Method of displaying a map on a phone screen
First Claim
1. A method of displaying location-related information on a display of a wireless communications device, the method comprising:
- displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information;
in response to a location information request sent during the voice call, determining a current location of another device connected to the voice call by exchanging location data with the other device while the voice call is ongoing;
displaying a map of the current location of the other device connected to the voice call within the phone screen;
displaying a user interface element comprising a link or a button that can be selected to provide textual route directions to the current location of the other device; and
causing the wireless communications device to present the textual route directions.
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Abstract
A wireless communications device includes a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data. The wireless communications device also includes a memory operatively connected to a processor for processing current location data received over the data channel from another communications device with which the wireless communications device is simultaneously communicating on the voice channel. The wireless communications further includes a display for displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information. A map is displayed on the phone screen during the voice call, the map presenting a location current of the other communications device based on the current location data received over the data channel. Optionally, the map can also show the current location of the wireless communications device.
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1. A method of displaying location-related information on a display of a wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information; in response to a location information request sent during the voice call, determining a current location of another device connected to the voice call by exchanging location data with the other device while the voice call is ongoing; displaying a map of the current location of the other device connected to the voice call within the phone screen; displaying a user interface element comprising a link or a button that can be selected to provide textual route directions to the current location of the other device; and causing the wireless communications device to present the textual route directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code which, when loaded into memory and executed on a processor of a wireless communications device, is adapted to provide location-related information on a display of the wireless communications device by:
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displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information; in response to a location information request sent during the voice call, determining a current location of another device connected to the voice call by exchanging location data with the other device while the voice call is ongoing; displaying a map of the current location of the other device connected to the voice call within the phone screen; displaying a user interface element comprising a link or a button that can be selected to provide textual route directions to the current location of the other device; and causing the wireless communications device to present the textual route directions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A wireless communications device comprising:
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a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data and for exchanging location data while a voice call is ongoing, the location data being exchanged in response to a location information request sent during the voice call; a memory operatively connected to a processor for processing current location data received over the data channel from another communications device with which the wireless communications device is simultaneously communicating on the voice channel; a display for displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information; a map displayed on the phone screen during the voice call, the map presenting a current location of the other device based on the current location data received over the data channel; and a user interface element comprising a link or a button displayed on the phone screen during the voice call that can be selected to provide textual route directions to the current location of the other device, wherein the display presents the textual route directions in response to selection of the user interface element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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