METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING LOCATION INFORMATION AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME

• US 20100182341A1
• Filed: 01/19/2010
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng, Wang, John C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,890,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/635
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method and a system for sharing location information and a recording medium using the same are provided. The present method obtains graphic location information by a first display software, and insert the document to a document corresponding to a second display software. The document is then transmitted to a remote device. Accordingly, through reading the document, the remote device can directly activate the applicable display software to display the graphic location information originally shared by the user of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for sharing location information, for enabling a mobile device to share graphic location information with a remote device, the method comprising steps as follows:

obtaining the graphic location information by a first display software;

inserting the graphic location information into a document corresponding to a second display software; and

transmitting the document to the remote device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of inserting the graphic location information into the document corresponding to the second display software comprises:

receiving a selection instruction to select the document which can be opened by the second display software to insert the graphic location information into the document.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the graphical location information comprises a longitude and latitude information for the remote device to connect the interne to display an online electronic map indicating the location of the longitude and latitude.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of inserting the graphic location information into the document corresponding to the second display software comprises:

filling the location information in the corresponding fields in a uniform resource locator (URL) address of an online electronic map; and

inserting the URL address into the document, wherein the document is used for the remote device to read and connect the URL address on the internet and display the online electronic map.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of inserting the graphic location information into the document corresponding to the second display software comprises:

opening an online electronic map according to the graphic location information; and

saving the online electronic map as a single document in a hypertext markup language (HTML) format.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of inserting the graphic location information into the document corresponding to the second display software comprises:

producing a multimedia document according to a postcard format; and

correspondingly filling the graphic location information in the corresponding fields in the postcard format.

7. A recording medium, recording program instructions for:

obtaining the graphic location information by a first display software;

inserting the graphic location information into a document corresponding to a second display software; and

transmitting the document to the remote device.

8. A system for sharing location information, being disposed in a mobile device, the system comprising:

a location information acquisition module, using a first display software to acquire graphic location information;

a location information insertion module, selecting a document corresponding to a second display software to insert the graphic location information into the document; and

a transmitting unit, transmitting the document in which the graphic location information is inserted to a remote device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the graphical location information comprises a longitude and latitude information for the remote device to connect the internet to display an online electronic map indicating the location of the longitude and latitude.

10. The system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a URL address generator, filling the location information in the corresponding fields in a URL address of an online electronic map; and

wherein the location information insertion module further comprises inserting the URL address into the document.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the location information acquisition module further comprises opening an online electronic map according to the graphic location information, and the location information insertion module further comprises saving the online electronic map as a single document in an HTML format.

12. The system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a postcard production module, producing a multimedia document according to a postcard format and filling the graphic location information in the corresponding fields in the postcard format.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the location information insertion module further comprises adding a tag to a header of the document for indicating the second display software which can open the document.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the graphic location information comprises data of a point of interest, comprising any of a name, a longitude and latitude, an address, a telephone number, a photo, a date of the photo being taken, a map image, time, a text file, an audio file, a video file, and a rating, or a combination thereof.

15. The system according to claim 8, wherein the format of the file comprises an e-mail format, a SMS format, a MMS format, a KML format, a KMZ format, an image file format, a HTML format, or a vCard-like format.

16. A method for sharing location information, for enabling a mobile device to share graphic location information with a remote device, the method comprising:

obtaining the graphic location information;

producing a multimedia document according to a postcard format and filling the graphic location information in the corresponding fields in the postcard format; and

transmitting the multimedia document to the remote device.

17. A recording medium, recording program instructions for:

obtaining graphic location information;

producing a multimedia document according to a postcard format and filling the graphic location information in the corresponding fields in the postcard format; and

transmitting the multimedia document to the remote device.

18. A system for sharing location information, comprising:

a location information acquisition module, obtaining graphic location information by a first display software;

a postcard production module, producing a multimedia document according to a postcard format and filling the graphic location information in the corresponding fields in the postcard format; and

a transmitting unit, transmitting the multimedia document to a remote device.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the multimedia document comprises a MMS message format document, an image file format document, or a HTML format document.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the multimedia document is be opened and displayed by the remote device in the postcard format, and wherein the postcard format comprises the plurality of fields filled in with the graphic location information.