Apparatus and method for automatically configuring settings of a software application in a portable intelligent communications device
First Claim
1. A method of automatically configuring settings for a software application in a portable intelligent communications device, wherein said software application settings are dependent on certain geographical location information, said method comprising the following steps:
- (a) determining a first geographical location representative of said portable intelligent communications device;
(b) determining a second geographical location representative of a usage context for said portable intelligent communications device; and
(c) integrating said geographical location information determined in steps (a) and (b) to automatically configure said software application settings.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically configuring settings for a software application in a portable intelligent communications device, where the software application settings are dependent on certain geographical location information. The method includes the steps of determining a current geographical location for the portable intelligent communications device or setting a default location therefor, determining a geographical location for a party with whom the portable intelligent communications device is currently having an active voice conversation or with whom the portable intelligent communications device most recently had an active voice conversation, and integrating the geographical location information determined to automatically configure the settings of the software application.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of automatically configuring settings for a software application in a portable intelligent communications device, wherein said software application settings are dependent on certain geographical location information, said method comprising the following steps:
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(a) determining a first geographical location representative of said portable intelligent communications device; (b) determining a second geographical location representative of a usage context for said portable intelligent communications device; and (c) integrating said geographical location information determined in steps (a) and (b) to automatically configure said software application settings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable intelligent communications device, comprising:
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(a) circuitry for performing telephony operations; (b) a processing circuit; and (c) at least one software application operated by said portable intelligent communications device having a plurality of settings; wherein said processing circuit automatically configures the settings for said software application by integrating a first geographical location representative of said portable intelligent communications device and a second geographical location representative of a usage context for said portable intelligent communications device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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