System and method for selecting a geographic location to associate with an object

• US 20080297409A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Murphy, Thomas, Klassen, Gerhard D., Bowman, Gordon
• Granted Patent: US 8,803,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.22
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2125 Display of information relating to the still picture recording

Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object. The method may further comprise providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object. The object may be an image object.

Claims

1. A method of geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device, comprising:

providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates;

receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and

tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

providing a list of previously saved geographic location coordinates;

receiving a user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

using the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a list of previously saved addresses, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

receiving a user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

using the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user specified address;

obtaining geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

using the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is an image object.

8. A system for geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device, the system comprising a geotagging module adapted to:

provide a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates;

receive a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and

tag an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the geotagging module is further adapted to obtain from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the geotagging module is further adapted to provide previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the geotagging module is further adapted to:

provide a list of previously saved geographic location coordinates;

receive a user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

use the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the geotagging module is further adapted to:

provide a list of previously saved addresses, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

receive a user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

use the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the object.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the geotagging module is further adapted to:

receive a user specified address;

obtain geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

use the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the object.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the object is an image object.

15. A data processor readable medium storing data processor code that when loaded onto a mobile handheld communication device adapts the device to geotagging objects, the data processor readable medium comprising:

code for providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates;

code for receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and

code for tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options.

16. The data processor readable medium of claim 15, further comprising code for obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object.

17. The data processor readable medium of claim 15, further comprising code for providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

18. The data processor readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

code for providing a list of previously saved geographic location coordinates;

code for receiving a user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

code for using the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object.

19. The data processor readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

code for providing a list of previously saved addresses, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

code for receiving a user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

code for using the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the object.

20. The data processor readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

code for receiving a user specified address;

code for obtaining geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

code for using the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the object.