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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yojak Vasa, Cary, NC (US);
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yojak Vasa, Cary, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a communication module, a display screen, and control circuitry. The circuitry is configured to estimate a current geographic position of the mobile terminal, and to determine if the estimated current position of the mobile terminal is within a boundary of geographic map information stored in the mobile terminal. The circuitry is further configured to retrieve additional geographic map information including the current position of the mobile terminal using the communication module if the current position of the mobile terminal is not within the boundary of the stored geographic map information.