Method Of Displaying A Map On A Phone Screen

• US 20120100875A1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: TYSOWSKI, Piotr Konrad
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,272 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A wireless communications device includes a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data. The wireless communications device also includes a memory operatively connected to a processor for processing current location data received over the data channel from another communications device with which the wireless communications device is simultaneously communicating on the voice channel. The wireless communications further includes a display for displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information. A map is displayed on the phone screen during the voice call, the map presenting a location current of the other communications device based on the current location data received over the data channel. Optionally, the map can also show the current location of the wireless communications device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a display of a wireless communications device, the method comprising:

receiving a voice call with location information representing a location of the calling device;

displaying a phone screen in response to the receiving of the voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information; and

displaying a map within the phone screen, the map showing the location of the calling device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the call-related information includes a telephone number of the calling device and a caller name associated with the calling device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising zooming the map to display both a current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

determining a rendezvous location based on the current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device; and

displaying a user interface element to the display the rendezvous location on the map.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising displaying a street address on the map associated with the location of the calling device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising displaying a street address on the map associated with the current location of the wireless communications device.

7. A computer readable medium comprising code which, when loaded into memory and executed on a processor of a wireless communications device, causes the wireless communications device to:

receive a voice call with location information representing a location of the calling device;

display a phone screen in response to the receiving of the voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information; and

display a map within the phone screen, the map showing the location of the calling device.

8. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 7 wherein the call-related information includes a telephone number of the calling device and a caller name associated with the calling device.

9. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 7 further comprising code for zooming the map to display both a current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device.

10. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 7 further comprising code for:

determining a rendezvous location based on the current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device; and

displaying a user interface element to the display the rendezvous location on the map.

11. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 7 further comprising code for displaying a street address on the map associated with the location of the calling device.

12. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11 further comprising code for displaying a street address on the map associated with the current location of the wireless communications device.

13. A wireless communications device comprising:

a radiofrequency transceiver for receiving a voice call with location information representing a location of the calling device;

a display for displaying a phone screen in response to the receiving of the voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information, wherein the phone screen comprises a map showing the location of the calling device.

14. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a GPS receiver for determining a current location of the wireless communications device.

15. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 13 wherein the call-related information includes a telephone number of the calling device and a caller name associated with the calling device.

16. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 13 comprising a processor configured to determine a rendezvous location based on the current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device and to cause the display to display a user interface element which, when selected, displays the rendezvous location on the map.

17. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 14 comprising a processor for zooming the map to display both the current location of the wireless communications device and the location of the calling device.

18. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 13 wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display a street address on the map associated with the location of the calling device.

19. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 14 wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display a street address on the map associated with the current location of the wireless communications device.

20. The wireless communications device as claimed in claim 13 wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to present virtual pan arrow elements for panning the map and to also present zoom-in and zoom-out buttons for zooming the map.