SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS DOWNLOADS OF MAP AND GEOGRAPHIC BASED DATA TO PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES

• US 20100075643A1
• Filed: 08/18/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tierravision Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tierravision Incorporated
• Inventors: Cooper, Clive W.R., Wallner, Alfred M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,014,945 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• 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

Systems and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices include systems and methods of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data.

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, wherein said data comprises an access code;

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

verifying the access code; and

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