Attaching location data to a SMS message
AssigneeMitac International Corp.
InventorMikayel Baghdasaryan
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for attaching location data to a SMS message. A system includes a first wireless device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a first personal navigation device using a Bluetooth wireless protocol, the first personal navigation device configured to attach location data to a SMS message, a second wireless device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a second personal navigation device using the Bluetooth wireless protocol, the second personal navigation device configured to identify location data attached to the SMS message, and a wireless network enabling communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- in a first personal navigation device configured to wirelessly communicate with a first wireless mobile communication device, attaching location data to a Short Message Service (SMS) message along with the SMS message, the location data being obtained from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver in the first personal navigation device;
- sending the SMS message with attached location data to the first wireless mobile communication device and on to a second wireless mobile communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with a second personal navigation device;
- in the second personal navigation device, recognizing the location data attached to the SMS message;
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- in the second personal navigation device, generating navigational directions to a location represented by the attached location data.
A system comprising:
- a first wireless mobile communications device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a first personal navigation device using a Bluetooth wireless protocol, the first personal navigation device configured to attach location data to a SMS message, the location data being obtained from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver in the first personal navigation device;
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- a second wireless mobile communications device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a second personal navigation device using the Bluetooth wireless protocol, the second personal navigation device configured to identify location data attached to the SMS message, wherein the second personal navigation device is configured to generate navigational directions to a location represented by the location data.
A system comprising:
- a first wireless device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a first personal navigation device using a Bluetooth wireless protocol, the first personal navigation device configured to attach location data to a SMS message, the location data being obtained from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver in the first personal navigation device;
- a second wireless device configured with a wireless interface operable to communicate with a wireless interface in a second personal navigation device using the Bluetooth wireless protocol, the second personal navigation device configured to identify location data attached to the SMS message, wherein the second personal navigation device is configured to generate navigational directions to a location represented by the location data;
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- a wireless network enabling communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.