Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110037645 | GPS PRE-AQUISITION FOR GEOTAGGING DIGITAL PHOTOS - A handheld electronic device, such as a GPS-enabled wireless communications device with an embedded camera, a GPS-enabled camera-phone or a GPS-enabled digital camera, determines whether ephemeris data needs to be obtained for geotagging digital photos taken with the device. By monitoring user activity with respect to the camera, such as activation of the camera, the device can begin pre-acquisition of a GPS position fix by obtaining needed ephemeris data before the photograph is actually taken. This GPS pre-acquisition improves the likelihood that a position fix (GPS lock) is achieved by the time the photo is taken (to enable immediate geotagging). Alternatively, the photo can be geotagged retroactively by appending the current location to the metadata tag associated with the digital photo. An optional acquisition status indicator can be displayed on a user interface of the device to indicate that a position fix is being obtained. | 02-17-2011 |
20120192096 | ACTIVE COMMAND LINE DRIVEN USER INTERFACE - A method of interacting with an electronic device and an electronic device so configured are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of interacting with an electronic device. A command line having an input field is displayed on a display of the electronic device. An input string is received in the input field. The input string is disambiguated into one or more commands which match the input string. Each matching command is displayed on the display each as an entry in a command list. In some embodiments, each entry in the command list is selectable in response to selection input. | 07-26-2012 |
20130285850 | GPS PRE-ACQUISITION FOR GEOTAGGING DIGITAL PHOTOS - A handheld electronic device, such as a GPS-enabled wireless communications device with an embedded camera, a GPS-enabled camera-phone or a GPS-enabled digital camera, determines whether ephemeris data needs to be obtained for geotagging digital photos taken with the device. By monitoring user activity with respect to the camera, such as activation of the camera, the device can begin pre-acquisition of a GPS position fix by obtaining needed ephemeris data before the photograph is actually taken. This GPS pre-acquisition improves the likelihood that a position fix (GPS lock) is achieved by the time the photo is taken (to enable immediate geotagging). Alternatively, the photo can be geotagged retroactively by appending the current location to the metadata tag associated with the digital photo. An optional acquisition status indicator can be displayed on a user interface of the device to indicate that a position fix is being obtained. | 10-31-2013 |
20140038573 | Managing Of Application Access To Centrally Stored Place-Related Data On A Mobile Device - A method of managing place data for a mobile device, the method comprising storing place data for a place in a centralized place database and receiving input to specify which one or more applications on the mobile device are to have access to the place data for the place. In response to a place data request from a data-requesting application executing on the mobile device, the device determines if the data-requesting application has access to the place data for the place and provides the place data to the data-requesting application only if the data-requesting application has access. This technology enables the device to control the sharing of place data among applications on the device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038635 | Centralized Data Store For Providing All Place-Related Data To Applications On A Mobile Device - A method of managing place data for a mobile device, the method comprising storing place data for the mobile device in a centralized place data store, the centralized place data store storing location data for each of a plurality of places defined by the mobile device, and in response to place data requests from a plurality of applications executing on the mobile device, providing the place data from the centralized place data store to the plurality of applications. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038643 | Centralized Data Store For Providing All Place-Related Data To Applications On A Mobile Device - A method of managing place data for a mobile device, the method comprising storing place data for the mobile device in a centralized place data store, the centralized place data store storing location data for each of a plurality of places defined by the mobile device, and in response to place data requests from a plurality of applications executing on the mobile device, providing the place data from the centralized place data store to the plurality of applications. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038644 | Managing of Application Access To Centrally Stored Place-Related Data On A Mobile Device - A method of managing place data for a mobile device, the method comprising storing place data for a place in a centralized place database and receiving input to specify which one or more applications on the mobile device are to have access to the place data for the place. In response to a place data request from a data-requesting application executing on the mobile device, the device determines if the data-requesting application has access to the place data for the place and provides the place data to the data-requesting application only if the data-requesting application has access. This technology enables the device to control the sharing of place data among applications on the device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140066106 | Displaying Place-Related Content On A Mobile Device - A computer-implemented method of presenting place-related content on a computing device entails, in response to receiving input identifying a place, obtaining place-related content for the place from a place database that stores place-related data related to each one of a plurality of places and presenting the place-related content from the place database in a consolidated place-specific view. This technology provides a place-centric view that presents a consolidated view of place-related content for a selected place. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068451 | Displaying Place-Related Content On A Mobile Device - A computer-implemented method of presenting place-related content on a computing device entails, in response to receiving input identifying a place, obtaining place-related content for the place from a place database that stores place-related data related to each one of a plurality of places and presenting the place-related content from the place database in a consolidated place-specific view. This technology provides a place-centric view that presents a consolidated view of place-related content for a selected place. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074871 | Device, Method and Computer-Readable Medium For Recognizing Places - A computer-implemented place-recognition method comprises searching text for a place-indicating text string (word or character), identifying a place reference from the text based on the place-indicating text string, and looking up the place reference in a place database to determine if the place reference corresponds to a place for which place data is stored in the place database. If the place is already in the database, a menu of user-selectable actions may be presented. If the place is not in the database, the device may ask the user whether the place should be added to the database. Searching the text may also comprise searching the text for one of a plurality of frequent search terms. If a place reference corresponding to a frequent search term is in the database, the place is linked. If not, the place is still linked but only for local search. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074873 | Device, Method and Computer-Readable Medium For Recognizing Places - A computer-implemented place-recognition method comprises searching text for a place-indicating text string (word or character), identifying a place reference from the text based on the place-indicating text string, and looking up the place reference in a place database to determine if the place reference corresponds to a place for which place data is stored in the place database. If the place is already in the database, a menu of user-selectable actions may be presented. If the place is not in the database, the device may ask the user whether the place should be added to the database. Searching the text may also comprise searching the text for one of a plurality of frequent search terms. If a place reference corresponding to a frequent search term is in the database, the place is linked. If not, the place is still linked but only for local search. | 03-13-2014 |
20140365447 | MAKING ADDRESS BOOK A SOURCE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES - A method for determining latitude and longitude coordinates for geographic addresses input into an address book on a mobile device is provided. For each geographic address received for storing in a contact record, latitude and longitude coordinates are automatically determined and associated with the geographic address in a database of contact records. In some embodiments, for each geographic address to be input, the method first searches existing contact records for the geographic address and if the latitude and longitude coordinates for the geographic address are in an existing contact record, the contact record for the contact is cross-referenced to the existing record for accessing the latitude and longitude coordinates. | 12-11-2014 |
20150061932 | GPS PRE-ACQUISITION FOR GEOTAGGING DIGITAL PHOTOS - A handheld electronic device, such as a GPS-enabled wireless communications device with an embedded camera, a GPS-enabled camera-phone or a GPS-enabled digital camera, determines whether ephemeris data needs to be obtained for geotagging digital photos taken with the device. By monitoring user activity with respect to the camera, such as activation of the camera, the device can begin pre-acquisition of a GPS position fix by obtaining needed ephemeris data before the photograph is actually taken. This GPS pre-acquisition improves the likelihood that a position fix (GPS lock) is achieved by the time the photo is taken (to enable immediate geotagging). Alternatively, the photo can be geotagged retroactively by appending the current location to the metadata tag associated with the digital photo. An optional acquisition status indicator can be displayed on a user interface of the device to indicate that a position fix is being obtained. | 03-05-2015 |