System and method for providing location information

• US 8,660,253 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Millard, Michael, McKenney, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Joseph J
• Application Number:
  US13/872,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 302 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.1, 379/142.11, 379/207.12, 379/207.15, 455/404.2, 455/414.2, 455/415, 455/433, 4554561-457
• US Class Current: 379/207.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

In a particular embodiment, a method includes presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered. The first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device. The method further includes presenting updated first location information, at the first communication device, prior to the incoming communication being terminated.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered, wherein the first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device;

presenting, at the first communication device, updated first location information prior to the incoming communication being terminated, wherein the updated first location information is based on a change in location of the first communication device from the first location to a second location;

updating the updated first location information based on a second change in location of the first communication device to a third location to produce second location information;

presenting, at the first communication device, third location information that corresponds to a fourth location of a second communication device associated with the incoming communication; and

presenting, at the first communication device, the second location information after the incoming communication is terminated, wherein the second location information is presented concurrently with the third location information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location information is presented in response to the incoming communication being answered.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a notification of the incoming communication at the first communication device, wherein the incoming communication is initiated by the second communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the first location information comprises presenting a first map that includes a first identifier based on the first location information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising presenting, at the first communication device, a second map that includes a second identifier based on the third location information corresponding to the second communication device, wherein the second map is presented before the incoming communication is answered.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein presenting the updated first location information comprises updating the first map.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving location data corresponding to the third location of the second communication device associated with the incoming communication.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising presenting, at the first communication device, fourth location information based on the location data, wherein the fourth location information is presented before the incoming communication is answered.

9. A computer-readable storage device storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered and during the incoming communication, wherein the first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device;

presenting, at the first communication device, second location information prior to the incoming communication being terminated, wherein the second location information is based on a change in location of the first communication device from the first location to a second location;

updating the second location information based on a second change in location of the first communication device from the second location to a third location;

presenting, at the first communication device, third location information that corresponds to a fourth location of a second communication device associated with the incoming communication; and

presenting, at the first communication device, updated second location information after the incoming communication is terminated, wherein the updated second location information is presented concurrently with the third location information.

10. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the first location information is presented in response to the incoming communication being answered.