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Patent No.:

US 10678819 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2018

Methods and apparatus for providing map locations in user applications using url strings

Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Jesse Boudreau, Kanata, CA;

Ronald Anthony Dicke, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:

Moffat & Co

Primary Examiner:

Mahesh H Dwivedi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/30 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/9558 (2019.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G09B 29/106 (2013.01); H04L 29/12594 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 61/3025 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04M 1/72525 (2013.01); Y10S 707/919 (2013.01); Y10S 707/92 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for use in a wireless communication device for displaying a map are described. The device receives via a user interface a selection of a hypertext link object in an electronic file or message. The object is associated with a URL string which includes a server address and location data corresponding to a location. When a mapping application is installed in the device, the device executes the mapping application for rendering a map of the location in response to receiving the selection of the object. When the mapping application is not installed in the device, the device executes a web browser of the device for receiving and displaying a map image of the location in response to receiving the selection of the object.

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