System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices

• US 20060058953A1
• Filed: 09/07/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alfred M. Wallner, Clive W.R. Cooper
• Original Assignee: Alfred M. Wallner, Clive W.R. Cooper
• Inventors: Cooper, Clive W.R., Wallner, Alfred M.
• Application Number:
  US11/222,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20060058953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3661 Guidance output on an external device, e.g. car radio
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices which includes a system and method of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of sharing geographically referenced content, the method comprising:

receiving geographically referenced content from a first mobile electronic device for a second mobile electronic device, wherein each of the first and second mobile electronic devices comprises a wireless communications transceiver;

sending data identifying the received geographically referenced content to the second mobile electronic device;

processing a request from the second mobile electronic device for the received geographically referenced content; and

sending the received geographically referenced content to the second mobile electronic device in response to the request from the second mobile electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographically referenced content is associated with at least one of a location, a person, a vehicle, an organization, or an object and comprises at least one of a name, street address, a postal address, data indicative of an icon, a displayable layer, user comments, an Internet address, an email address, an identifier, geographic index, or a geographic coordinate range.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending data identifying the received geographically referenced content to the second electronic device comprises sending an access code.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing comprises verifying the access code.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic map data comprises at least one of a name, an address, and a map coordinate.

6. A network for transmitting data, the network comprising:

a first communications link configured to communicate geographically referenced content between a first and second wireless device; and

a second communications link configured to communicate the geographically referenced content between the second wireless device and a third wireless device,

wherein the geographically referenced content comprises geographic coordinate data of a location which is adapted to be selectively displayed as an icon on a map.

7. The network of claim 6, wherein the geographically referenced content is associated with at least one of a location, a person, a vehicle, an organization, or an object and comprises at least one of a name, street address, a postal address, data indicative of an icon, a displayable layer, user comments, an Internet address, an email address, an identifier, geographic index, or a geographic coordinate range.

8. The network of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first communications link and the second communications link comprises the Internet.

9. The network of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first communications link and the second communications link comprises a wireless communications link.

10. The network of claim 6, wherein the location is associated with at least one of an address, a vehicle, a moving object, a mobile electronic device, or a person.

11. A method of sharing geographically referenced content, the method comprising:

receiving a request for geographically referenced content from a first mobile electronic device on a second mobile device;

determining whether the first mobile device is authorized to receive the geographically referenced content;

sending the requested geographically referenced content to the first mobile electronic device in response to the request.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the geographically referenced content is associated with at least one of a location, a person, a vehicle, an organization, or an object and comprises at least one of a name, street address, a postal address, data indicative of an icon, a displayable layer, user comments, an Internet address, an email address, an identifier, geographic index, or a geographic coordinate range.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving geographically referenced content information comprising at least one of an address or a telephone number;

translating the address information into the geographically referenced content.

14. A system for sharing geographically referenced content, the method comprising:

means for communicating with a second mobile electronic device; and

means for processing comprising means for receiving a request for geographically referenced content from the second mobile electronic device;

means for determining whether the first mobile electronic device is authorized to receive the geographically referenced content; and

means for the received geographically referenced content to the first mobile electronic device in response to the request.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the geographically referenced content is associated with at least one of a location, a person, a vehicle, an organization, or an object and comprises at least one of a name, street address, a postal address, data indicative of an icon, a displayable layer, user comments, an Internet address, an email address, an identifier, geographic index, or a geographic coordinate range.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the means for communicating is configured to communicate via the Internet.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the means for communicating comprises a wireless transceiver.