Methods and apparatus for associating mapping functionality and information in contact lists of mobile communication devices
First Claim
1. A method performed by a mobile communication device, that is in communication with an address geocoding server and a map server via a wireless communication network, and having a user interface comprising a display, and a contact list, each contact being maintained in memory of the device in a data structure including an address field, but excluding any longitude and latitude coordinates of a location of the contact, the method comprising:
- displaying a map of a location in the display;
receiving, via the user interface, a request to associate the location with a selected contact;
storing an address corresponding to the location in the address field of the selected contact;
identifying, via the user interface, a selection to map the location of the selected contact;
reading the address from the address field of the selected contact;
sending to the address geocoding server a request for latitude and longitude coordinates with the address as an input;
receiving from the address geocoding server the latitude and longitude coordinates;
when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is cached in the memory;
rendering in the display a map corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates;
otherwise, when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is not cached in the memory;
sending to the map server a request for context-filtered maplet data with the received latitude and longitude coordinates as the input, and further based on a user context which is independent of the location of the device;
receiving from the map server the context-filtered maplet data;
rendering a map in the display based on the received context-filtered maplet data; and
refraining from storing the latitude and longitude coordinates in the data structure of the selected contact.
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Abstract
In one illustrative example, a method of providing mapping functionality in a contact list of a mobile communication device comprises the acts of providing a contact list organizer function in the mobile device for use in organizing a plurality of contacts of a contact book or list; identifying, through a user interface of the mobile device, a user input request to map a location of a selected one of the contacts of the contact list; and in response to the user input request, performing the following further acts of identifying an address of the location in one or more address fields of the selected contact; sending, to an address geocoding server via wireless network, a request for location coordinates with the address as an input; receiving, via the wireless network, latitude and longitude coordinates of the location in response to the request for the location coordinates; and causing a map corresponding to the location of the selected contact to be visually rendered in a display of the mobile device based on map rendering data for the location corresponding to the latitude and longitude coordinates received via the wireless network in response to a request for map data of the location.
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18 Claims
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1. A method performed by a mobile communication device, that is in communication with an address geocoding server and a map server via a wireless communication network, and having a user interface comprising a display, and a contact list, each contact being maintained in memory of the device in a data structure including an address field, but excluding any longitude and latitude coordinates of a location of the contact, the method comprising:
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displaying a map of a location in the display; receiving, via the user interface, a request to associate the location with a selected contact; storing an address corresponding to the location in the address field of the selected contact; identifying, via the user interface, a selection to map the location of the selected contact; reading the address from the address field of the selected contact; sending to the address geocoding server a request for latitude and longitude coordinates with the address as an input; receiving from the address geocoding server the latitude and longitude coordinates; when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is cached in the memory;
rendering in the display a map corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates;otherwise, when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is not cached in the memory; sending to the map server a request for context-filtered maplet data with the received latitude and longitude coordinates as the input, and further based on a user context which is independent of the location of the device; receiving from the map server the context-filtered maplet data; rendering a map in the display based on the received context-filtered maplet data; and refraining from storing the latitude and longitude coordinates in the data structure of the selected contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile communication device having a contact list, each contact being maintained in memory of the device in a data structure including an address field, but excluding any longitude and latitude coordinates of a location of the contact, the device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver operative for communications with a wireless communication network; one or more processors coupled to the wireless transceiver; a user interface which includes a display; the one or more processors being operative to; cause a map of a location to be displayed in the display; receive via the user interface a request to associate the location with a selected contact; store an address corresponding to the location in the address field of the selected contact; identify via the user interface a selection to map the location of the selected contact in the contact list; read, by the one or more processors, the address from the address field of the selected contact; send to an address geocoding server via the wireless transceiver a request for latitude and longitude coordinates with the address as an input; receive from the address geocoding server via the wireless transceiver the latitude and longitude coordinates; when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is cached in the memory render in the display a map corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates; otherwise, when map rendering data corresponding to the received latitude and longitude coordinates is not cached in the memory; send to a map server via the wireless transceiver a request for context-filtered maplet data with the received latitude and longitude coordinates as an input, and further based on a user context which is independent of the location of the device; receive from the map server via the wireless transceiver the context-filtered maplet data; render a map in the display based on the received context-filtered maplet data; and refrain from storing the latitude and longitude coordinates in the data structure of the selected contact. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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