DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION ON A PORTABLE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
First Claim
1. On a portable mobile communications device, a method of providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display, the method comprising:
- displaying a map on the display;
determining the on-line presence status of one or more other portable mobile communications devices associated with users;
obtaining geographical location data of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line; and
inserting an icon for each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line on the displayed map such that each icon is placed on the map so as to accurately represent the actual geographic location of each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices.
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Abstract
A portable mobile communications device and method of providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display is presented. An area of interest is shown as a map on the portable mobile communications device display. An application determines the on-line presence status of one or more other users having similarly equipped portable mobile communications devices. The geographical location data of the other portable mobile communications devices currently on-line is obtained from the mobile phone network infrastructure and inserted as an icon on the map to accurately represent their actual geographic location. The user can select an icon on the map to change the display to show additional data pertaining to the geographic location represented by the icon. Or, the user can change the display to present options for contacting the user associated with the icon which can be automatically launched if selected.
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1. On a portable mobile communications device, a method of providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display, the method comprising:
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displaying a map on the display; determining the on-line presence status of one or more other portable mobile communications devices associated with users; obtaining geographical location data of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line; and inserting an icon for each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line on the displayed map such that each icon is placed on the map so as to accurately represent the actual geographic location of each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium for providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display, the computer program product comprising:
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computer program code for displaying a map on the display; computer program code for determining the on-line presence status of one or more other portable mobile communications devices associated with users; computer program code for obtaining geographical location data of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line; and computer program code for inserting an icon for each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices that are currently on-line on the displayed map such that each icon is placed on the map so as to accurately represent the actual geographic location of each of the one or more other portable mobile communications devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A portable mobile communications device for providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display comprising:
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a processor; a location display application executable by the processor; an RF module for communicating with a mobile phone network infrastructure; a display for presenting map data; and a user interface for navigating and manipulating the location display application, wherein the location display application can be instructed via the user interface to obtain the locations of other portable mobile communications devices from the mobile phone network infrastructure via the RF module such that the locations of the other portable mobile communications devices can be plotted as uniquely identifiable icons on the display in conjunction with the map data to yield a graphical indication of where the other portable mobile communications devices are currently located. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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