System and method for obtaining map coordinates to fixed location
AssigneeJohn L. Rogitz (25%)
InventorAvi Bergman
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Abstract
A method for obtaining directions to fixed location such as a restaurant includes using a telephone to call a 411 directory, and providing a prompt to the caller during the 411 call to push a button on the telephone to download the GPS location of the restaurant. The GPS information is transferred from the telephone to a navigation module in a vehicle which displays a map showing the route to the restaurant. Or, the GPS location may be obtained from an Internet server associated with the fixed location.
Claims17
A method for obtaining directions to fixed location, comprising:
- during a call from a telephone to a number of a telephone system directory, providing from the telephone system directory to the telephone an automated prompt to a caller using the telephone to push a particular button on the telephone in response to the prompt to download a navigation code from the telephone system directory, the code including geographic information associated with the fixed location;
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- transferring the code downloaded in response to the prompt from the telephone to a navigation module, wherein the navigation module is used to display directions to the fixed location.
A wireless telephone system comprising:
- at least one wireless telephony transceiver;
- at least one telephone processor communicating with the transceiver;
- at least one key entry input device communicating with the processor, wherein a user of the system can call a 411 directory service and in response to an automated prompt enter a particular selection from the key entry input device into the processor for transmission of the selection from the key entry input device to the 411 directory service, the transceiver receiving back from the 411 directory service in response to the prompt geographic location data of a fixed location, the processor causing directions to the fixed location to be displayed in response to the data downloaded in response to the prompt.
A 411 directory server comprising:
- a processor receiving telephone calls;
- a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to, after prompting a caller for a name of a desired fixed location, provide an automatic prompt to select to have a navigation code representing a geographic location of the fixed location downloaded over a telephony network to a calling telephone in response to at least one automatic prompt being selected.
A system for obtaining directions to fixed location, comprising:
- a computerized accessing component;
- a web serving sending a user interface (UI) to the accessing component, the UI including at least one selector element selectable to cause geographic information representing a geographic location of a fixed location to be downloaded from the web server to the accessing component, the geographic information being used by the accessing component or by an affiliated component obtaining the geographic information from the accessing component to present a visual map on a display indicating a route and/or directions to the fixed location from a current location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.