MOBILE DEVICE WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100262365A1
• Filed: 04/29/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, LI, XIAO-GUANG, HU, HSIN-NAN, MA, CHAO-FENG
• Application Number:
  US12/432,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/51 Relative positioning

Abstract

A navigation method of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a GPS unit, the step comprising: receiving a message sent by an inviter mobile device; identifying whether the received message is an appointment message according to a message type flag in the message; determining an appointment location in the appointment message according to an address flag in the message; acquiring a map of the area including the location of the mobile device and the appointment location via the GPS unit; displaying the acquired map. A mobile device with navigation function is also provided.

Claims

1. A mobile device with navigation function, comprising:

a receiving unit capable of receiving messages sent by an inviter mobile device

a GPS unit;

a display unit; and

a processing unit comprising;

a message type identification module capable of identifying whether the received message is an appointment message according to a message type flag in the message;

a location determining module capable of determining a appointment location in the appointment message according to an address flag in the message;

a map detection module capable of acquiring a map of the area including the location of the mobile device and the appointment location via the GPS unit;

a map displaying module capable of displaying the acquired map on the display unit.

2. The mobile device as claim 1, wherein the message type identification module is capable of identifying whether the obtained content of the message heading includes the predetermined keywords according to the message type flag to determine whether the received message is an appointment message.

3. The mobile device as claim 1, wherein the message type identification module is capable of identifying whether the suffix of the received massage is a predetermined suffix according to the message type flag to determine whether the received message is an appointment message.

4. The mobile device as claim 1, wherein the location determining module is capable of identifying whether the appointment message includes the predetermined keywords indicating the appointment location according to an address flag to determine the appointment location in the appointment message.

5. The mobile device as claim 1, wherein the location determining module is capable of identifying whether the appointment message includes an indication indicating the appointment location according to an address flag to determine the appointment location in the appointment message.

6. A navigation method of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a GPS unit, the step comprising:

receiving a message sent by an inviter mobile device;

identifying whether the received message is an appointment message according to a message type flag in the message;

determining an appointment location in the appointment message according to an address flag in the message;

acquiring a map of the area including the location of the mobile device and the appointment location via the GPS unit;

displaying the acquired map.

7. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the identifying appointment message step further comprises:

identifying whether the obtained content of the message heading includes the predetermined keywords according to the message type flag to determine whether the received message is an appointment message.

8. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the identifying appointment message step further comprises:

identifying whether the suffix of the received massage is a predetermined suffix according to the message type flag to determine whether the received message is an appointment message.

9. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the determining appointment location step further comprises:

identifying whether the appointment message includes the predetermined keywords indicating the appointment location according to the address flag to determine the appointment location in the appointment message.

10. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the determining appointment location step further comprises:

identifying whether the appointment message includes an indication indicating the appointment location according to the address flag to determine the appointment location in the appointment message.