Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location id

• US 7,409,282 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2003
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GG21 Company Limited
• Original Assignee: GG21 Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Zee
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US10/542,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20060058942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,024 Days
• Field of Search: 701/93, 701/200, 701/207, 701/211, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/218
• US Class Current: 701/93
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/38 Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation; Updating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Disclosed is a location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location ID. The location information sharing method is characterized by: inputting the location information including a location coordinate and a location ID corresponding to the location coordinate through one or more wired and wireless Internet terminals to register the location information to one or more location information domain servers; searching the registered location information after the terminal is connected to the location information domain servers corresponding to the location information when user selects the corresponding location ID to request the location information if the location ID is transferred or received between the wired and wireless Internet terminals or if the location ID contained in various documents is inputted; and transmitting the location information to the wired and wireless Internet terminal requesting the location information. The method can indicate the searched location information on an electronic map or perform a navigation function for guidance of road by designating the location information as a destination.

Claims

1. A location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location identification (ID), the method is characterized by:

writing a location ID in a content of a document, wherein the location ID comprises a UserID and DomainName separated by a separator symbol;

searching a registered location information utilizing a location ID linked to a URL, wherein the URL includes the UserID and DomainName as parameters, on one of a plural of location information domain servers, wherein a wired or wireless terminal connects with a web site corresponding to the URL;

requesting the location information domain server to search a location information corresponding to the location ID;

transmitting the location information including a coordinate value searched by the location ID from the location information domain server to the wired or wireless terminal requesting the location information; and

performing application functions, wherein the application functions include viewing a map around a location coordinate contained in the location information corresponding to location ID on the wired or wireless terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprising the step of performing a navigation function of the wired or wireless terminal with a positioning system by designating a location coordinate contained in the location information corresponding to the location ID as a destination.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the separator symbol in said location ID comprises a #, !, $, %, &

or*.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wired or wireless terminals are computers, notebooks, cellular phones, PDAs (Portable Digital Assistants), GPS terminals and telematics terminals capable of wired or wireless connection.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises documents from a personal information management software, documents from an electronic bulletin board, documents from word processing software, documents from presentation software, documents from a spreadsheet software, documents from electronic mail, documents from messaging programs, and/or documents from short message service of cellular phones.