METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY AND INFORMATION IN CONTACT LISTS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a map in a mobile communication device having a memory storing a contact list, and a display, the method comprising:
- receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list;
in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location;
determining a user context for the mobile communications device;
sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data;
receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents of available map data;
selecting, based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context, a subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information;
requesting, based on the selecting, the subset of the map data; and
causing the map with the subset of the map data to be rendered in the display.
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Abstract
Displaying a map in a mobile communication device. Geographic coordinate information for a location of an address in a contact is determined. A user context for the mobile communications device is also determined. A request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data with the geographic coordinate information of the location as input is sent and the table of contents of available map data is received. A subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information is selected based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context. The subset of the map data is requested and the map with the subset of the map data is caused to be rendered in the display.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a map in a mobile communication device having a memory storing a contact list, and a display, the method comprising:
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receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list; in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location; determining a user context for the mobile communications device; sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data; receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents of available map data; selecting, based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context, a subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information; requesting, based on the selecting, the subset of the map data; and causing the map with the subset of the map data to be rendered in the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processor to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in a contact list; in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location; determining a user context for the device; sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data; receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents of available map data; selecting, based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context, a subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information; requesting, based on the selecting, the subset of the map data; and causing the map with the subset of the map data to be rendered in a display.
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11. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) transceiver operative for communications with a wireless network; a display; a memory storing a contact list including a plurality of contacts; one or more processors coupled to the RF transceiver, the display, and the memory; the one or more processors, when operating; receives an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list; in response to the instruction, determines geographic coordinate information of the location; determines a user context for the mobile communications device; sends, via the wireless network, a request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data, receives, via the wireless network, the table of contents of available map data; selects, based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context, a subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information; requests, based on the selecting of the subset, the subset of the map data; and causes the map with the subset of the map data to be rendered in the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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