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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2012
William J. Hladik, Jr., Harrisburg, NC (US);
William J. Hladik, Jr., Harrisburg, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tool for displaying a current location of a mobile computing device on a map displayed on the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device containing a GPS unit. A mobile computing device scans a bar code printed on an external paper map. The mobile computing device then sends a request to a server for a digital version of the map that corresponds to the bar code. Then, the mobile computing device receives the digital version of the map and calculates the current location of the mobile computing device, as determined from the GPS unit. The mobile computing device then displays the digital version of the map and the current location of the mobile computing device on the displayed map.