User-tagging of cellular telephone locations
US7444156B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user-controlled cellular telephone positioning feature allows a cellular telephone user to correlate a user-specified location name with a cellular telephone location among one or more cells of a cellular telephone network. In one implementation, a cellular telephone location tagging application is stored and operated on a cellular telephone. The application obtains a cell identification string corresponding to a cell of a cellular telephone system with which cell the cellular telephone is in communication and allows the user to associate a location name and the cell identification string as location information for a selected location. Location data are maintained on a user's cellular telephone, and the user can selectively make the location information available others.
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