MOBILE PHONE HAVING GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of providing navigational directions using a mobile device having an internal GPS receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
- automatically establishing an original position of the mobile device through the use of the internal GPS receiver;
receiving destination information in said mobile device;
converting the destination information to a destination position;
providing navigational directions from the original position to the destination position to a user of said mobile device through said mobile device, andfurther comprising providing location based service (LBS) information from a geographical database.
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Abstract
A method of providing navigational instructions on a mobile device having an integrated GPS receiver, a geographic information system, and access to at least one database of addresses of geographic locations, each address having an association to a telephone number. The method includes the steps of establishing a present geographic location of the mobile device having integrated GPS receiver; inputting the telephone number identifying a destination; retrieving the address of the destination from the at least one database of addresses based on the input telephone number; and using the retrieved address of the destination and the present geographic location of the mobile device to request navigational instructions from the present geographic location to the destination. The retrieved navigational instructions to the destination and the present geographic location provide additional location based services (LBS) near the destination, or along the route from the location of the mobile phone to the location of the destination.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of providing navigational directions using a mobile device having an internal GPS receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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automatically establishing an original position of the mobile device through the use of the internal GPS receiver; receiving destination information in said mobile device; converting the destination information to a destination position; providing navigational directions from the original position to the destination position to a user of said mobile device through said mobile device, and further comprising providing location based service (LBS) information from a geographical database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Apparatus for providing navigational directions using a mobile device comprising:
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a GPS receiver for establishing an original position of the mobile device; an input device for receiving destination information in said mobile device; the mobile device including circuitry to access a device for converting the destination information to a destination position; a device providing navigational directions from the original position to the destination position to a user of said mobile device through said mobile device, and further wherein the mobile device includes means providing location based service (LBS) information from a geographical database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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