METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SELECTING LOCATION

• US 20100185391A1
• 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 9,223,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for selecting a location are provided. The present method uses a communication module to position a mobile device so as to get a first location of the mobile device. Then, an electronic map of a range around the first location is displayed. A second location selected on the electronic map by a user is received and used as location information. Accordingly, the user can select precise location of himself/herself in an indoor place and share the location information to remote contacts.

Claims

1. A method of selecting a location, suitable for a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a first select signal;

obtaining location information from an electronic map, a detected current location, or a location list according to the first select signal;

receiving a second select signal; and

adding the location information to a document according to the second select signal and sending the document to a remote device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when obtaining the location information from the electronic map is selected, the method comprises:

positioning the mobile device by using a communication module for obtaining a first location of the mobile device;

displaying an electronic map of a range around the first location; and

receiving a second location selected on the electronic map and using the second location as the location information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when obtaining the location information from the detected current location is selected, the method comprises:

positioning the mobile device by using a positioning module to obtain a third location of the mobile device and using the third location directly as the location information of the current position of the mobile device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when obtaining the location information from the location list is selected, the location list is displayed and a forth location selected from the location list is received and used as the location information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when obtaining the location information from the electronic map or the current location is selected, the location information is used for adding to the location list as the location information of a new location.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of adding the location information to the document according to the second select signal comprises:

filling the location information in corresponding fields in a uniform resource locator (URL) address of a network electronic map, and adding the uniform resource locator address to the document.

7. A recording medium having a plurality of commands executable on a handheld electronic device for executing the method of selecting the location according to claim 1.

8. A method of selecting a location, suitable for a mobile device, comprising:

positioning the mobile device by using a communication module for obtaining a first location of the mobile device;

displaying an electronic map of a range around the first location; and

receiving a second location selected on the electronic map, and using the second location as location information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein after the step of obtaining the location information of the mobile device, the method further comprises:

adding the location information into a document, and sending the document to a remote device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of adding the location information to the document comprises:

converting the location information to an address by using a reverse geocoding, and inserting the address into the document.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of inserting the location information into the document comprises:

inserting the location information into the fields in a URL address of a network electronic map, and adding the URL address to the document.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the URL address added to the document is used for the remote device to connect the URL address on an internet and display the network electronic map.

13. A recording medium having a plurality of commands executable on a handheld electronic device for executing the method of selecting the location according to claim 8.

14. A system of selecting a location, suitable for being disposed in a mobile device, comprising:

a display unit;

a communication module, positioning the mobile device to obtain a first location of the mobile device;

an electronic map module, displaying an electronic map of a range around the first location on the display unit;

an input unit, receiving a select signal; and

a control unit, selecting a second location on the electronic map according to the select signal, and using the second location as location information.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a positioning module, positioning the mobile device to obtain a third location of the mobile device; and

wherein the control unit further comprises selecting the third location as the location information of the mobile device according to the select signal.

16. The system as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a location list module, displaying a location list on the display unit; and

wherein the control unit further selects a location in the location list according to the select signal and using a fourth location of the selected location as the location information of the mobile device.

17. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the communication module further sends the location information of the mobile device to a remote device.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the control unit further adds the location information to a document.

19. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the control unit further fills the location information in the fields in a URL address of a network electronic map, and adds the URL address into the document.

20. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein a format of the document comprises an e-mail, a short message service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), a file, a keyhole Markup Language (KML), a Keyhole Markup Zip file (KMZ), a hypertext markup language (HTML), and a special format comprising a vCard-like format and a virtual postcard format.