System And Method For Selecting A Geographic Location To Associate With An Object

• US 20140321774A1
• Filed: 07/11/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: KLASSEN, Gerhard Dietrich, BOWMAN, Gordon Gregory, MURPHY, Thomas P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2125 Display of information relating to the still picture recording

Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object. The method may further comprise providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object. The object may be an image object.

Claims

1. A method of communicating a digital image using a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

displaying a camera interface on a display of the mobile communication device;

displaying a digital image captured using a camera of the mobile communication device;

displaying on the display of the mobile handheld communication device a plurality of destination options for sending the digital image, wherein the destination options include at least a first option to e-mail the digital image, a second option to send the digital image via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a third option to send the digital image to an online image repository for viewing by others;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, sending the digital image by e-mail or by MMS or to the online image repository.

2. The method of claim 1 further presenting a fourth option to associate the digital image with a caller ID.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by a position-determining subsystem of the mobile communication device to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by a position-determining subsystem of the mobile communication device to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the destination options comprises displaying a menu superimposed on the camera interface, the menu displaying the first, second and third options.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a dialog to enter an authorization code to upload the digital image to the online image repository.

7. A mobile communication device comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory, the processor being configured to cooperate with a display to;

display a camera interface on a display of the mobile communication device;

display a digital image captured using a camera of the mobile communication device;

display on the display of the mobile handheld communication device a plurality of destination options for sending the digital image, wherein the destination options include at least a first option to e-mail the digital image, a second option to send the digital image via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a third option to send the digital image to an online image repository for viewing by others;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, send the digital image by e-mail or by MMS or to the online image repository using a radiofrequency transceiver.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 7 wherein the processor causes the display to further present a fourth option to associate the digital image with a caller ID.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 7 further comprising a position-determining subsystem for geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by the position-determining subsystem to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 8 further comprising a position-determining subsystem for geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by the position-determining subsystem to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

11. The mobile communication device of claim 7 wherein the processor causes the display to display the destination options as a menu superimposed on the camera interface, the menu displaying the first, second and third options.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 7 wherein the processor causes the display to further display a dialog to enter an authorization code to upload the digital image to the online image repository.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which when loaded into a memory of a mobile communication device and executed by a processor of the mobile communication device causes the mobile communication device to:

display a camera interface on a display of the mobile communication device;

display a digital image captured using a camera of the mobile communication device;

display on the display of the mobile handheld communication device a plurality of destination options for sending the digital image, wherein the destination options include at least a first option to e-mail the digital image, a second option to send the digital image via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a third option to send the digital image to an online image repository for viewing by others;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, send the digital image by e-mail or by MMS or to the online image repository.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further presenting a fourth option to associate the digital image with a caller ID.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising code for geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by a position-determining subsystem of the mobile communication device to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 further comprising code for geotagging the digital image using location data obtained by a position-determining subsystem of the mobile communication device to thereby create a geotagged digital image.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the code for displaying the destination options comprises code for displaying a menu superimposed on the camera interface, the menu displaying the first, second and third options.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising code for displaying a dialog to enter an authorization code to upload the digital image to the online image repository.