Apparatus and methods for exchanging location-based information
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorSimon Teplitsky
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide apparatus and methods for exchanging location-based information between a wireless communications device and a computer system. In one embodiment, the location-based information may include a layout of a physical location corresponding to a geographic position associated with the wireless communications device. In another embodiment, the location-based information may include directions from the geographic position, through the layout, to an item location associated with an item in the physical location. Additional disclosed embodiments relate to the wireless communications device, presentation of the location-based information on the wireless communications device, and associated computer-readable media.
Claims44
A location-based method of communicating information, comprising:
- receiving a geographic position associated with a wireless communications device;
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- generating map information for receipt by the wireless communications device, the map information including physical location information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position.
An apparatus for communicating a location of an item, comprising:
- a first means for receiving a geographic position of a wireless communications device;
- a second means for receiving an item identification of the item;
- a third means for generating map information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position of the wireless communications device and directions from the geographic position to an item location within the physical location;
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- a fourth means for transmitting the map information to the wireless communications device.
An apparatus for wirelessly communicating location-based information, comprising:
- a map generator for generating map information for receipt by the wireless communications device and including physical location information having a layout of a physical location corresponding to a geographic position associated with a wireless communications device.
An apparatus for communicating a location of an item, comprising:
- a map generator operable to receive a geographic position associated with a wireless communications device, wherein the map generator is further operable to generate map information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position of the wireless communications device;
- a route generator operable to receive an item identification of the item, wherein the route generator is further operable to generate directions from the geographic position to an item location within the physical location, wherein the item location corresponds to the item;
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- wherein the map generator is operable to incorporate the directions and the item location into the map information and transmit the map information for receipt by the wireless communications device.
A wireless communications device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a display coupled to the processor and operable to display a user interface responsive to the processor;
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- a memory coupled to the processor and having instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to present the user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes a layout of a physical location corresponding to a geographic position associated with the wireless communications device.
A method of presenting location-based information on a wireless communications device, comprising:
- transmitting a geographic position associated with the wireless communications device;
- receiving map information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position;
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- presenting a user interface on a display of the wireless communications device, where the user interface includes map information.
An apparatus for presenting location-based information, comprising:
- a first means for transmitting a geographic position associated with a wireless communications device;
- a second means for receiving map information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position;
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- a third means for presenting a user interface on a display of the wireless communications device, wherein the user interface includes map information.
A method of assisting a user in shopping, comprising:
- receiving a geographic position associated with a wireless communications device associated with the user;
- receiving a plurality of item identifications associated with items of interest to the user;
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- generating map information for receipt by and presentation on the wireless communications device, the map information having physical location information including a layout of a physical location corresponding to the geographic position and a plurality of item locations corresponding to the plurality of item identifications, where each of the plurality of item locations comprises a position of the respective item within the layout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.