Geographic Mobile Address Book

• US 20080280600A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Xiaogang
• Application Number:
  US11/745,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20080280600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels protocols for multimedia information services per se H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

A mobile device is provided that comprises a processor and an address book configured to provide a display to display a current geographic location of a contact associated with an entry in the address book.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

an address book configured to provide a display to display a current geographic location of a contact associated with an entry in the address book.

2. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the location is displayed as a text address.

3. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the location is displayed as an indicator on a map.

4. The mobile device of claim 3 wherein the map is displayed upon a selection of an icon associated with the entry.

5. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the current locations of a plurality of contacts are displayed.

6. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the display provides an interface wherein the geographic location of the contact is viewable adjacent other information related to the contact.

7. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the display provides an interface wherein the geographic location of the contact is viewable concurrently with other information about the contact.

8. A method for providing location information comprising:

displaying on a mobile device an entry in an address book; and

displaying on the mobile device an indicator of a geographic location of a contact associated with the entry.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising displaying the geographic location of the contact upon selecting an icon associated with the entry.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising selecting a group of entries from the address book and displaying the geographic locations of the contacts associated with the entries in the group.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising specifying a geographic region and displaying the geographic locations of the contacts in the specified geographic region.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the indicator of the geographic location and the entry are displayed concurrently.

13. A system comprising:

an application server configured to promote display on a mobile device a plurality of entries in an address book, the entries including indicia related to geographic locations of contacts associated with the entries.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein each of the plurality of entries comprises fields related to one of the contacts.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the fields are one or more of a name field, an address field, a phone number field, and a location information field.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the indicia are icons selectable to show the geographic locations of the contacts in a display different from the display of the entries.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the geographic locations of a group of contacts are displayed.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the locations of the contacts within a selected geographic region are displayed.

19. The system of claim 13 wherein a direction of movement of one of the contacts is displayed.

20. The system of claim 13 wherein the indicia are one of a map and an address.