Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information
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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.
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34. A machine-readable medium storing a set of executable instructions for causing a processor of a system to perform a method of monitoring a plurality of users, each in possession of a mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising the steps of:
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periodically receiving position information of each of the mobile communication devices; associating each periodically received position information with a timely data indicating a time at which each position information was received; and determining, for each user, in response to the position information and the associated time information, a number of stops made by the user, a duration of each of the stops, a duration of travel time between every two consecutive stops. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for monitoring a plurality of users, each in possession of a mobile communication device adapted to communicate with the system and provide its own position information, the method comprising:
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periodically receiving position information of each of the mobile communication devices; associating each periodically received position information with a timely data indicating a time at which each position information was received; and determining, for each user, in response to the position information and the associated time information, a number of stops made by the user, a duration of each of the stops, a duration of travel time between every two consecutive stops. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of planning a route, comprising:
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receiving, from a physical wireless device, presence information including an origin point and a destination point; determining, at a physical server, at least one stop point associated with said presence information, each of said at least one stop point associated with a duration indicating an expected period of time to be spent at said stop point; determining a route, between said origin point and said destination point, including each of said at least one stop point; adding each of said at least one stop point to said route; estimating a travel time for said route in response to said duration associated with each of said at least one stop; and transmitting, at said physical server, updated presence information associated with said estimated travel time. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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