System for providing location-based services in a wireless network, such as locating sets of desired locations
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-024/00
H04M-001/00
G01C-021/00
출원번호
UP-0420466
(2009-04-08)
등록번호
US-7783306
(2010-09-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Wilson, Brian
Feinstein, Jacob
Suraci, Mike
Simsarian, Kristian
Bray, Duane
Givechi, Roshi
Paharia, Rajat
Weiss, Laura
Gosling, Marcus
출원인 / 주소
AT&T Mobility II LLC
대리인 / 주소
Woodcock Washburn LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
6인용 특허 :
39
초록▼
A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, t
A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, the system substantially simultaneously provides a list of points of interest for at least some of the point of interest categories.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed: 1. A method of providing wireless telecommunication services, the method comprising: a mobile device detecting a command to create a set of point of interest categories; the mobile device generating an interface that solicits a user-defined name for the set of point of interest cat
What is claimed: 1. A method of providing wireless telecommunication services, the method comprising: a mobile device detecting a command to create a set of point of interest categories; the mobile device generating an interface that solicits a user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting entry by a user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories and associating the user-defined name with the set of point of interest categories; the mobile device, responsive to detecting entry by the user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories, generating a list of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting a selection of a first point of interest category from the list of point of interest categories; and responsive to detecting the selection of the first point of interest category, associating the first point of interest category with the set of point of interest categories. 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: the mobile device detecting a command to locate a point of interest, wherein the point of interest is associated with the first point of interest category; and generating a list of points of interest, wherein the list presents at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising generating an interface comprising options based on the list of points of interest, wherein the options comprise: calling a selected point of interest in the list, receiving directions to a selected point of interest in the list, and obtaining a next closest point of interest in the list. 4. The method of claim 2 wherein detecting the command to locate the point of interest comprises detecting a command to locate a point of interest near to a location of the mobile device. 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising automatically determining the location of the mobile device. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein generating the list of points of interest comprises generating the list of points of interest based on the location of the mobile device. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have not been created. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have been created; the mobile device generating a list of created sets of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting a selection of a first created set of point of interest categories from among the list of created sets of point of interest categories; and deleting the first created set of point of interest categories. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating an updated list of created sets of point of interest categories. 10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a mobile device to perform a method to provide location-based services, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for: detecting a command to create a set of point of interest categories; responsive to detecting the command to create the set of point of interest categories, generating an interface that solicits a user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories; detecting entry by a user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories and associating the user-defined name with the point of interest categories; responsive to detecting entry by the user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories, generating a list of point of interest categories; detecting a selection of a first point of interest category from the generated list of point of interest categories; and responsive to detecting the selection of the first point of interest category, associating the first point of interest category with the set of point of interest categories. 11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 further comprising instructions for: detecting a command to locate a point of interest, wherein the point of interest is associated with the first point of interest category; and generating a list of points of interest, wherein the list presents at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category. 12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions for generating an interface comprising options based on the list of points of interest, wherein the options comprise: calling a selected point of interest in the list, receiving directions to a selected point of interest in the list, and obtaining a next closest point of interest in the list. 13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions for detecting the command to locate the point of interest comprise instructions for detecting a command to locate a point of interest near to a location of the mobile device. 14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions for: automatically determining the location of the mobile device; and generating the list of points of interest based on the location of the mobile device. 15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 further comprising instructions for determining that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have not been created. 16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 further comprising instructions for: determining that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have been created; generating a list of created sets of point of interest categories; detecting a selection of a first created set of point of interest categories from among the list of created sets of point of interest categories; and deleting the first created set of point of interest categories. 17. A wireless telecommunications apparatus for providing to a user location-based services, the wireless telecommunications apparatus comprising: a wireless transceiver means; and a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver means and to an input/output means, wherein the processor is configured to: detect a command to create a set of point of interest categories; responsive to detecting the command to create the set of point of interest categories, generating an interface that solicits a user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories; detect entry by the user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories and associate the user-defined name with the set of point of interest categories; responsive to detecting the entry by the user of the user-defined name for the set of point of interest categories, generate a list of point of interest categories; detect a selection of a first point of interest category from the generated list of point of interest categories; and responsive to detecting the selection of the first point of interest category, associating the first point of interest category with the set of point of interest categories. 18. The wireless telecommunications apparatus of claim 17 wherein the processor is further configured to: detect a command to locate a point of interest, wherein the point of interest is associated with the first point of interest category; and generate a list of points of interest, wherein the list presents at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category. 19. The wireless telecommunications apparatus of claim 18 wherein the processor configured to detect the command to locate the point of interest comprises the processor configured to detect a command to locate a point of interest near to a location of a mobile device. 20. The wireless telecommunications apparatus of claim 19 wherein the processor is further configured to automatically determine the location of the mobile device and generate the list of points of interest based on the location of the mobile device. 21. The wireless telecommunications apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have not been created. 22. The wireless telecommunications apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine that a maximum number of sets of point of interest categories have been created; generate a list of created sets of point of interest categories; detect a selection of a first created set of point of interest categories from among the list of created sets of points of interest point of interest categories; and delete the first created set of point of interest categories. 23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a mobile device to perform a method, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for: detecting a command to manage sets of point of interest categories, wherein each of the sets of point of interest categories is associated with a user-defined name; responsive to detecting the command to manage the sets of point of interest categories, generating a list comprising a plurality of sets of point of interest categories; detecting a selection of a set of point of interest categories from the generated list comprising the plurality of sets of point of interest categories; detecting a command to modify the set of point of interest categories; and responsive to detecting the command to modify the set of point of interest categories, modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories. 24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to delete the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises deleting the set of point of interest categories. 25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to rename the user-defined name associated with the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises associating a new user-defined name with the set of point of interest categories. 26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to edit the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises generating an interface to edit the set of point of interest categories. 27. A method of providing wireless telecommunication services, the method comprising: a mobile device detecting a command to manage sets of point of interest categories, wherein each of the sets of point of interest categories is associated with a user-defined name; responsive to the mobile device detecting the command to manage the sets of point of interest categories, the mobile device generating a list comprising a plurality of sets of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting a selection of a set of points of point of interest categories from the generated list comprising the plurality of sets of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting a command to modify the set of point of interest categories; and responsive to detecting the command to modify the set of point of interest categories, modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories. 28. The method of claim 27 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to delete the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises deleting the set of point of interest categories. 29. The method of claim 27 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to rename the user-defined name associated with the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises associating a new user-defined name with the set of point of interest categories. 30. The method of claim 27 wherein the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises a command to edit the set of point of interest categories, wherein modifying the set of point of interest categories based on the command to modify the set of point of interest categories comprises generating an interface to edit the set of point of interest categories. 31. The method of claim 27, further comprising the mobile device detecting a command to locate a point of interest, wherein the point of interest is associated with a first point of interest category among the plurality of sets of point of interest categories; and the mobile device generating a list of points of interest, wherein the list presents at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category. 32. A method of providing wireless telecommunication services, the method comprising: a mobile device detecting a command to create a set of points of interest; the mobile device generating an interface that solicits a name for the set of points of interest; the mobile device detecting the name for the set of points of interest on the mobile device and associating the name with the set of points of interest; the mobile device, responsive to detecting the name for the set of points of interest, generating a list of point of interest categories; the mobile device detecting a selection of a first point of interest category from the list of point of interest categories; responsive to detecting the selection of the first point of interest category, associating the first point of interest category with the set of points of interest; the mobile device detecting a command to locate a point of interest near to a location of the mobile device, wherein the point of interest is associated with the first point of interest category; automatically determining the location of the mobile device; generating a list of points of interest based on the location of the mobile device, wherein the list of points of interest represents a plurality of points of interest that are geographically closest to the location of the mobile device, and wherein the list presents at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category; the mobile device receiving a command to provide a next-closer list of points of interest; and generating the next-closer list of points of interest, wherein the next-closer list comprises at least one point of interest associated with the first point of interest category that is geographically next closest to the location of the mobile device than points of interest in the list of points of interest.
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