computing a midpoint location between the location of the first and second mobile units as represented by the current locative data of the first and second mobile units;
accessing a database containing a visual map showing an environment local to both the first and second mobile units; and
displaying, upon a screen of at least one of the first and second mobile units, the accessed visual map, a first icon representing the location of the first mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, a second icon representing the location of the second mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, and the midpoint location.
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Abstract
A meeting locator system enables users, each having a mobile phone equipped with locative sensing capabilities, to receive locative data from one another. The meeting locator system displays the location of each user upon a visual map on a mobile phone of at least one user. The visual map is automatically scaled to simultaneously display the location of each user. The meeting locator system computes midpoint location (geometric or geographic) between the users and displays the midpoint over the visual map as an approximate location where the users are likely to meet. The midpoint location can be updated and further adjusted based upon an estimated travel time for each user to reach the midpoint. The estimated travel time is computed based upon a current speed of each user, a recent average speed of each user, a computation of path lengths between each user, and/or other travel conditions and is displayed.
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45 Claims
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1. A meeting location method, comprising:
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accessing current locative data of a first mobile unit and a second mobile unit, the locative data representing the location of each of the first and second mobile units;
computing a midpoint location between the location of the first and second mobile units as represented by the current locative data of the first and second mobile units;
accessing a database containing a visual map showing an environment local to both the first and second mobile units; and
displaying, upon a screen of at least one of the first and second mobile units, the accessed visual map, a first icon representing the location of the first mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, a second icon representing the location of the second mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, and the midpoint location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A meeting locator system, comprising:
first and second mobile units each adapted to generate locative data representing its location, wherein at least one of the first and second mobile units comprises;
a display screen; and
circuitry adapted to;
access current locative data of the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit;
compute a midpoint location between the location of the first and second mobile units as represented by the current locative data of the first and second mobile units;
access a database containing a visual map showing an environment local to both the first and second mobile units; and
display, upon the display screen, the accessed visual map, a first icon representing the location of the first mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, a second icon representing the location of the second mobile unit with respect to the accessed visual map, and the midpoint location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A mobile phone enabled with a meeting locator feature, the mobile phone comprising:
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circuitry adapted to maintain a voice phone call between a user of the mobile phone and a user of a second mobile phone unit over a wireless link;
circuitry adapted to repeatedly receive a geospatial coordinate over a wireless link from the second mobile phone unit during a maintained voice phone call, the geospatial coordinate indicating a current location of the second mobile phone unit; and
circuitry adapted to repeatedly display during the maintained voice call, a graphical indication of the current location of the second mobile phone unit upon a displayed geospatial image, the geospatial image representing the local geographic vicinity of both the mobile phone and the second mobile phone unit. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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