MAKING ADDRESS BOOK A SOURCE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES
First Claim
1. A method, in a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving a geographic address for storing in a contact record of a database of contact records on the mobile device;
automatically determining latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address; and
in the database, associating the latitude and longitude coordinates with the geographic address.
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Abstract
A method for determining latitude and longitude coordinates for geographic addresses input into an address book on a mobile device is provided. For each geographic address received for storing in a contact record, latitude and longitude coordinates are automatically determined and associated with the geographic address in a database of contact records. In some embodiments, for each geographic address to be input, the method first searches existing contact records for the geographic address and if the latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address are in an existing contact record, the contact record for the contact is cross-referenced to the existing record for accessing the latitude and longitude coordinates.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving a geographic address for storing in a contact record of a database of contact records on the mobile device; automatically determining latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address; and in the database, associating the latitude and longitude coordinates with the geographic address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a user interface configured to receive a geographic address for storing in a contact record of a database of contact records on the mobile device; a memory for storing the database; a look up component configured to automatically determine the latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address upon receipt of the geographic address and associate the latitude and longitude coordinates with the geographic address in the database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising a mobile device and a location server,
the mobile device comprising: -
a user interface configured to receive a geographic address for storing in a contact record of a database of contact records on the mobile device; a lookup component configured to communicate with the location server to request and receive latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address from the location server; and a memory configured to store the latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address, wherein the lookup component is configured to associate the latitude and longitude coordinates in the memory with the geographic address, and the location server comprising; an input configured to receive the request from the lookup component; a processor configured to determine the latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address using a location database; an output configured to output the latitude and longitude coordinates to the lookup component. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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