Method, apparatus, computer program and user interface

• US 8,924,156 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Tourunen, Ari O., Kinnunen, Timo V., Malik, Aqdas A., Peltomaki, Suvi M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US12/383,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,105 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/213, 701/208, 701/216, 701/410, 701/426, 701/532, 705/26.1, 705/7.25, 705/7.34, 340/5.8, 340/7.56, 707/3, 707/999.003, 455/457, 715/733
• US Class Current: 701/532
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method includes: obtaining coordinate information from a first application where the coordinate information uniquely identifies an address as a location in a coordinate space; storing, using a second application, the coordinate information so that the coordinate information is associated with contact information indicative of the address; detecting user selection of a control element associated with the stored contact information; and in response to the detection of the user selection of the control element providing the coordinate information to the first application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a first computer-executed step, automatically providing contact information to a first application that comprises a map application in response to a user entering the contact information by inputting text into a user input a device, the inputted text being descriptive of an address to be stored in a record of a database of a second application, the second application comprising at least one of an address book application and a calendar application;

in a second computer-executed step, validating the input contact information by obtaining coordinate information from the first application, where the coordinate information uniquely identifies the address as a location in a coordinate space;

in a third computer-executed step, providing the obtained coordinate information from the first application to the second application and storing, using the second application, the coordinate information in the database of the second application so that the coordinate information is associated with the address in the record, wherein the automatically providing the contact information, validating the input contact information, providing the obtained coordinate information and storing the coordinate information are performed without further user input after entering the contact information;

in a fourth computer-executed step, the second application responding to user selection of a control element associated with the record to retrieve the stored coordinate information from the record and provide the retrieved coordinate information to the first application; and

in a fifth computer-executed step, the first application responding to receipt of the coordinate information from the second application by displaying on a display a map showing the location associated with the address that corresponds to the retrieved coordinate information.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the contact information comprises a complete address.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the contact information is provided to the second application from the first application to enable the contact information to be stored in the record of the database of the second application.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first application is within the same apparatus as the second application.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first application is in a different apparatus to the second application.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a computer-executed step of displaying an icon to indicate that the contact information has been validated.

7. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

automatically provide contact information to a first application that comprises a map application in response to a user entering the contact information by entering text into a user input of the apparatus, the inputted text being descriptive of an address to be stored in a record of a database of a second application, the second application comprising at least one of an address book application and a calendar application;

validate the input contact information by obtaining coordinate information from the first application where the coordinate information uniquely identifies the address as a location in a coordinate space;

provide the obtained coordinate information from the first application to the second application and store, using the second application, the coordinate information in the database of the second application so that the coordinate information is associated with the address in the record, wherein the automatically providing the contact information, validating the input contact information, providing the obtained coordinate information and storing the coordinate information are performed without further user input after entering the contact information;

where the second application responds to user selection of a control element associated with the record to retrieve the stored coordinate information from the record and provide the retrieved coordinate information to the first application; and

the first application responds to receipt of the coordinate information from the second application by displaying on a display a map showing the location associated with the address that corresponds to the retrieved coordinate information.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7, where in the at least one processor is further configured to display an icon to indicate that the contact information has been validated.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital data processing apparatus of a computer system to perform operations for controlling computer system actions, the instructions comprising:

code for automatically providing contact information to a first application that comprises a map application, where the automatically providing is executed by the digital data processing apparatus in response to a user entering the contact information by inputting text into a user input of a device, the inputted text being descriptive of an address to be stored in a record of a database of a second application, the second application comprising at least one of an address book application and a calendar application;

code for validating the input contact information by obtaining coordinate information from the first application, where the coordinate information uniquely identifies the address as a location in a coordinate space;

code for providing the obtained coordinate information from the first application to the second application and code for storing, using the second application, the coordinate information in the database of the second application so that the coordinate information is associated with the address in the record, wherein the automatically providing the contact information, validating the input contact information, providing the obtained coordinate information and storing the coordinate information are performed without further user input after entering the contact information;

code for causing the second application to respond to user selection of a control element associated with the record to retrieve the stored coordinate information from the record and provide the retrieved coordinate information to the first application; and

code for causing the first application to respond to receipt of the coordinate information from the second application by displaying on a display a map showing the location associated with the address that corresponds to the retrieved coordinate information.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

code configured to display an icon to indicate that the contact information has been validated.