Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information

• US 9,307,365 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Artax LLC (IPValuation Partners, LLC)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Sheha, Michael, Sheha, Angie, Petilli, Stephen, Goddard, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Blount, Eric
• Application Number:
  US14/840,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 218 Days
• Field of Search: 340/995.13, 340/990, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 455/414.2, 701/412, 701/465
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data, comprising:

receiving, at a physical server, a plurality of location information points respectively associated with a first mobile communication device over a given time;

associating a unique thread ID with said plurality of location information points;

identifying meta data associated with said unique thread ID, including messages sent by said first mobile communication device; and

transmitting, to a second mobile communication device, said plurality of location information points, together with said meta data including messages sent by said first mobile communication device while at at least one of said plurality of location information points.

2. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information in a Delta-T mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

3. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information points in a Delta-X mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

4. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information points in a georeferenced mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

5. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, further comprising:

linking a plurality of presence states of said first mobile communication device, to said unique thread ID.

6. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, wherein:

said meta data includes a stop condition of said first mobile communication device.

7. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, wherein:

said meta data includes an email message sent by said first mobile communication device.

8. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 1, wherein:

said meta data includes a digital image obtained by said first mobile communication device.

9. A method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data, comprising:

receiving, at a physical server, a plurality of location information points respectively associated with a first mobile communication device over a given time;

associating a unique thread ID with said plurality of location information points;

identifying meta data associated with said unique thread ID, including messages received by said first mobile communication device; and

transmitting, to a second mobile communication device, said plurality of location information points, together with said meta data including messages received by said first mobile communication device while at at least one of said plurality of location information points.

10. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information in a Delta-T mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

11. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information points in a Delta-X mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

12. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining said plurality of location information points in a georeferenced mode of operation of a location device associated with said first mobile communication device.

13. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, further comprising:

linking a plurality of presence states of said first mobile communication device, to said unique thread ID.

14. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, wherein:

said meta data includes a stop condition of said first mobile communication device.

15. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, wherein:

said meta data includes an email message received by said first mobile communication device.

16. The method of sharing travel information including time-stamped meta data according to claim 9, wherein:

said meta data includes a digital image obtained by said first mobile communication device.