Method and system for provisioning a java equipped celluar telephone

• US 20080258881A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Inventors: James, Bruce Stephen, Frye, Michelle Lynn, France, Peter Glen, Rogers, John Francis, Manson, Paul Robin, Allan, Robert Murie
• Granted Patent: US 8,081,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/286.14
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/2919 with a principal constituent of the material being a polymer, e.g. polyester, phenolic based polymer, epoxy
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0665 Epoxy resin
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for provisioning a Java equipped cellular telephone. In one embodiment, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collector application is uploaded onto a Java equipped cellular telephone for enabling the Java equipped cellular telephone to perform GIS data collection functions. The method further comprises uploading a data dictionary onto the Java equipped cellular telephone comprising at least one GIS feature type.

Claims

1. A method for provisioning a Java equipped cellular telephone, said method comprising:

uploading a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collector application onto said Java equipped cellular telephone for enabling said Java equipped cellular telephone to perform GIS data collection functions; and

uploading a data dictionary onto said Java equipped cellular telephone comprising at least one GIS feature type.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said Java equipped cellular telephone is not manufactured to be used solely as a GIS data recording device and wherein said method further comprises:

determining that said data dictionary is not yet resident upon said Java equipped cellular telephone; and

automatically uploading said data dictionary onto said Java equipped cellular telephone.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

using said GIS data collector application to request a current version of said data dictionary.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising:

receiving said current version of said data dictionary; and

using said GIS data collector application to automatically implement using said current data dictionary.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

using said GIS data collector application to detect whether said Java equipped cellular telephone is communicatively coupled with a wireless communication network.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:

receiving an indication for said GIS data collector application to save collected GIS data; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically sending the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising:

receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically deleting the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone.

8. The method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:

determining that said Java equipped cellular telephone is not communicatively coupled with said wireless communication network; and

using said GIS data collector application to store the collected GIS data in response to said determining.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising:

using said GIS data collector application to determine that said Java equipped cellular telephone has established communications with said wireless communication network; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically sending the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising:

receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically deleting the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone.

11. A Java equipped cellular telephone comprising:

a bus;

a memory coupled to said bus; and

a processor coupled to said bus, said processor for executing a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collector application resident in said memory for enabling said Java equipped cellular telephone to perform GIS data collection functions and wherein said Java equipped cellular telephone is not manufactured to be used solely as a GIS data recording device.

12. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 11 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for determining that a data dictionary is not yet resident upon said Java equipped cellular telephone.

13. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 12 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for requesting a current version of said data dictionary.

14. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 13 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically implementing said current data dictionary.

15. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 11 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for determining whether said Java equipped cellular telephone is communicatively coupled with a wireless communication network.

16. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 15 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically sending the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network in response to receiving an indication to save collected GIS data.

17. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 16 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically initiating the deletion of the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone in response to receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received.

18. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 15 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically initiating the storing the collected GIS data on said Java equipped cellular telephone in response determining that said Java equipped cellular telephone is not communicatively coupled with said wireless communication network.

19. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 18 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically initiating the sending of the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network in response to determining that said Java equipped cellular telephone has established communications with said wireless communication network.

20. The Java equipped cellular telephone of claim 19 wherein said GIS data collector application is further for automatically initiating the deletion of the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone in response to receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received.

21. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for implementing a method for provisioning a Java equipped cellular telephone, said method comprising:

uploading a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collector application onto said Java equipped cellular telephone for enabling said Java equipped cellular telephone to perform GIS data collection functions; and

uploading a data dictionary onto said Java equipped cellular telephone comprising at least one GIS feature type.

22. The computer-usable medium of claim 21 wherein said Java equipped cellular telephone is not manufactured to be used solely as a GIS data recording device and wherein said method further comprises:

determining that said data dictionary is not yet resident upon said Java equipped cellular telephone; and

automatically uploading said data dictionary onto said Java equipped cellular telephone.

23. The computer-usable medium of claim 21 wherein said method further comprises:

using said GIS data collector application to request a current version of said data dictionary.

24. The computer-usable medium of claim 23 wherein said method further comprises:

receiving said current version of said data dictionary; and

using said GIS data collector application to automatically implement using said current data dictionary.

25. The computer-usable medium of claim 21 wherein said method further comprises:

using said GIS data collector application to detect whether said Java equipped cellular telephone is communicatively coupled with a wireless communication network.

26. The computer-usable medium of claim 25 wherein said method further comprises:

receiving an indication for said GIS data collector application to save collected GIS data; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically sending the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network.

27. The computer-usable medium of claim 26 wherein said method further comprises:

receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically deleting the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone.

28. The computer-usable medium of claim 25 wherein said method further comprises:

determining that said Java equipped cellular telephone is not communicatively coupled with said wireless communication network; and

using said GIS data collector application to store the collected GIS data in response to said determining.

29. The computer-usable medium of claim 28 wherein said method further comprises:

using said GIS data collector application to determine that said Java equipped cellular telephone has established communications with said wireless communication network; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically sending the collected GIS data via said wireless communication network.

30. The computer-usable medium of claim 29 wherein said method further comprises:

receiving an indication that the collected GIS data has been received; and

using said GIS data collector application to initiate automatically deleting the collected GIS data from said Java equipped cellular telephone.