Method of providing a cellular phone/PDA communication system

• US 8,131,298 B1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AGIS Software Development LLC (AGIS Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (AGIS Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Beyer, Malcolm K. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lebassi, Amanuel
• Application Number:
  US12/631,319
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/416, 455/417, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/436, 455/437, 455/438, 455/439, 455/445, 370/331, 370/332
• US Class Current: 455/437
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A cellular, PDA communication device and communication system for allowing a plurality of cellular phone users to monitor each others'"'"' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touching a symbol on the touch screen display with a stylus which can also include point to call conferencing calling. Each participant'"'"'s cellular phone PDA device includes GPS navigation receiver with application software for point to call cellular phone initiation to participants and geographical entities including vehicles, persons or events, conference calls and video transfers. The method and system also includes automatic shifting from GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/1XEVDO to SMS when any of the cellular phones in the communication network is in the voice mode and in use and for automatic shifting back to GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/1XEVDO upon completion of the voice phone call. In addition, using the system, a full transfer of photographs, video clips and high speed data can be used between any cellular phones regardless of who the cellular phone vendors or cellular phone companies are and in either CDMA, GSM, WiFi or a combination of the two.

Claims

1. A method of expediting a cellular phone voice call over a cellular phone telephone network using a PDA cellular phone that includes soft switches and a touch screen visual display for calling a fixed location including individually but not limited to a restaurant, police station, and fire station having a conventional telephone, displayed symbolically on a geographical map on said display, said fixed location having a telephone and said fixed location being displayed on said geographical map on the cell phone touch screen display comprising:

displaying on a touch screen a geographical area on a map that includes at least one fixed location at its longitude and latitude on said map on the PDA cellular phone with a database and application program for displaying a selected geographical area on a map or chart on the touch screen display that includes at least one fixed location at its latitude and longitude on said map or chart;

providing the cellular phone with a database containing the telephone number of said fixed location displayed on said geographical map or chart;

initiating a voice call using the PDA cellular phone with a database and an application program to said fixed location upon touching the touch screen display including the geographical area on the map at the equivalent latitude and longitude location of said fixed location;

retrieving the stored telephone number of said fixed location upon initiating said telephone call by touching said fixed location on said display;

entering a new entity on the display geo-reference map including an observed object at a specific geographical location by touching the appropriate location on the map display screen;

selecting a soft switch to indicate the type of entity observed causing a symbol to appear on the map screen;

executing a call switch to turn on said cellular phone internal software to begin calling said fixed location;

displaying a call in progress symbol on said touch screen display when said telephone call to said fixed location is in progress; and

displaying a second different symbol on said touch screen display indicating that the telephone call to said fixed location has been established.

2. A method as in claim 1,

providing a database in said cell phone PDA that includes the E-mail address of said fixed location;

addressing an E-mail of entered free text or a pre-selected message to said fixed location by touching the symbol of said fixed location on said map or chart displayed on said visual display; and

sending the E-mail by selecting the send or transmit switch.

3. A method as in claim 1,

providing a database in said cell phone PDA that includes the web site address of said fixed location;

going to the web site of said fixed location by touching the symbol of said fixed location on said map or chart on a soft or hard switch that indicates to go to that symbol'"'"'s web site.

4. A method of expediting a cellular phone call to a fixed location as in claim 1 including the step of:

executing a conference call with said fixed location(s) telephone.

5. A communication system as in claim 1 capable of using CDMA, GSM or WiFi in operation;

and

said cell phone PDA operating communication units in the network including;

smart phones, personal computers (PC), laptop or tablet computers having a telephone.

6. A method as in claim 1, including:

providing a command server with a collection of names, telephone numbers and IP addresses that can be assessed by internet capable, mobile devices.

7. A method of providing a cellular phone with a screen display the ability to request geo-referenced maps, images or data concerning an area as in claim 1 including the steps of:

providing a remote server having geo-referenced maps, images or data concerning a geographical area;

providing the operator the ability to request geo-referenced data for an area by pointing at the center of the area for the requested information, then selecting a range scale and then taking an action to request the data from said remote server where the data is held; and

downloading said geo-referenced maps, images or data upon request by a cellular phone operator to said operator'"'"'s cell phone screen display.