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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Apparatus and method for providing map service using global positioning service in a mobile terminal
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Nam-Hoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young-Min Won, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-Jun Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/028 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a map service using a global positioning service in a mobile terminal includes determining a current position of the mobile terminal. A moving path of the mobile terminal is recorded. If content for key point marking are generated, a tag icon corresponding to the content is inserted into a point representing the current position of the mobile terminal. A map message includes the moving path, the tag icon, and the content.