Patent ID: 6718176
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a radio communication system having at least a first mobile station operable by a first user to communicate therewith by way of network infrastructure and at least a second mobile station operable by a second user to communicate therewith by way of the network infrastructure, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating identification of location at the first mobile station of at least the second mobile station to the first user of the first mobile station, said apparatus comprising:a position indication detector located at the first mobile station, said position indication detector coupled at least to receive indications of the location of both of the first mobile station and the second mobile station, said position indication detector for detecting the locations of both of the first mobile station and the second mobile station; a map display generator located at the first mobile station, said map display generator for generating and displaying at the first mobile station a map display, the map display including a mapped area including the location at which both of the first mobile station and the second mobile station are positioned; and a position indicator coupled to said position indication detector, said position indicator for indicating on the map display generated by said map display generator the location of the at least the second mobile station, thereby simultaneously to identify to the first user of the first mobile station the location of both of the first mobile station and the second mobile station upon the mapped area of the map display formed by said map display generator.