LOCATION DISPLAY METHOD, PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD

• US 20160092070A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Hsin-Hao, Chen, Kuo-Tien, Chang, Chia-Lin, Wang, Chun-Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US14/501,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20160092070A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A location display method, a portable communication apparatus using the method, and a recording medium using the method are provided. The method is adapted for the portable communication apparatus having a positioning unit and a touch screen. In the method, the portable communication apparatus is positioned to obtain first location information by using the positioning unit. Next, a communication interface is displayed on the touch screen to proceed a call, in which the communication interface displays the first location information. Furthermore, a location sharing key may also be displayed in the communication interface, and a selecting operation performed on the location sharing key is received by using the touch screen, and according to contact information of an opposite party of the call, the first location information is sent to the opposite party and/or second location information sent by the opposite party is received.

Claims

1. A location display method, adapted for a portable communication apparatus having a positioning unit and a touch screen, the method comprising:

positioning the portable communication apparatus to obtain first location information by using the positioning unit;

displaying a communication interface on the touch screen to proceed a call, wherein the communication interface comprises displaying the first location information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a location sharing key; and

receiving a selecting operation performed on the location sharing key by using the touch screen, and according to contact information of an opposite party of the call, sending the first location information to the opposite party and/or receiving second location information sent by the opposite party.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the communication interface on the touch screen to proceed the call further comprises:

detecting whether there is an object nearby by using a sensor;

if detecting that there is the object nearby, disabling a touch function of the touch screen; and

if not detecting that there is the object nearby, activating the touch screen to display communication interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

searching points of interest located near the first location information, and displaying at least one of the points of interest in the communication interface.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the communication interface on the touch screen to proceed the call comprises:

displaying a dialing keyboard having a plurality of keys in the communication interface; and

receiving the selection operation performed on the keys by using the touch screen, and searching at least one corresponding contact according to the keys selected by the selection operation and a sequence of the keys selected by the selection operation.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the second location information sent by an opposite party of the call, and displaying one or a combination of the second location information and relative location information between the first location information and the second location information in the communication interface.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

displaying an electronic map in the communication interface, and marking the first location information and the second location information on the electronic map.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an image of an opposite party of the call in the communication interface; and

receiving a switch operation performed on the image by using the touch screen, displaying an electronic map around the first location information as a replacement to the image, and marking the first location information on the electronic map.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an elapsed time after positioning the portable communication apparatus and obtaining the first location information by the positioning unit in the communication interface.

10. A portable communication apparatus, comprising:

a positioning unit, positioning the portable communication apparatus to obtain first location information;

a wireless communication unit;

a touch screen;

a storage unit, recording a plurality of modules; and

a processing unit, connected to the positioning unit, the touch screen and the storage unit to access and execute the modules recorded in the storage unit, and the modules comprising;

a positioning module, positioning the portable communication apparatus to obtain the first location information by using the positioning unit; and

a call module, displaying a communication interface on the touch screen to proceed a call by using the wireless communication unit, wherein the communication interface comprises displaying the first location information.

11. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call module further displays a location sharing key in the communication interface, and the modules further comprise:

a location sharing module, in response to a selecting operation performed on the location sharing key received by the touch screen, according to contact information of an opposite party of the call, sending the first location information to the opposite party and/or receiving second location information sent by the opposite party.

12. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a sensor, detecting whether there is an object nearby, wherein

the call module disables a touch function of the touch screen if the sensor detects that there is the object nearby, and the call module activates the touch screen to display the communication interface if the sensor does not detect that there is the object nearby.

13. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call module further displays a point of interest key in the communication interface, and the modules further comprise:

a point of interest searching module, searching points of interest located near the first location information in response to the selecting operation performed on the point of interest key received by the touch screen, and displaying at least one searched point of interest in the communication interface by the call module.

14. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the call module further displays a dialing keyboard having a plurality of keys in the communication interface, and in response to the selection operation performed on the keys received by the touch screen, searches at least one corresponding contact according to the keys selected by the selection operation and a sequence of the keys selected by the selection operation.

15. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call module further displays a location interconnection key in the communication interface, and the modules further comprise:

a location interconnection module, in response to the selecting operation performed on the location interconnection key received by the touch screen, receiving the second location information sent by an opposite party of the call, and displaying one or a combination of the second location information and relative location information between the first location information and the second location information in the communication interface.

16. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the call module further displays a map displaying key in the communication interface, and the modules further comprise:

a map displaying module, in response to the selecting operation performed on the map displaying key received by the touch screen, displaying an electronic map in the communication interface, and marking the first location information and the second location information on the electronic map.

17. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the location interconnection module further re-positions the portable communication apparatus by using the positioning unit per a time interval to update the first location information where the portable communication apparatus is located, and receives the updated second location information sent by the opposite party thereby updating one or a combination of the displayed first location information, the displayed second location information and the relative location information of the displayed first location information and the displayed second location information.

18. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call module further displays an image of the opposite party of the call in the communication interface, and the modules further comprise:

a map displaying module, in response to a switch operation performed on the image received by the touch screen, displaying an electronic map around the first location information as a replacement to the image, and marking the first location information on the electronic map.

19. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call module further displays an elapsed time after positioning the portable communication apparatus and obtaining the first location information by the positioning unit in the communication interface.

20. A non-transitory recording medium for recording a program to be loaded by a portable communication apparatus to execute steps of:

positioning the portable communication apparatus to obtain first location information by using a positioning unit of the portable communication apparatus; and

displaying a communication interface on a touch screen of the portable communication electronic apparatus to proceed a call, wherein the communication interface comprises displaying the first location information.