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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Telecommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Michael Sheha, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Angie Sheha, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Stephen Petilli, Laguna Niguell, CA (US);
Mark Goddard, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device.