Patent ID: 9297657
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G01C,G08G,G09B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A locating and map sharing system comprising: a first personal digital communicator, comprising: a display; a receiver for receiving GPS signals and other digital data; a transceiver for transmitting digital data; a modem coupled to the transceiver and to a digital processor; the digital processor configured to determine the location of the personal digital communicator from received GPS signals; a first operating system for operating the digital processor; and an application module configured to convert a plurality of common data structures into a format readable by the first operating system, the application module configured to analyze digital data received from a second personal digital communicator that comprises a second operating system incompatible with the first operating system, the application module configured to analyze the digital data received from the second personal digital communicator to identify whether the digital data received from the second personal digital communicator comprises one or more of the plurality of common data structures and to convert identified common data structures within the digital data into the format readable by the first operating system; the receiver configured to receive map data from a third party provider, the map data being configured in one of the plurality of common data structures, the application module being configured to convert the map data to the format readable by the first operating system; the digital processor configured to send a signal to the display so that the display simultaneously shows the location of the personal digital communicator in view of the map data from the third party provider and a graphic representation of at least a portion of the digital data received from the second personal digital communicator.