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1. amp 3993015 22 0 19 SITIGOWN L US 2012 0236835 A1 Sep 20 2012 Sheet 10 of 11 Patent Application Publication S SN S SS SIGOW LNdNI AAIGOW LNNI Wd9 LY SAM Hold IAISYVAN 4000 YVAN 101 ey 103010 1X3 LNO AV3Y lt 1X31 gt 72 12 SNOT SN SIONITH ATIAALHAENT 40 01 0008 1 11 Gayuvd MIA SN 8 SN FTIAALH3AN 20 01 0081 GX vd 20 0 0100 21 1 G3M8Vd 8 fa f fel fe 54 G2192NN09 El 9 880 GS LOANNO9 ASN BI oz z 594 O 927183 SO 1514 Siaor ONIN IYNLIId ALVLS 1 1 dINWLS INIL OdNI 937134 43040934 NYO HISN YY SI YISN Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 11 of 11 US 2012 0236835 A1 US 2012 0236835 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FIELD OF INVENTION 0001 The invention disclosed herein is related to record ing geographical location using mobile communication device More particularly the invention relates to using location or positioning syste2. 391430 SS3T3HIM HOLDINNOO OHIM LNdLNO LNANI LASdIH9 l NOLLVOLLNSHLNV ALIMNDAS JOIAIC 1118538 NOLLVILLNSIHLNV NOLLVIILNIHLNV NOILO3130 SNLVLS 041400230 0314100 9 914 2 019 019 US 2012 0236835 A1 Sep 20 2012 Sheet 7 of 11 Patent Application Publication 8 DIA JOIAIG NOILVOINNWWOD 5 39 301 HONOL LNdLNO LNANI VIVA AYONIN 5 43 1393 549 029 978 olanv YOSS3204d 3135 OACINAV 1dSI0 299 1OULNO9 nn SSITIHIM HLOOL3N18 YOLOSNNOO HO SSITIYIM NOILYOINNWINOO J91A30 NOLLYDINNINNOD JION Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 8 of 11 US 2012 0236835 630 COMPUTER SERVER COMPUTER SERVER 910 CPU 920 930 940 MEMORY CPU INPUT OUTPUT 950 COMMUNIGATION WIRE OR WIRELESS SERVER FIG 9 US 2012 0236835 A1 Sep 20 2012 Sheet 9 of 11 Patent Application Publication OWIW OLOHd 340338 114449 OL 46 TAAI ae 101 15 3 913 3009 NOILY907 13437 10TONMUVAd SYSH ONIMHVd TNddT3H S HVO NMOQ NIH INdNI OWAW DAL 104 ONIN 32101 TYNHALNI 34N191d
3. 2 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 2 MOBILE DEVICE RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 2 ine UNCOUPLING UR FIG 2 Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 3 of 11 US 2012 0236835 A1 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC 300 LOCATION 2 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 2 MOBILE DEVICE RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 2 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS MOBILE DEVICE DETERMINES IF LOCATION 1 NEEDS TO BE RETAINED AND KEPT IN MEMORY BASED ON DISTANCE CHANGE AND OR TIME CHANGE AND OR USER SELECTIO MOBILE DEVICE KEEPS MOBILE DEVICE DOES NOT LOCATION 1 AND LOCATION RETAIN LOCATION 1 ONLY KEEPS LOCATION 2 IN 2 IN MEMORY MARK LABEL MEMORY MARK LABEL AS AS NEEDED NEEDED FIG 3 Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 4 of 11 US 2012 0236835 A1 110 MOBILE DEVICE 1 DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 120 A MOBILE DEVICE 1 STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE 1 DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE 1 RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 1 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS MOBILE DEVICE 1 SHA
4. The sharing of the geographical location data can be to a second mobile communication device as is illustrated in FIG 4 but the sharing can also be to a desktop computer or a server 0031 As exemplarily shown in FIG 4 operation 420 con trols a second mobile communication device different from the first mobile communication device that recorded and stored the geographical location data corresponding to a first geographical location Operation 420 controls the second mobile communication device to receive from the first mobile communication device the geographical location data corresponding to a first geographical location Likewise several mobile communication devices can be instructed to receive the geographical location data corresponding to a first geographical location Operation 430 controls these addi tional mobile communication devices to receive the geo graphical location data corresponding to a first geographical location 0032 Referring to FIG 5 flowchart 500 includes opera tions similar to operations 110 and 120 shown and described earlier for FIG 1 At an unknown location hereinafter referred to as location 1 operation 510 enables a mobile communication device 1 to detect whether it has uncoupled communicatively from a docking device at location i Once the uncoupling of mobile communication device 1 from the docking device happens operation 520 enables mobile com munication device 1 to record and store the
5. alone or combined with a display device a control system a network router or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions sequential or otherwise that specify actions to be taken by that machine not to mention a mobile server It will be understood by those ordinarily skilled in the art of mobile communication devices and associated networks either wired or wireless that the mobile communication device described herein includes broadly any electronic device that provides voice video and data communication Further while a single machine is illustrated the term machine shall also be taken to include any collection of machines that individually or jointly executed a set or mul tiple sets of instructions to perform any one or more meth odologies discussed herein 0036 A docking device 610 is coupled or decoupled to a mobile communication device 620 Docking device is further illustrated in FIG 7 Docking device 610 may include status detection for determining whether the docking device has been actually coupled or decoupled from mobile communi cation device 620 Docking device 610 may include authen tication handling via an authentication chipset Any likely communication from docking device 610 may also include the authentication result from authentication chipset 710 shown in FIG 7 0037 Mobile communication device 620 as shown in FIG 6 may be in communication with a server 630 or another mobile communicati
6. are displayed as part of a user interface for the mobile commu nication device Additional information may be appended to the memos as well for example a time stamp region infor US 2012 0236835 mation such as county state or city information When the user desires to retrieve the recorded geographical location the memo information with the user s detailed information is retrieved along with geographical location information such as distance directional information sonar like sounds having different frequencies for indicating a target location and GPS data 0046 FIG 11 exemplarily illustrates several user inter face screen shots of retrieved geographical location informa tion and memo information associated with a large parking lot where a prototypical user has parked her car and has uncoupled her mobile communication device from docking device within her car prior to exiting her car Optional voice text and picture memos provide information in different forms to the user but all aid the user in that the user selected the memo information that would be most relevant to her 0047 FIG 12 illustrates an exemplary docking device 1200 Docking device 1200 includes an electro mechanical connector 1210 that enables transfer of communication pro tocols and data and charging of the mobile communication device Electro mechanical connector 1210 is equipped to detect the presence or non presence of the mobile communi catio
7. are expressly recited in each claim Rather as the following claims reflect inventive subject mat ter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodi ment Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into US 2012 0236835 the Detailed Description with each claim standing its own as separately claimed subject matter We claim 1 method for recording geographical location from docked mobile communication device comprising the steps of detecting mobile communication device communica tively coupled to docking device detecting that the mobile communication device is com municatively uncoupled from the docking device and recording the geographical location of the mobile commu nication device in stored memory upon detecting that the mobile communication device has communicatively uncoupled from the docking device 2 The method claimed in claim 1 further comprising determining the geographical location via global position ing system 3 The method claimed in claim 1 further comprising determining the geographical location via a local positioning system 4 The method claimed in claim 3 wherein the local posi tioning system is a wireless local area networking system 5 The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the step of detecting that the mobile communication device is commu nicatively uncoupled to the docking device includes deter mining physical removal of the mobile c
8. N 1 MOBILE DEVICE RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 1 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS 210 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 220 MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC LOCATION 2 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 2 MOBILE DEVICE RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 2 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 1 of 11 US 2012 0236835 A1 100 MOBILE DEVIGE DETEGTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC FIG 1 Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet 2 of 11 US 2012 0236835 A1 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS 200 COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 120 MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 1 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 220 MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC LOCATION
9. RES LOCATION 1 INFO 430 MOBILE DEVICE 1 RECEIVES LOCATION 1 INFO MOBILE DEVICE 2 RECEIVES LOCATION 1 INFO Patent Application Publication Sep 20 2012 Sheet5 of 11 US 2012 0236835 110 MOBILE DEVICE 1 DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 120 MOBILE DEVICE 1 STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE 1 DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE 1 RECORDS AND STORES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO OF LOCATION 1 WHEN THE UNCOUPLING OCCURS MOBILE DEVICE 1 SHARES LOCATION 1 INFO SERVER MOBILE DEVICE 2 RECEIVES LOCATION 1 INFO MOBILE DEVICE 1 RECEIVES LOCATION 1 INFO FIG 5 US 2012 0236835 A1 Sep 20 2012 Sheet 6 of 11 Patent Application Publication 9 ONITONYH 55311 OSNI GIA13038 3 08 JOV4HILNI HASN ISVEV LYG 5 35 WOU NOILVOINNNWOI WOH TYOIHdVYD03D 93440933 3 1393 391440 10 9 914 HIAHIS 089 NOLLVOINNINNOD SSTTAHIM AIM 4 5 ANY ISVEVLVA TYDIHdVYD039 NOLLY201 TYOIHdVYD039 NOILOSLAG SALVLS G314N0030 ANY G31dN09 911 NOLLYDINNNINOO 069
10. US 20120236835 19 United States Patent Application Publication Pub No US 2012 0236835 1 Rokusek et al 43 Pub Date Sep 20 2012 54 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING A Publication Classification GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM A 51 Int Cl MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HO4W 24 00 2009 01 HO4W 84 02 2009 01 75 Inventors Daniel S Rokusek Long Grove IL 5 US Kevin Cutts Lake Zurich 52 USC 370 338 455 456 1 455 457 IL US Hai Ding Buffalo Grove 57 ABSTRACT IL US Stephen Shaw Rochester NY US method for recording geographical location from docked mobile communication device that includes detecting 73 Assignee MOTOROLA MOBILITY INC a mobile communication device communicatively coupled to 9 docking device detecting that the mobile communica tion device is communicatively uncoupled from the docking device Afterwards the geographical location of the mobile Libertyville IL US 21 Appl No 13 047 265 communication device is recorded and stored in memory upon detecting that the mobile communication device has 22 Filed Mar 14 2011 communicatively uncoupled from the docking device 110 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS COUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE 200 120 MOBILE DEVICE STARTS TO RECEIVE AND STORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION INFO GPS ETC LOCATION 1 MOBILE DEVICE DETECTS ITS UNCOUPLING WITH DOCKING DEVICE AT LOCATIO
11. arding FIG 3 flowchart 300 includes opera tions 210 240 of FIG 2 with respect to the processes affected by a second geographical location In addition operation 310 includes a decision by the mobile device s processor to deter mine whether the first geographical location should be retained in memory or storage This decision can be based on predefined parameters such as a change in distance over a set threshold a change in elapsed time or a mobile device s selection via manual input or voice command If the decision is made to store the first geographical location then operation 320 enables the mobile device to retain the first and the second geographical location in memory The first and second geographical locations are also labeled or marked for easy reference by the mobile communication device user 0029 Alternatively operation 310 may result in a decision not to retain the first geographical location in memory Con sequently operation 330 retains only the second geographical location The second geographical location is labeled or marked for easy reference by the mobile communication device user 0030 Regarding FIG 4 flowchart 400 includes opera tions 110 140 of FIG 1 with respect to the processes affected by a first geographical location Operation 410 processes a command to share the first geographical location The com mand can be a voice command or manual input to a user interface of the mobile communication device
12. ated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of embodiments of the present invention 0018 The method and system components have been rep resented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings showing only those specific details that are perti nent to understanding the embodiments of the present inven tion so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein DETAILED DESCRIPTION 0019 method for recording a geographical location from a docked mobile communication device includes detect ing whether a mobile communication device is communica tively coupled to a docking device and also detecting that the mobile communication device has been communicatively uncoupled from the docking device Finally the method records the geographical location of the mobile communica tion device in stored memory Notably the method can employ the global positioning system GPS or Global Navi gation Satellite System GLONASS or Beidou Satellite Navigation System or a wireless local area networking stan dard WLAN such as the 802 11 family that use the same basic protocols including 802 11b 802 11g 802 11n Wi Fi or other equivalent systems or services to determine location and position of the mobile communication device 0020 FIG 1 isa flowchart 100 that shows exemplary steps or operations Fo
13. ents of those claims as issued 0051 Moreover in this document relational terms such as first and second top and bottom and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions The terms comprises comprising has having includes including contains containing or any other variation thereof are intended to cover a non exclusive inclusion such that a process method article or apparatus that comprises has includes contains a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other ele ments not expressly listed or inherent to such process method article or apparatus An element proceeded by comprises a has a includes a contains a does not without more constraints preclude the existence Sep 20 2012 of additional identical elements in the process method article or apparatus that comprises has includes contains the element The terms a and an are defined as one or more unless explicitly stated otherwise herein The terms substantially essentially approximately about or any other version thereof are defined as being close to as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art and in one non limiting embodiment the te
14. evice to begin receiving and storing initial and transient geographical location This can be accomplished by GPS for example Alternatively other sources for determining geographical location can be incor porated including an accelerometer a gyroscope and a wire less router 0026 Operation 230 illustrates that the mobile communi cation device detects its uncoupling from the docking device at a second location different from the first location The uncoupling can be a physical separation from the docking device or can be a de establishing operation that communi catively breaks the link with the docking device The decou pling can be given by voice command or manual input on a user interface of the docking device The process of decou pling the mobile communication device from the docking device establishes a second location where the decoupling happens The difference between the first location and the second location can be determined for example by using distance measurements elapsed time or some combination of the two Sep 20 2012 0027 Operation 240 illustrates the recording and storage of the second location subsequent to the decoupling process The mobile device can record and store the data associated with the positioning of the second location locally in the memory of the mobile communication device or alterna tively the mobile communication device can transmit the data to a remote server for storage 0028 Reg
15. geographical location data associated with location 1 0033 Operation 530 enables the mobile communication device 1 to share its geographical location data about location 1 with a server or network In operation 540 a second mobile communication device mobile communication device 2 US 2012 0236835 receives the geographical location data about location 1 Simi larly other mobile communication devices herein referred to as mobile communication device I may also receive the geo graphical location data about location i 0034 Referring to FIG 6 an exemplary machine in the form of a computer system 600 is shown in block diagram form A set of instructions when executed may cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies described above In some embodiments the machine oper ates as a standalone device In some embodiments the machine may be connected e g using a network to other machines In a networked deployment the machine may operate in the capacity of a server or a client user machine in server client user network environment or as a peer machine in server client user network environment or as a peer machine in a peer to peer or distributed network environ ment 0035 The machine may comprise a server computer a client user computer a personal computer PC a tablet PC a personal digital assistant a portable phone on a wireless or cellular network a laptop computer a smartphone either
16. lor change for the display a wallpaper change for the display or a haptic vibratory operation Those skilled in the art recognize that this list is not exhaustive but is illustrative that several notifications have been contemplated are equivalent in their purpose of alerting a user to the recor dation and presence of geographical location information resulting from an uncoupling of the mobile communication device from the docking device 0024 An additional operation that may be employed is that of erasing the geographical location from the stored memory This operation may sometimes be referred to as flushing the memory The flushing of the memory may occur manually or automatically as determined by an elapsed time period or occurrence of a specified event such as the recoupling of the mobile communication device to the dock ing device after an uncoupling event has been detected 0025 FIG 2 depicts another embodiment that includes of the operations in FIG 1 for a first location therefore description for these operations will not be repeated for the description of FIG 2 Nevertheless FIG 2 includes addi tional operations beyond those depicted in FIG 1 Beginning with operation 210 the mobile communication device detects a second coupling with a docking device The coupling pro cess and the docking device can be as described earlier for FIG 1 Upon the second coupling operation 220 enables the mobile communication d
17. m such as the global positioning system GPS or Global Navigation Satellite System GLO NASS or Beidou Satellite Navigation System or a wireless local area networking system WLAN and WiFi or other equivalent systems and services in cooperation with a trig gering or initializing mechanism to automatically store geographical location as determined by mobile communi cation device BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 0002 Conventional geographical location applications for mobile communication devices typically reside in the proces sor of the mobile communication device after having been downloaded to the mobile communication device To operate the geographical location applications a user of the mobile communication device must manually open the application each time the user desires to know her geographical location In addition a user has to remember to open the application to initialize or trigger the searching function of the geographical location application Afterwards a user has to select or com mand the geographical location application to retain the found geographical location The aforementioned scenario can be inconvenient for mother handling several small chil dren in large shopping complex parking lot 0003 As a result additional innovation is needed to pro vide method and system for recording geographical loca tion from mobile communication device BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 0004 The accompan
18. n device Electro mechanical connector may be a uni versal serial bus USB for example or an equivalent com munication interface 0048 Docking device 1200 also includes a latch 1220 that holds the mobile communication device within a cradle of docking device 1200 A rest 1230 provides additional support for the mobile communication device when it resides in a crade of the docking device 1200 The docking device 1200 may be employed in a vehicle such as an automobile bus van boat or it may be configured to adaptively fit on a motorcycle or a bicycle for example 0049 In the foregoing specification specific embodi ments have been described However one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below Accordingly the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present teachings 0050 The benefits advantages solutions to problems and any element s that may cause any benefit advantage or solution to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical required or essential features or ele ments of any or all the claims The invention is defined solely by the appended claims including any amendments made during the pendency of this application and all equival
19. ng an authentication chipset 15 The system of claim 13 wherein the system further comprises a computer server including a memory module a data module a central processor and a communication mod ule all communicatively coupled to each other within the computer server 16 A non transitory machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections comprising code for detecting a mobile communication device com municatively coupled to a docking device code for detecting that the mobile communication device is communicatively uncoupled from the docking device and code for recording the geographical location of the mobile communication device in stored memory upon detecting that the mobile communication device has communica tively uncoupled from the docking device 17 A non transitory machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections comprising code for detecting a mobile communication device com municatively coupled to a docking device code for detecting that the mobile communication device is communicatively uncoupled to the docking device code for recording a first geographical location of the mobile communication device in stored memory at a second geographical location code for detecting a mobile communication device com municatively coupled once again to a docking device code for detecting that the mobile communicati
20. od claimed in claim 1 wherein the docking device is associated with a vehicular transportation means 11 The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the recorded geographical location is shared amongst a plurality of display devices Sep 20 2012 12 The method claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of erasing the geographical location from the stored memory when the mobile communication device has been recoupled to the docking device 13 system of a geographical location finder on a mobile communication device comprising a communication module a control module communicatively coupled to the com munication module and further comprising a processor programmed to detect the mobile communication device has communica tively coupled to a docking device and detect that the mobile communication device has commu nicatively uncoupled from the docking device a data module communicatively coupled to the control module and enabled to record the geographical location of the mobile communication device in stored memory upon detection that the mobile communication device has communicatively uncoupled from the docking device and a user interface module communicatively coupled to the control module wherein the user interface module pro vides a notification of the recorded geographical loca tion to a display on the mobile communication 14 The system of claim 13 wherein the system further comprises a docking device havi
21. ommu nication device enables a user to record an auditory message as an input to the mobile communication device and play the recorded message as an output of the mobile communication device Examples of auditory messages are the user s own voice the ambient sounds of the geographical location e g atrain whistle a church bell children playing or an official s voice e g ticket agent toll booth operator police officer 0043 A text memo associated with the mobile communi cation device enables a user to record a textual message as an input to the mobile communication device The text memo may include a detailed description of the geographical loca tion such as when the user writes down a parking garage location that includes a floor level a parking space designator and a color of an elevator door along with payment options 0044 picture memo associated with the mobile commu nication device enables a user to record an image as an input to the mobile communication device The image may bea still or a moving image As such the image can comprise JPEG JPEG2000 MPEG MPEG4 GIF TIFF or other well known image formats The user may input a picture of the near surroundings of the recorded geographical location such as landmarks items of interest local eateries or persons asso ciated with the geographical location e g traffic officer street vendors street musicians 0045 The optional memos voice text and picture
22. ommunication device from the docking device 6 method for recording plurality of geographical loca tions from docked mobile communication device compris ing the steps of detecting mobile communication device communica tively coupled to docking device detecting that the mobile communication device is com municatively uncoupled to the docking device recording a first geographical location of the mobile com munication device in stored memory at a second geographical location detecting a mobile communication device communica tively coupled once again to a docking device detecting that the mobile communication device is once again communicatively uncoupled to the docking device recording a second geographical location of the mobile communication device in stored memory and determining whether to retain the first geographical loca tion when a second geographical location has been stored in memory 7 The method claimed in claim 6 further comprising the steps of determining distance traveled by the mobile communica tion device and determining time elapsed in order to determine whether to retain the first geographical location 8 The method claimed in claim 7 further comprising labeling the second location once the first location has been retained 9 The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the recorded geographical location is shared amongst a plurality of mobile communication devices 10 The meth
23. on device 640 Alternatively mobile communication device 620 may be in communication with a server 630 and another mobile communication device 640 Several programs may reside on mobile communication device 620 including detecting coupling and decoupling with docking device 610 updating status detection associated with coupling and decoupling with docking device 610 receiving geographical location information or data recording geo graphical location information or data handling database data and user interface manipulation handling wired and wireless communication Likewise the other mobile commu nication device 640 may have similar programs residing in its processor 0038 Mobile communication device 620 is further illus trated by example in FIG 8 and may include a communica tion module 810 communicatively coupled to a control mod ule 820 Control module 820 is shown as communicatively Sep 20 2012 coupled to a data module 830 and a user interface module 840 The communication module 810 may have a wireless or a wired connector as well Accordingly communication mod ule can be capable of receiving and sending signals compat ible with Bluetooth WIFI wireless cellular communication USB or may include a GPS receiver 0039 The control module 820 includes central processor capable of running operations programs for the mobile com munication device 620 Data module 830 includes a memory data storage unit capable of re
24. on device is once again communicatively uncoupled to the docking device code for recording a second geographical location of the mobile communication device in stored memory and code for determining whether to retain the first geographi cal location when a second geographical location has been stored in memory
25. r and GPS may work in combination with each other to provide geographical location data 0022 Operation 130 illustrates that the mobile communi cation device detects its uncoupling from the docking device at a first location The uncoupling can be a physical separation from the docking device or can be a de establishing operation that communicatively breaks the link with the docking US 2012 0236835 device The decoupling can be given by voice command or manual input on user interface of the docking device The process of decoupling the mobile communication device from the docking device establishes a first location where the decoupling happens 0023 Operation 140 illustrates the recording and storage ofthe first location subsequent to the decoupling process The mobile device can record and store the data associated with the positioning of the first location locally in the memory of the mobile communication device or alternatively the mobile communication device can transmit the data to remote server for storage One or more of the above operations may be repeated or performed in other embodiments of the inven tion Accordingly they will be labeled the same for consis tency and clarity Additional operations may be included as well for example notifying a user that a geographical loca tion has been stored The notification may comprise a textual notification using one or more LEDs an auditory output background co
26. r example operation 110 enables the mobile communication device to detect whether it has communica tively coupled to docking device The coupling of the mobile communication device can be physical coupling or alternatively it can be wireless communication coupling using for example infrared or Bluetooth technology The docking device is generally thought of as cradle for the mobile communication device however it may simply be physical apparatus of any shape that is linked to or is com municatively coupled to the mobile communication device An authentication chip or chipset within the docking device can ensure that security and proper communication protocols have been correctly established Although not shown in FIG 1 yet is readily understood by those skilled in the mobile communications industry central processor may be part of the mobile communication device to handle more compli cated operations 0021 Operation 120 illustrates that the mobile communi cation device begins to receive and store initial geographical location information or data This operation can be accom plished by using the global positioning system hereinafter referred to as GPS In addition the initial geographical loca tion data can be also determined from the mobile communi cation device s accelerometer A gyroscope on the mobile communication device may also provide geographical loca tion data Alternatively the gyroscope acceleromete
27. rm is defined to be within 10 in another embodiment within 5 in another embodi ment within 1 and in another embodiment within 0 5 The term coupled as used herein is defined as connected although not necessarily directly and not necessarily mechanically A device or structure that is configured in a certain way is configured in at least that way but may also be configured in ways that are not listed 0052 It will be appreciated that some embodiments may be comprised of one or more generic or specialized proces sors or processing devices such as microprocessors digi tal signal processors customized processors and field pro grammable gate arrays FPGAs and unique stored program instructions or code including both software and firmware that control the one or more processors to implement in conjunction with certain non processor circuits some most or all of the functions of the method and or apparatus described herein Alternatively some or all functions could be implemented by a state machine that has no stored program instructions or in one or more application specific integrated circuits ASICs in which each function or some combina tions of certain of the functions are implemented as custom logic Of course a combination of the two approaches could be used 0053 Moreover an embodiment can be implemented as a non transitory machine readable storage device or medium having computer readable code
28. stored thereon for program ming a computer e g comprising a processor to perform a method as described and claimed herein Examples of such non transitory machine readable storage devices or mediums include but are not limited to a hard disk a CD ROM an optical storage device a magnetic storage device a ROM Read Only Memory a PROM Programmable Read Only Memory an EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory an EEPROM Electrically Erasable Program mable Read Only Memory and a Flash memory Further it is expected that one of ordinary skill notwithstanding possibly significant effort and many design choices motivated by for example available time current technology and economic considerations when guided by the concepts and principles disclosed herein will be readily capable of generating such software instructions and programs and ICs with minimal experimentation 0054 The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims In addition in the foregoing Detailed Description it can be seen that various features are grouped together in various embodiments for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than
29. taining and erasing geographi cal location information The user interface module 840 shown in FIG 8 may include a display 842 for still and moving images an audio outlet 844 for example one or more speakers and an audio jack a microphone 846 for voice input and a user manual input 848 that can be a touchscreen or a keyboard or both 0040 FIG 9 shows an exemplary server 630 that includes several of the same components shown in FIG 8 for the mobile communication device 620 As such server 630 can handle like data traffic associated with geographical loca tions in a similar manner as mobile communication device 620 Specifically server 630 includes a central processing unit CPU 910 communicatively coupled to a memory mod ule 920 a data module 930 an input output module 940 and a communication module 950 that may be further include a wired or wireless connector 0041 FIG 10 illustrates different examples of memos that may be employed by the user and that may be offered by the mobile communication device The memos enable the user to provide further details about the recorded geographical loca tion that can assist the user in remembering or finding their way back to the recorded geographical location once they move a great distance from the geographical location For example the user of the mobile communication device may select either a voice memo a text memo or a picture memo 0042 A voice memo associated with the mobile c
30. ying figures where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements throughout the separate views together with the detailed description below are incorporated in and form part of the specification and serve to further illustrate embodiments of concepts that include the claimed invention and explain vari ous principles and advantages of those embodiments 0005 FIG 1 is an exemplary flowchart 0006 FIG 2 is an exemplary flowchart 0007 FIG 3 is an exemplary flowchart 0008 FIG 4 is an exemplary flowchart 0009 FIG 5 is an exemplary flowchart 0010 FIG 6 is a block diagram for an exemplary system according to the present invention 0011 FIG 7 is a block diagram for an exemplary docking device that includes a security chipset 0012 FIG 8 is a block diagram for an exemplary mobile communication device 0013 FIG 9 is a block diagram for an exemplary com puter server 0014 FIG 10 is a working example of a screenshot taken from a mobile communication device 0015 FIG 11 is a second working example of a screenshot taken from a mobile communication device and 0016 FIG 12 is an illustration of an exemplary docking device Sep 20 2012 0017 Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale For example the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exagger
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