Personal communication system for communicating voice data positioning information
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1. A method of providing geographical related data comprising:
- determining a location of a device with a display;
requesting map information and additional data associated with specific locations within the map information from an external location using a wireless communication capability;
receiving the map information and additional data associated with specific locations within the map information from the external location using the wireless communication capability;
storing the map information and additional data associated with the specific locations within the map information;
displaying the map information, markers at specific locations within the map information, the markers indicating availability of additional data associated with the specific locations within the map information, and the location of the device with respect to the map information;
receiving a selection of one of the markers;
determining if additional information associated with a specific location identified by the selected marker is stored on the device; and
requesting further additional data associated with the specific location from the external location using the wireless communication capability if the additional information is not stored on the device.
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Abstract
A location tagged data provision and display system. A personal communication device (PCD) with electromagnetic communication capability has a GPS receiver and a display. The PCD requests maps and location tagged data from data providers and other for display on the PCD. The data providers respond to requests by using searching and sorting schemes to interrogate data bases and then automatically transmitting data responsive to the requests to the requesting PCD.
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1. A method of providing geographical related data comprising:
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determining a location of a device with a display;
requesting map information and additional data associated with specific locations within the map information from an external location using a wireless communication capability;
receiving the map information and additional data associated with specific locations within the map information from the external location using the wireless communication capability;
storing the map information and additional data associated with the specific locations within the map information;
displaying the map information, markers at specific locations within the map information, the markers indicating availability of additional data associated with the specific locations within the map information, and the location of the device with respect to the map information;
receiving a selection of one of the markers;
determining if additional information associated with a specific location identified by the selected marker is stored on the device; and
requesting further additional data associated with the specific location from the external location using the wireless communication capability if the additional information is not stored on the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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