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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Frye, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Frye, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
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.