Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information
First Claim
1. A machine-readable medium storing a set of executable instructions for causing a processor of a system to perform a method of tracking the location of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising:
- periodically receiving a plurality of locations of the mobile communication device from the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of locations being associated with a time stamp;
defining a trip in response to the locations and their associated time stamps;
dividing the trip into a plurality of presences, each of the plurality of presences being associated with at least one of the plurality of locations;
calculating a duration associated with each of the plurality of presences in response to the time stamp associated with the at least one location associated to the presence;
defining a status of each of the plurality of presences in response to the duration; and
characterizing the trip in response to the status of each of the plurality of the presences.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine-readable medium storing a set of executable instructions for causing a processor of a system to perform a method of tracking the location of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising:
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periodically receiving a plurality of locations of the mobile communication device from the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of locations being associated with a time stamp; defining a trip in response to the locations and their associated time stamps; dividing the trip into a plurality of presences, each of the plurality of presences being associated with at least one of the plurality of locations; calculating a duration associated with each of the plurality of presences in response to the time stamp associated with the at least one location associated to the presence; defining a status of each of the plurality of presences in response to the duration; and characterizing the trip in response to the status of each of the plurality of the presences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of tracking the location of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising:
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means for periodically receiving a plurality of locations of the mobile communication device from the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of locations being associated with a time stamp; means for defining a trip in response to the locations and their associated time stamps; means for dividing the trip into a plurality of presences, each of the plurality of presences being associated with at least one of the plurality of locations; means for calculating a duration associated with each of the plurality of presences in response to the time stamp associated with the at least one location associated to the presence; means for defining a status of each of the plurality of presences in response to the duration; and means for characterizing the trip in response to the status of each of the plurality of the presences. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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