Methods and devices for determining and saving location information
AssigneeSteel Shad Fishing Company LLC
InventorStephen Price
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include devices configured for wireless communication with a mobile computing device having GPS capability that allow a user to record the user's current location with the user's mobile computing device without having to physically access the mobile computing device. Such devices can allow a user to mark or record a location or waypoint to a mobile computing device, such as a GPS-enabled mobile phone, using a wireless remote and software configured to enable communication with the mobile computing device. Such devices can enable a user to mark and record locations for navigation without having to physically touch and operate the mobile computing device.
Claims16
A method of saving a current geographic location of a boat or fisherman with a wireless remote and a mobile computing device located on the boat or fisherman while fishing or boating, the wireless remote including an operation unit operably connected to a wireless transmission unit, the mobile computing device including a wireless communication unit, a GPS sensor, a memory, and a processor configured to execute a remote integration application and a GPS application, the method comprising:
- a user pressing the operation unit, wherein the operation unit includes a button or sensor disposed on a housing of the wireless remote;
- sending, with the wireless transmission unit, a control signal to the mobile computing device in response to the pressing the operation unit;
- receiving, with the wireless communication unit at the mobile computing device, the control signal;
- processing, with the remote integration application, the control signal to determine at least one instruction;
- performing the at least one instruction with the GPS application in response to the receiving of the control signal, wherein said performing includes:
- receiving, from the GPS sensor, GPS coordinates of a current location of the mobile computing device;
- and
- storing the GPS coordinates in the memory
- wherein the performing the at least one instruction with the GPS application further includes recording a number of times the control signal is received within a time period;
- and
- wherein the method further comprises displaying, with the mobile computing device and/or the wireless remote, the recorded number of times the control signal is received within a time period.
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a wireless communication unit;
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
- and
- a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing machine-readable instructions configured to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, with the wireless communication unit, a control signal from a wireless remote;
- processing, the control signal to determine at least one instruction;
- performing the at least one instruction with a GPS application in response to the receiving of the control signal, wherein said performing includes:
- receiving, from the GPS sensor, GPS coordinates of a current location of the mobile computing device;
- and
- storing the GPS coordinates in the memory;
- wherein the performing the at least one instruction with the GPS application further includes recording a number of times the control signal is received within a time period;
- wherein the operations further comprise displaying, with the mobile computing device, the recorded number of times the control signal is received within a time period.
A wireless remote, comprising:
- a wireless transmission unit;
- an operation unit configured to generate an operation unit signal in response to a user input;
- and
- a control unit configured to transmit, with the wireless transmission unit, a unique ID and a control signal to a mobile computing device in response to receipt of the operation unit signal,
- wherein the unique ID and control signal are designed and configured to be processed by a remote integration application operated by the mobile computing device, the remote integration application configured, in response to the processing of the control signal to determine at least one instruction for a GPS application operated by the mobile computing device, wherein the at least one instruction includes storing GPS coordinates of a location of the mobile computing device, recording a number of times the control signal is received within a time period, and displaying, with the mobile computing device and/or the wireless remote, the recorded number of times the control signal is received within a time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.