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Method and system for upgrading a legacy cellular device

US8068848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 2007
Grant dateNov 29, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/72406
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for upgrading a legacy cellular device. In one embodiment, a GIS data collector application for enabling a cellular telephone to perform GIS data collector functions is installed upon a cellular telephone which is not originally intended to be used as a GIS data recording device. The method further comprises selecting a data dictionary comprising at least one desired GIS feature type which was not originally intended for use by the cellular telephone based upon an assigned membership of the cellular telephone to a workgroup. The method further comprises sending the data dictionary to the cellular telephone via a wireless communication network.

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