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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSteven G. Smith, Robert H. Willis, Jr., Mitchell E. Davis, Marvin R. Hamrick, Roland T. Morton, Jr., Jeffery A. Sylvester
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Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a technician server to direct a global satellite positioning system to obtain the set of coordinates for the customer service location; obtaining the coordinates and updating one or more databases with said coordinates. The coordinates may include at least one of a latitude and a longitude associated with the customer service location. Another embodiment includes obtaining through a technician server at least one set of “from” coordinates associated with the first customer service location and at least one set of “to” coordinates associated with the second customer location; transmitting the “from” and “to” coordinates to a mapping system; and, generating directions in the mapping system based on the “to” and “from” coordinates. At least one of the sets of coordinates includes latitude and longitude data. System and computer-readable media embodiments of these methods are also provided.
A computer-readable medium for generating travel directions in a communications device, the computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of the communications device, cause the processor of the communications device to:
A communications device comprising:
A method for generating travel directions in a communications device, the method comprising:
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