FILE-LOCATION COORDINATOR AND METHOD OF COORDINATING A LOCATION-BASED FILE

• US 20080057859A1
• Filed: 09/01/2006
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Landschaft, Assaf, Mauguee, Laurent
• Application Number:
  US11/469,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20080057859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.05
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

The present invention provides a file-location coordinator for use with a mobile electronic device. In one embodiment, the file-location coordinator includes a file application unit configured to create a file associated with a location of the mobile electronic device. Additionally, the file-location coordinator also includes a location attachment unit that is coupled to the file application unit and configured to provide a location-based file by attaching a location indicator for the location to the file. In another embodiment, the file-location coordinator further includes a file management unit that is coupled to the location attachment unit and configured to store the location-based file in a file-location database and to retrieve the location-based file based on the location indicator.

Claims

1. a file-location coordinator for use with a mobile electronic device, comprising:

a file application unit configured to create a file associated with a location of said mobile electronic device; and

a location attachment unit coupled to said file application unit and configured to provide a location-based file by attaching a location indicator for said location to said file.

2. The coordinator as recited in claim 1 wherein said location indicator is stored in meta data associated with said file.

3. The coordinator as recited in claim 1 wherein attaching said location indicator employs one selected from the group consisting of:

an automatic attachment mode; and

a user-initiated attachment mode.

4. The coordinator as recited in claim 1 wherein said location indicator is based on a Cell-ID in a mobile communication network.

5. The coordinator as recited in claim 4 wherein said location indicator is determined by a look-up table corresponding to said Cell-ID.

6. The coordinator as recited in claim 1 wherein said location indicator is based on a geographic location provided by a satellite positioning network.

7. The coordinator as recited in claim 1 further comprising a file management unit coupled to said location attachment unit and configured to store said location-based file in a file-location database and to retrieve said location-based file based on said location indicator.

8. The coordinator as recited in claim 7 wherein said file-location database employs one selected from the group consisting of:

a remote storage device; and

a local storage device.

9. A method of coordinating a location-based file for use with a mobile electronic device, comprising:

creating a file associated with a location of said mobile electronic device; and

providing a location-based file by attaching a location designator for said location to said file.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein said location indicator is stored in meta data associated with said file.

11. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein attaching said location indicator employs one selected from the group consisting of:

an automatic attachment mode; and

a user-initiated attachment mode.

12. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein said location indicator is based on a Cell-ID in a mobile communication network.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 wherein said location indicator is determined by a look-up table corresponding to said Cell-ID.

14. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein said location indicator is based on a geographic location provided by a satellite positioning network.

15. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising storing said location-based file in a file-location database and retrieving said location-based file based on said location indicator.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 wherein said file-location database employs one selected from the group consisting of:

a remote storage device; and

a local storage device.

17. A communication system;

comprising;

a mobile communications network employing a cellular grid;

a mobile communication device coupled to said cellular grid; and

a file-location coordinator coupled to said mobile communication device, including;

a file application unit that creates a file associated with a location of said mobile electronic device,

a location attachment unit coupled to said file application unit that provides a location-based file by attaching a location indicator for said location to said file, and

a file management unit coupled to said location attachment unit that stores said location-based file in a file-location database and retrieves said location-based file based on said location indicator.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 wherein said location indicator is based on a Cell-ID in said mobile communications network.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein said location indicator is determined by a look-up table corresponding to said Cell-ID.

20. The system as recited in claim 17 wherein said mobile communications network conforms to a Global System for Mobile Communications/Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (GSM/UMTS) standard.

21. A global positioning system (GPS), comprising:

a satellite positioning network;

a mobile electronic device coupled to said satellite positioning network; and

a file-location coordinator coupled to said mobile electronic device, including;

a file application unit that creates a file associated with a location of said mobile electronic device,

a location attachment unit coupled to said file application unit that provides a location-based file by attaching a location indicator for said location to said file, and

a file management unit coupled to said location attachment unit that stores said location-based file in a file-location database and retrieves said location-based file based on said location indicator.

22. The system as recited in claim 21 wherein said location indicator is based on a geographic location provided by said satellite positioning network.