System and method for selecting a geographic location to associate with an object

• US 8,803,980 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Klassen, Gerhard D., Murphy, Thomas, Bowman, Gordon
• Primary Examiner(s): DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D
• Application Number:
  US11/754,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20080297409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,632 Days
• Field of Search: 348/116, 348/158, 348/148, 348/231.2, 348/207.1, 701/300, 342/357.06, 342/357.13, 715/810
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2125 Display of information relating to the still picture recording

Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object. The method may further comprise providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object. The object may be an image object.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile handheld communication device

to geotag image, the method comprising:

providing a first graphical user interface on the mobile handheld communication device with a plurality of destination options for sending an image based on a destination selection of one of the plurality of destination options comprising at least an e-mail recipient and an online data repository;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, providing a second graphical user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, wherein the user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates comprise at least two of an option to obtain the geographic location coordinates from a GPS module, an option to select a location from a stored list and an option to select a location from an onscreen map;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, tagging the image with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; and

sending the image to either the e-mail recipient or the online data repository based on the selected one of the plurality of destination options.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing previously saved geographic location coordinates in the stored list;

receiving the user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

using the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing previously saved addresses in the stored list, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

receiving the user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

using the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the image.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user specified address;

obtaining geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

using the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the image.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one option for sending the image comprises sending as a multimedia messaging service (MMS), sending as an electronic mail, or sending to a repository, or a combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising presenting an authorization code entry interface in response to selecting the online data repository, the authorization code entry interface presenting a field for entering an authorization code for adding the image to a user account at the online data repository.

7. A system for geotagging images on a mobile handheld communication device, the system comprising:

a memory storing a geotagging module which executed by a main processor operable to;

provide a first graphical user interface on the mobile handheld communication device with a plurality of destination options for sending an image based on a destination selection of one of the plurality of destination options comprising at least an e-mail recipient and an online data repository;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, provide a second graphical user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, wherein the user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates comprise at least two of an option to obtain the geographic location coordinates from a GPS module, an option to select a location from a stored list and an option to select a location from an onscreen map;

in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, tag image with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; and

send the image to either the e-mail recipient or the online data repository based on the selected one of the plurality of destination options.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the memory storing a geotagging module which executed by a main processor is further operable to:

provide previously saved geographic location coordinates in the stored list;

receive the user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

use the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the image.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the memory storing a geotagging module which executed by a main processor is further operable to:

provide previously saved addresses in the stored list, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

receive the user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

use the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the image.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the memory storing a geotagging module which executed by a main processor is further operable to:

receive a user specified address;

obtain geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

use the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the image.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein the at least one option for sending the image comprises sending as a multimedia messaging service (MMS), sending as an electronic mail, or sending to a repository, or a combination thereof.

12. A non-transitory data processor readable medium storing data processor code that when loaded onto a mobile handheld communication device adapts the device to geotagging images, the data

processor readable medium comprising:

code for providing a first graphical user interface on the mobile handheld communication device with a plurality of destination options for sending an image based on a destination selection of one of the plurality of destination options comprising at least an e-mail recipient and an online data repository;

code for providing, in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, a second graphical user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, wherein the user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates comprise at least two of an option to obtain the geographic location coordinates from a GPS module, an option to select a location from a stored list and an option to select a location from an onscreen map;

code for tagging, in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options for obtaining geographic location coordinates, the image with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; and

code for sending the image to either the e-mail recipient or the online data repository based on the selected one of the plurality of destination options.

13. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

code for providing previously saved geographic location coordinates in the stored list;

code for receiving the user selection of one of the previously saved geographic location coordinates; and

code for using the selected previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the image.

14. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

code for providing previously saved addresses in the stored list, each address being associated with geographic location coordinates;

code for receiving the user selection of one of the previously saved addresses; and

code for using the geographic location coordinates associated with the selected address to tag the image.

15. The non-transitory data processor readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

code for receiving a user specified address;

code for obtaining geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address; and

code for using the geographic location coordinates associated with the user specified address to tag the image.

16. The non-transitory data processor readable medium according to claim 12, wherein the at least one option for sending the image comprises sending as a multimedia messaging service (MMS), sending as an electronic mail, or sending to a repository, or a combination thereof.