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Methods And Apparatus For Associating Mapping Functionality And Information In Contact Lists Of Mobile Communication Devices

  • US 20080176545A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2007
  • Published: 07/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing mapping functionality in a contact list of a mobile communication device which is adapted to operate in a wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of:

  • providing a contact list organizer function in the mobile communication device for use in organizing a plurality of contacts of the contact list;

    identifying, through a user interface of the mobile communication device, a user input request to map a location of a selected one of the contacts of the contact list;

    in response to the user input request;

    identifying an address of the location in one or more address fields of the selected contact;

    sending, via the wireless communication network, a request for location coordinates with the address as an input;

    receiving, via the wireless communication network, latitude and longitude coordinates of the location in response to the request for the location coordinates; and

    causing a map corresponding to the location of the selected contact to be visually rendered in a display of the mobile communication device based on map rendering data for the location corresponding to the latitude and longitude coordinates received via the wireless communication network in response to a request for map data of the location.

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