Telephone providing directions to a location

A system for generating driving directions, comprising:

• a user telephone having a local telephone number and a geodetic location device for providing local geodetic coordinates, the user telephone for transmitting an outgoing telephone call including message data having said geodetic coordinates and a remote telephone number different than said local telephone number to a server having a server telephone number different than said remote telephone number and receiving an incoming message having driving directions information from a local location of the user telephone to a remote location associated with said remote telephone number;
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• the server including a server receiver for receiving said outgoing telephone call;
• a driving directions generator for generating said driving directions information, the driving directions generator including a reverse street segment geocoder for reverse geocoding said geodetic coordinates to a local street network segment and a route generator for using said local street network segment as a start location for said driving directions;
• and a server transmitter for transmitting said incoming message back to the user telephone.

A cellular telephone having a local telephone number for providing driving directions, comprising:

• a location number designator for designating a remote telephone number different than said local telephone number;
• a geodetic location device for providing local geodetic coordinates of the cellular telephone;
• a transmitter for transmitting an outgoing telephone call to a server telephone number different than said remote telephone number, said outgoing telephone call including said remote telephone number and information for said local geodetic coordinates;
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• a receiver for receiving an incoming message including driving directions information for a route between a local location of the cellular telephone and a remote location derived from said remote telephone number.