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Method of e-mailing a map location using predefined context-sensitive messages

  • US 8,996,045 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2007
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating a message on a computing device, the method comprising:

  • receiving user input from within an application executing on the computing device, the user input selecting a map location to be sent to a recipient;

    identifying the application from which the map location originates, wherein the application is a calendar application or an address book application;

    determining map location information associated with the map location based on an identity of the application from which the map location originates; and

    generating the message to be sent to the recipient, the message containing a hyperlink to enable the recipient to display a map showing the map location and further containing the map location information automatically embedded as text within the message, wherein the map location information describes, using predefined text, what the map location represents.

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