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`United States Patent
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`US 7,630,724 BZ
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`Beyer, Jr. et a].
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Dec. 8, 2009
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`{54] METHOD OF PROVIDING A CELLULAR
`PHONEIPDA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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`(7‘5)
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`Inventors: Malcolm K. BEYEr,.lr.. Jupiter Inlet
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`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C‘. 154th] by 450 days.
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`{ * ) Notice:
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`(3|) Appl. Nth: 11/308,648
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`(22]
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`Filed:
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`Apr. 17, 2006
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`Prior Publication Data
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`Related U..‘. Application Data
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`(63} Continuation-impart 01' application No. 10371130".
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`455/415- 457
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`A cellular. PDA communication device and comltlunication
`system [or allowing a plurality of cellular phone users to
`monitor each otlters‘ locations and status. to initiate cellular
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`phone calls by touching a symbol on the tottch screen display
`willla stylus which can also include point to call conferencing
`calling. Each participant‘s cellular phone PDA device
`includes GPS navigation receiver with application soflwore
`for point to call cellular phone initiation to participants and
`geographical entities including vehicles, persons or events,
`Ctililerencc calls and video trans few. The method and system
`also includes automatic shilling from (iPRSt'l-EDGIEICDMJV
`IXEV’DO to SMS when any of the cellular phones in the
`communication network is in the voice mode and in use and
`{or automatic shifting back to GPRSz‘I-illil{K‘DMAHXE-
`VIJO upon completion of the voice phone call. In addition.
`using tlte system. a lull transfer ofpholographs. video clips
`and high speed data can be used between any cellular phones
`regardless of who the cellular phone vendors or cellular
`phone companies are and in either CDMA, GSM, Wil“ i or a
`combination ol‘llie two.
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`PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS EACH A CELLPHONE/PDA/GPS
`WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY
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`PROVIDE GEOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY
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`IN EACH PHONE
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`PROVIDE A DATABASE OF FIXED LOCATIONS
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`AND THEIR LATITUDE - LONGITUDE
`AND THEIR PHONE NUMBERS
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`PROVIDE A DATABASE HAVING A LIST OF
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`PARTICIPANTS AND CORRESPONDING CELLPHONE NUMBERS
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`PROVIDE A SYMBOL GENERATOR THAT CREATES A
`DISPLAY SYMBOL REPRESENTING A PARTTCIPANT
`ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF EACH CELLPHONE
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`PROVIDE A MEANS TO CONTROL THE
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`DISPLAY THROUGH THE USE OF LAYERED SOFT SWTTCHES
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`PROVIDE SOFTWARE THAT PERMITS
`THE EXCHANGE OF GPS POSITION
`DATA. MESSAGES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS
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`SET UP CONFERENCE
`CALLS BY TOUCHING
`A PLURAUTY OF
`SYMBOLS OR
`SYMBOL IDENTIFIERS
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`PROVIDE SOFTWARE THAT AUTOMATICAILY
`INITTATES A CALL TO A PARTICIPANT BY TOUCHING
`THE PARTICIPANT SYMBOL ON THE DISPLAY
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`PROVIDING SOFTWARE HAVING PRESTORED
`AUDIO, TEXT, OR VIDEO MESSAGES IN EACH
`CELLPHONE THAT CAN BE TURNED ON OR OFF
`REMOTELY BY ANOTHER PARTICIPANT
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`OPERATOR TURNS
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`PHONE ON
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`OPERATOR SELECTS
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`AGIS SOFTWARE
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`AGIS SOFTWARE PUTS PHONE
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`IN DIGITAL DATA TRANSFER MODE
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`AGIS OPERATES EXCHANGING POSITION,
`TRACKS, TEXT, PHOTOS, VIDEO CLIPS
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`AGIS OPERATOR DECIDES TO MAKE A PHONE CALL
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`800 CALL OR DIALING
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`EITHER BY HOOKING A MAPSYMBOL OR AGIS
`UNIT AND SELECTING CALL, CONFERENCE CALL,
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`PHONE SOFTWARE PUTS PHONE
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`IN VOICE AND SMS MODE
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`OPERATOR HANGS PHONE UP
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DETECTS HANGUP
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`METHOD 0|" PROVIDING A CELLULAR
`PHONEJ’PDA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`This invention relates generally to an integrated commu-
`nications system using a plurality of cellularfPDAfGPS
`phones for tlte management ofa group of people through the
`use 0 fa communications net and. specifically. to provide each
`user with a celltllart'l’l MUG PSI’phone that has stillme appli-
`cation programs and databases that permit all the users to
`continuously know each other‘s locations and status. to rap—
`idly call and communicate voice, high speed internet data.
`photographs and video clips among tlte users by touching
`display screen symbols and to enable the users to easily
`access data concerning other ttsers and other database infor—
`mation.
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`DIESCRlP'l'lON ()1: RISLKI'HI) AR'I '
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`The purpose of a conununications system is to transmit
`information bearing signals from a source. located at one
`point. to a ttser destination. located at another point sonic
`distance away. A cottumtnications system is generally cont-
`prised of three basic elements: transmitter, information chan-
`nel and receiver. One form ot'coimnttnication in recent years
`is cellular phone telephony. A network of cellular communi—
`cation systems set tip around an area such as the United States
`allows multiple users to talk to each other. either on individual
`calls or on group calls. Some cellular phone services enable a
`cellular phone to engage in conference calls with a small
`ntttnber of users. Furthermore. cellular conference calls can
`be established through 800 number services. Cellular tele-
`phony also now includes systems that include Global Posi-
`tioning System (GPS) navigation that utilizes satellite navi—
`gation. These devices thus unite cellular phone technology
`with navigation information. computer inl'onnation transmis-
`sion and receipt of data.
`Digital Smart Message Service (SMS) and 'l‘C‘Pth mes-
`sages can be trzuisntitted using cellular technology such as
`various versions ot'GSM and CDMA or via a WiFi local area
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`network. One implementation of tltese UPS location report-
`ing cellular systems is for the data to go to a rentote central site
`where the intonttation is displayed for a person to monitor the
`locations ofthe cellular units that have the combined cellular
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`GPS phone. Another implementation permits the cellular
`phone users to also view the location ol‘other GPS equipped
`units. A drawback of tile current implementation is that these
`systems are either all on or all off. There is no way to selec—
`tively activate participants or to stop the participants from _"
`participating in the network or for participants to set their
`reporting intervals that is based on little or distance traveled.
`The use of the current cottthined cellular phoitel'Pl).i\ tech-
`nology has drawbacks when calling. When an operator makes
`a cellu lar phone call using the PDA to display a map [that also _
`may depict goo-referenced businesses. homes and other
`facilities’ locations and phone numbers]. the cellular phone:r
`PDA operator is required to display the numeric phone num-
`ber by touching the display screen at the correct location of
`that entity on the map. memorize the numeric phone number.
`and select a diflerent display to physically enter the phone
`number to make the call and then. if desired. go back to the
`map display. Needless to say. this is a cumbersome process.
`Sending a text message or an email to a location. business.
`home or facility that appears on a PDA map display or to
`another cellular phone can also be a cumbersome process as
`the FDA operator has to find the phone number or email
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`address of the location on the ittap display, ntetnorire the
`phone number or email address. then go to a difl'erent display
`to enter a text message. enter the text message. send the text
`message and then shili back to the map display program.
`Furthermore. fora phone to send data concerning a new entity
`of interest. not currently on tlte gen-referenced map display
`(ca r. person. tank. accident. or other entity). the operator mttst
`type in the information and the latitude and longitude of the
`new entity of interest.
`U.S. Patent Application No. 200330139150 published Jul.
`24. 2003 shows a portable navigation and communication
`system. In one embodiment. the system combines within a
`single enclosure a GPS satellite positioning ttnit. mobile tele—
`phony using cellular phone technology and personal comput-
`ing capable of wired or wireless internet or itttranet access
`using a standard operating system. The purpose ofthis inven—
`tion is to provide portable navigation for an individual. How—
`ever. to operate the device. one still needs to utilize a keypad
`with the telephone fitnct ions. U.S. Patent Application No.
`2003f0139150 described a Wireless conuntmication system
`operating the FDA in a conventional manner. There is no
`provision for displaying the location of other similarly
`equipped systems. There is no provision to cause other simi-
`larly equipped cellular phonefl’l)/\ users to transmit their
`locations. There is no provision for entering other entities of
`interest by touching the display screen at their locations on a
`map. There is no provision for making a telephone call by
`touching the display screen at a net participant‘s symbol or
`entered facility [police station. lire statiott. etc.) symbol to
`initiate automatically the telephone call to that user or by
`touching multiple symbols to make conference cal Is. There is
`no provision for sending text messages. photographs or vid—
`eos by touching the net participanlt'sl' symbol(s] on the dis-
`play screen to automatically send text messages. photographs
`or videos to that participant or participants. There is no pro—
`vision to go to a facility‘s web site or to automatically fill in a
`facility’s E—mail address. There is no description or disclo—
`sure to fa procodure to cause digital messages to be sent to a
`remote cellular phone that vvould cause the cellular phone to
`make verbal announcements.
`increase sound intensity.
`vibrate or to call back or to call another phone number. There
`is no description of the uses oflayercd soft switches which
`confine the switches to a particular vicinity of the PDA‘s
`display screen.
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`SUWARY OF THE INVENTION
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`A plurality ot‘cellular phonetWiP'ii‘PDAIGPS devices each
`having application software and databases to provide a com—
`munication network having: a) the ability to selectively poll
`each of the other PDAKGI’S phone devices with each partici—
`pant to start reporting its positiott and status inlbnnation
`directly to all or selected users equipped with the saute cel-
`lular phonei’PDA conuuunicatioanPS devices in the com—
`munications net so that each of the devices that the data is
`transmitted to is provided a display of llte location. status and
`other inlbrmation ofthe other users: b) the ability of each of
`the cellular phonefPDA devices to report to another device at
`an operator selected time rate or at a rate based on distance
`traveled: c) the ability to exchange other entities‘ of interest
`information and to assign these entiLies a category (car. per-
`son. tank. accident. or other event) by touching the display
`screen at the entity's location on the displayed map. and
`selecting the appropriate category switch: (1) the ability to
`make rapid voice and data call initiation to any other partici—
`pant iii the cellular phonetWili'i net whose pltotte number is
`available in a gen-referenced database including the cellular
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`FIG. 1 shows a front plan view ofa cellular phone/FDA
`having a touch screen display in accordance with the present
`invention.
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`FIG. 2 shows a front plan view of the cellular phone/FDA
`of FIG. 1 with a different touch screen display.
`FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of the operation of the present
`invention.
`FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram depicting (:iPS satel-
`lites. a plurality of cellular phonefPl)A units? the cellular
`phone company. the internet and the command server that
`allows automatic shifting between high speed cellular inter—
`net communications and voice communications.
`FIG. 5 shows a process flow diagram ofthe transfer proto-
`col in accordance with the present invention.
`FIG. 6 shows a flow diagram for automatic shifting
`between voice and high speed cellular internet communica—
`Uons.
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`PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE
`INVENTION
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`Referring now to the drawings and. in particular1 FIG.
`the present invention is shown generally at 10 that includes a
`small handheld cellular phone that includes a personal digital
`assistant (FDA) and a global positioning system receiver
`(GPS) communications device itt housing 12 that includes an
`onfoff power switch 19. a microphone 38. and an LCD dis-
`play 16 that is also a touch screen system. The small area 16::
`is the navigation bar that depicts the telephone. GPS and other
`status data and the active software. AGIS software refers to
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`tl'te application sollware used in this iiwention. AGIS is a
`trademark of AGIS Corporation. [Each cell phone includes a
`CPU and databases that store information useful in the coin—
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`munication network. The CPU also includes a symbol gen—
`erator for creating touch screen display symbols discussed
`her -'in. Willi the touch screen 16.
`the screen symbols are
`entered through GPS inputs or by the operator using a stylus
`14 (or operator finger) by manipulatively directing the stylus
`14 to literally touch display 16. The soft switches '1 6d dis—
`played on the display 16 are likewise activated by using a
`stylus 14 and physically and manipulatively directing the
`stylus to literally touch display 16. The display it. y coordi-
`nates of the touched point are known by a CPU in the PDA
`section of the communication system in housing 12 that can
`coordinate various information contained in the PDA portion
`relative to the x. y coordinate position on the display 16.
`htside housing 12 is contained the conventional cellular
`phone elements including a modem. a CPU for use with a
`PDA and associated circuitry connected to speaker 24 and
`microphone 38. A GPS navigational receiver that receives
`signals from satellites that can determine the latitude and
`longitude ofthe cellular phone housing 12 can be internal or
`external to the housing 12. PDAfccllular phone units such as
`these are currently on sale and sold as a complete unit (or with
`an external connected GPS) that can be used for cellular
`telephone calls and sending cellular SMS and 'I‘CPt’lP or other
`messages using the PDA‘s display 16 and computer (CPU).
`The GPS system including a receiver in housing 12 is capable
`of determining the latitude and longitude and through SMS.
`'l‘CPr’lP. Wil’i or other digital messaging software, to also
`transmit this latitude and longitude injonnation ofhousing ]2
`to other cellular phones in the communication network via
`cellular communications. WiFi or
`radio. The device 10
`includes a pair of cellular phone hardware activating buttons
`21] to turn the cellular phone on and 22 to turn the cellular
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`phonei'Pl)AfCiPS devices in a communications net by touch-
`ing the display screen at the appropriate map location on the
`PDA map display and selecting a call switch; e} the ability to
`make rapid voice. and conference call initiation to locations.
`businesses. homes attd facilities whose phone numbers are
`available in a gee-referenced database including the cellular
`phonefPDAfGPS devices in a communications net by touch—
`ing the display screen at the appropriate other user locations
`on the FDA map display and selecting a conference call
`switch: f} the ability to access a facility 's URI . or to automati-
`cally fill in their l-L-inail address: g] the ability to remotely
`control from one cellular phonez’PDAfGPS any of the other
`cellular phoner‘PDNGI’S systems phones including the abil—
`ity to control remote cellular phones to make verbal prere-
`corded arutotuicements. place return calls. place calls to
`another phone number, vibrate. execute text to speech soft—
`ware. change sound intensity. remotely control software and
`functions resident on the remote phone and process and dis—
`play information by touching the display screen at their loca-
`tion on the PDA display aitd selecting the appropriate switch:
`and g} the ability to layer a sufficient number of switches or
`buttons on the PDA display to perform the above functions
`without overlaying the map.
`It is an obiect of this invention to provide an improved
`cc] lular telephone conuntutication network among a plurality —
`ofcelhtlar phones tor greatly decreasing the operator actions
`necessary to establish calling and cotuerencing between each
`of the cellular phones.
`And yet another object olithis invention is to enable each
`participant to automatically exchange [1’ addresses ttsing
`SMS or another digital message format.
`And yet another object of this invention is to enable each
`participant in the communications net to poll the other net
`participants to report or cease reporting their locations. iden-
`tity and status on the conununication net.
`And yet another object ofthis invention is to enable each
`participant in the communications net to be able to easily
`transmit an entity ofinterest to the other participants ofthe net
`by touching the display screen at the entity's location on the
`map and causing a symbol to be generated on the screen and
`entered and then entering the entity‘s category information.
`And yet another object of this invention is to provide for
`initiating a cellular phone telephone call to another phone by
`touching the other phone's symbol on the screen ofthe cel-
`lular phone. which automatically activates the lelephone call.
`And yet another object of this invention is to provide a
`cellular phone network that provides for instant voice confer—
`ence calling and the exchange of free text. pretbrmatted mes—
`sages. photographs and video among a plurality of cellular .
`phones by touching the display screen of specific geo-refer—
`enced map symbols for initiating the calls.
`And yet another object 01' this invention is to provide a
`cellular phone network that provides for instant conference
`voice. text. photographs and video exchange by pre-establi sh-
`ing conferencing sub-nets and the subsequent activation of
`one o f those sub-nets to establish a conference call.
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`a communication system that uses cellular telephone network
`that allows for photographs and video clips to be translerred
`(“pushed") between and among the cellular phone users
`across multiple cellular carriers. between smart phone and
`PCs.
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`In accordance with these and other objects which will
`become apparent hereinafter. the instant invention will now
`be described with particular reference to the accompanying
`drawings.
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`phone o if. Navigation pad actuator 18 is similar to ajoy or
`force stick in that the actuator 18 manually provides move—
`ment commands that can be used by the PDA‘S software to
`move a cursor on display 16. Switches 26 and 28 are designed
`to quickly select an operator specified software program.
`Speaker 24 and microphone 38 are used for audio messages.
`Switch 19 at the top lefl of device 10 is the power on and
`power off switch for the entire device.
`The heart of the invention lies in the AGIS software appli-
`cations provided in the device. Motmted within housing 12 as
`part of the FDA is the display 16 and the CPU. The internal
`CPU includes databases that provide her a geographical map
`and georeferenced entities that is shown as display portion
`16b that includes as part o tithe display various areas ofinte -
`est in the particular local map section.
`When looking at display 16. the software switches (soft
`switches) which appear at the very bottom of the display 16dr
`are used to control by touch many of the software driven
`functions of the cellular phone and FDA. 'lhe software drawn
`and controlled switches are activated through the operator's
`use ofthe navigation pad 18. or a small track ball. force stick
`or similar hardware display cursor pointing device. Alterna—
`tively. the operator may choose to activate the soltware switch
`matrix by touching the screen with a stylus 14 [or linger) at
`the switches” 160’ locations. When some of the software
`switches are activated, different software switches appear.
`The bar display 16:! shows the sofiware switches “ZM IN
`(mom in]," "KM OT (Zoom out)." “CENT (center)" and
`“GIL-M3 {panfgrabf‘ at the bottom ofthe screen. These soft-
`ware switches are forthe operatorto perform these functions.
`The “SWITH (switch)" software switch at the lower right
`causes a matrix of layered software switches (sofi' switches)
`to appear above the bottom row of switches. Through use of
`the software switches.1 the operator can also manipulate the
`geographical map 16b or chart display. When looking at FIG.
`1. permanent geographical locations and buildings are shown.
`For example. the police station is shown and when the symbol
`is touched by the stylus or finger. the latitude and longitude of
`the symbol‘s location. as shown in display section 16c. is
`displayed at the bottom left of the screen. The bottom right
`side of display 16: is a multifunction inset area that can
`contain a variety of infomiation including: a) a list of the
`communication link participants: In) a list of received mes-
`sages; c) a map1 aerial photograph or satellite image with an
`indication of the zoom and off set location of the main map
`display. which is indicated by a square that depicts the area
`actually displayed in the main geographical screen 1611: d)
`applicable status infomiation; and e) a list ot' the communi-
`cation net participants. Each participant user would have a
`device 10 shown in FIG. 1.
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`Also shown on the display screen 16. specifically the geo—
`graphical display lfib. is a pair of different looking symbols
`30 and 34. a small triangle and a small square. which are not
`labeled. These symbols 3|] and 34 can represent connnunica—
`tion net participants having cellular phones in the displayed _
`geographical area that are pat't of the overall cellular phone
`communications not having the same device It] used in this
`invention The latitude and longitude ofsymbol 30 is associ-
`ated within a database along with a specific phone number
`and. il’available. its IP address and email address. The screen
`display 16b. which is a touch screen. provides X and y coor-
`dinates ofthe screen 1639 to the CPU '5: software from a map in
`a geographical database. The software has an algorithm that
`relates the x and y coordinates to latitude and longitude and
`can access a communications net participant's symbol or a
`fixed or movable entity’s symbol as being the one closest to
`that point.
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`For describing the network. the operator’ s phone is cellular
`photte “one." In order to initiate a telephone call to the cellular
`phone user (communication net participant) represented by
`symbol (triangle) 30 at a specific latitude and longitude dis—
`play on chart 16.5, the operator touches the triangle 3t] symbol
`with the stylus 14. The operator then touches a “call" soliware
`switch from a matrix of displayed soft switches that would
`overlay the display area 16c. Innnediatety. the cellular phone
`will initiate a cellular telephone call to the cellular phone user
`at the geographical location shown that represents symbol 3|}.
`A second cellular phone user (contmunimtion net partici-
`pant) is represented by symbol 34 which is a small square (but
`could be any shape or icon) to represent an individual cellular
`phone device in the display area. The ring 32 around symbol
`30 indicates that the symbol 30 has been touched and that a
`telephone call can be initiated by touching the sofi switch that
`says “call." When this is done. the telephone call is initiated.
`Other types of symbolic elements on the display 16 can indi—
`cate that a cellular phone call is in effect. Additionally. the
`operator can toUch both symbol 34 and symbol 30 and can
`activate a conference call between the two cellular phones and
`users represented by symbols 30 and 34. Again. a symbolic
`ring around symbol 34 indicates that a call has been initiated.
`l Equally important, the operator ofcellular phone “one" can
`call the police station or any other specific geographical facil-
`ity displayed on the map. including: (buildings. locations of
`people. vehicles. facilities. restaurants. etc.. (whose cellular
`phone numbers and.
`if available.
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`addresses and their URLs were pretriously stored in the data-
`base) by touching a specific facility location on the map
`display using the stylus 14 and then touching the cellular
`phone call switch. As an example. the operator can touch and
`point to call a restaurant using a soft switch by touching the
`restaurant location with his stylus and then touching the call
`soft switch. The cellular phone will then call the restaurant.
`Thus. using the present invention. each participant can touch
`and point to call to one or more other net participants sym—
`bolically displayed on the map each o [whom have a device as
`shown in FIG. 1 and can also point to call facilities that had
`been previously stored in the phone‘s database. Furthermore.
`this symbol booking and soft switch technique can be used to
`go to a titted facility's website or to automatically enter the
`fixed facility's III-mail address in an e-mail.
`Each cellular phonetPllMG PS user device is identified on
`the [nap display ofthe other participant user phone devices by
`a display symbol that is generated on each user phone display
`to indicate each user’s identity. liach symbol is placed at the
`correct geographical location on the user display and is cor-
`related with the map on the display. The operator of each
`cellular phonet’PDArGPS device may also enter one or more
`other fixed entities (buildings. facilities. restaurants. police
`stations, etc. and gen-re ferenced events such as lit-es. acci-
`dents. etc.) into its database. This information can be likewise
`transmitted to all the other participants on the communica—
`tions net. The map. fixed entities. events and cellular phonef
`PilMGPS device communication net participants” latitude
`and longitude infonnation is related to the “x" and “y“ loca-
`tion on the touch screen display map by a mathematical
`correlation algorithm.
`When the cellular phonefPDAfG PS device user uses a sty—
`lus or finger to touch one or more ofthe symbols or a location
`displayed on the cellular phone map display, the system’s
`software causes the status and latitude and longitude infor—
`mation concerning that symbol or location to be displayed. l.l't
`order to hook a symbol or "track" such as another net partici—
`pant which represents an entity on the goo-referenced map
`display, or a fixed geographical entity such as a restaurant.
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`police station or a new entity observed by a cell phone user
`which is discussed below. the operator points at or near the
`location ofa geo~referenced symbol appearing on the cellular
`phonefPDA display that represents a specific track or specific
`participant or other entity. The [mole application software 5
`detennines that the stylus is pointed close to or at the location
`of the symbol and puts a circle. square or other indication
`around the symbol indicating that amplification infonnation
`concerning the track is to be displayed and indicating that
`additional data or change in data can be made to the indicated to
`symbol. The hook application code then sends a message to
`the display application code to display the net panicipant.
`facility or entity‘s amplifying data. The display application
`code retrieves the primary data and amplification data con-
`cerning the track or entity from the database and displays the 15
`information at the correct screen location. The operator can
`then read the amplification data that relates to that specific
`symbol at the specific location. The cell phone operator can
`also select soft switches on the touch screen display to change
`the primary data and amplification data or to take actions 2::
`which could include making cellular phone calls. conference
`calls. 800 number calls. sending a free text message. operator
`selected preformatted messages. photographs or videos to the
`hooked symbol or to drop the symbol.
`l iach known net participant has a cellu lar phone ntunber. [P :5
`address and. ifavailable. E—niail address that is stored in each
`participant‘s device database.
`To use the present invention. the operator (“cellular photte
`one" or "phone one") starts the PDAEcellular phone device
`system by selecting the software which causes: a] the cellular .‘au
`phone to be activated (if it has not already been activated). b]
`the GPS interface receiver to be established. c) a map of the
`geographic area where the operator is located and operator's
`own unit symbol to appear at the correct latitude and longi-
`tude on the map on the display. d) the locations of fixed 35
`facilities such as restaurants. hotels. fire departments. police
`stations. and military barracks. that are pan ofthe database to
`appear as symbols on the map. (-3) the device selected item read
`out area (which provides amplification inlbrmation for the
`communications net participant or object
`that has been «it:
`touched on the display screen} to appear on the display. 1‘] an
`insert area that contains various data including: the list ofnet
`participants. a list of messages to be read. an indication of
`what porti