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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2013
Applicants:

Gabriel Jakobson, Alamo, CA (US);

Steven L. Rueben, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Gabriel Jakobson, Alamo, CA (US);

Steven L. Rueben, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

Empire IP LLC, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); G06T 2200/32 (2013.01); G09G 2340/045 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for mapping addressable information (e.g. locations denoted by name or address, street addresses, landmarks, etc.) off of disparate applications on a mobile device, onto an existing map on the mobile device, are disclosed. An application on a mobile device may display addressable information (e.g. a website displaying a location name and/or address, an email containing an address, etc.) In response to a user's selecting the addressable information and invoking a mapping command, a map-display application (e.g. Google Maps®, Yahoo! Maps®, Windows Live Search Maps®, MapQuest®, iPhone® maps, Waze® etc.) may be automatically presented (e.g. launched, become visible, displayed, etc.) displaying the addressable information in addition to at least one prior mapping content previously displayed by the map-display application.


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