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US 8,509,749 B2Granted
Mobile communication apparatus and operating method thereof
AssigneeMStar Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorShih Hao Chen
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Abstract
A mobile communication apparatus includes a searching module, a retrieval module, and a display module. The searching module searches for an address corresponding to a phone number inputted into the mobile communication apparatus. The retrieval module retrieves a geographic map corresponding to the address. The display module displays the retrieved geographic map.
Claims15
A mobile communication apparatus, comprising:
- a searching module that searches web pages on the Internet for an address corresponding to an inputted partial phone number;
- a retrieval module, coupled to the searching module, that retrieves a geographic map according to the address;
- and
- a display module, coupled to the retrieval module, that displays the geographic map,
- wherein a scale of the geographic map displayed by the display module is determined at least partially based on the inputted partial phone number.
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A method for operating a mobile communication apparatus, comprising:
- receiving a partial phone number;
- searching web pages on the Internet for an address corresponding to the partial phone number;
- retrieving a geographic map according to the address;
- and
- displaying the geographic map such that a scale of the displayed geographic map is at least partially based on the partial phone number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.