VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF CONTACT LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
- receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device;
receiving a status of a user of said at least one other portable electronic device, said status being sent from said at least one other portable device;
displaying a map on said display of said portable electronic device, a position of a visual identifier displayed on said map corresponding to said location coordinates received from said at least one other portable electronic device; and
displaying said status of the user of said at least one other portable electronic device on said display.
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Abstract
A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device includes receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device, plotting a visual identifier on a map and displaying the map on the display of the portable electronic device. The position of the visual identifier corresponds to the location coordinates received from the at least one other portable electronic device, which correspond to an actual location of the at least one other portable electronic device. The appearance of the visual identifier is selected to depict the status of the user of the at least one other portable electronic device.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
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receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device; receiving a status of a user of said at least one other portable electronic device, said status being sent from said at least one other portable device; displaying a map on said display of said portable electronic device, a position of a visual identifier displayed on said map corresponding to said location coordinates received from said at least one other portable electronic device; and displaying said status of the user of said at least one other portable electronic device on said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a processor for receiving location coordinates and status information of a user of at least one other portable electronic device, said location coordinates and status information being sent from said at least one other portable electronic device; a display for displaying a visual identifier on a map, a location of said visual identifier corresponding to said location coordinates; and wherein the processor is arranged to select, modify or arrange said visual identifier to depict a status of the user of said at least one other portable electronic device according to the received status information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, for a portable electronic device having a processor and a display, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program code adapted to be executable on said processor to implement a method of visually representing information on said display, the method comprising:
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receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device; receiving a status of a user of said at least one other portable electronic device, said status being sent from said at least one other portable device; displaying a map on said display of said portable electronic device, a position of a visual identifier displayed on said map corresponding to said location coordinates received from said at least one other portable electronic device; and displaying said status of the user of said at least one other portable electronic device on said display.
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