METHOD FOR GUIDING LOCATION, MACHINE-READABLE SAVING MEDIUM, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20130273940A1
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Chan-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,730,008 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method for guiding location includes commencing a call between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal requesting the collection of location information from the second terminal, receiving the location information of the second terminal and displaying on the first terminal a geographic information map displaying the location information, and the user of the first terminal transmitting to the second terminal direction information that is displayed on the geographic information map. As a result, more intuitive and convenient location guidance is provided.

Claims

1. A method of guiding a position, the method comprising:

initiating phone communication between a first terminal and a second terminal;

requesting position information from the second terminal, by the first terminal;

receiving the position information of the second terminal and displaying a geographic information map including the position information in the first terminal; and

transmitting guiding information included in the geographic information map to the second terminal, by the first terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the position information of the second terminal is displayed in the first terminal in real time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the position information is identically displayed in both the first terminal and the second terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising activating a position information-collecting menu in a screen unit of the first terminal, when the phone communication is initiated.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first terminal receives the guiding information from a user through a touch panel.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the guiding information includes distance information in proportion to a length during which the touch input is maintained when the user of the first terminal performs the touch input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the position information of the second terminal includes information on a direction at which a user of the second terminal currently faces, and the guiding information includes information on a direction at which the user of the second terminal will face.

8. A method of guiding a position, the method comprising:

initiating phone communication between a first terminal and a second terminal;

receiving a request for collecting position information from the first terminal, by the second terminal;

accepting the collecting of the position information according to the request, by the second terminal;

transmitting the position information of the second terminal to the first terminal according to the accepting; and

receiving guiding information from the first terminal and displaying a geographic information map including the guiding information in the second terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the guiding information is displayed in real time in the second terminal.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying a request menu screen in a screen unit of the second terminal according to the request.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the request menu screen includes an acceptance menu and a rejection menu, and when a user of the second terminal selects the acceptance menu, a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor of the second terminal is turned on and current position information of the second terminal is transmitted to the first terminal.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the guiding information includes distance information, and the distance information is converted to an actual distance according to scale information of the geographic information map and displayed in a screen unit of the second terminal.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of guiding a position, the method comprising:

initiating phone communication between a first terminal and a second terminal;

requesting position information from the second terminal, by the first terminal;

receiving the position information of the second terminal and displaying a geographic information map including the position information in the first terminal; and

transmitting guiding information included in the geographic information map to the second terminal, by the first terminal.

14. A portable communication terminal for guiding a position, comprising:

means for initiating phone communication between a first terminal and a second terminal;

means for requesting collection of position information to the second terminal, by the first terminal;

means for receiving the position information of the second terminal and displaying a geographic information map including the position information in the first terminal; and

means for transmitting guiding information included in the geographic information map to the second terminal, by a user of the first terminal.