Patent ID: 8924156
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G01C,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in a first computer-executed step, automatically providing contact information to a first application that comprises a map application in response to a user entering the contact information by inputting text into a user input a device, the inputted text being descriptive of an address to be stored in a record of a database of a second application, the second application comprising at least one of an address book application and a calendar application; in a second computer-executed step, validating the input contact information by obtaining coordinate information from the first application, where the coordinate information uniquely identifies the address as a location in a coordinate space; in a third computer-executed step, providing the obtained coordinate information from the first application to the second application and storing, using the second application, the coordinate information in the database of the second application so that the coordinate information is associated with the address in the record, wherein the automatically providing the contact information, validating the input contact information, providing the obtained coordinate information and storing the coordinate information are performed without further user input after entering the contact information; in a fourth computer-executed step, the second application responding to user selection of a control element associated with the record to retrieve the stored coordinate information from the record and provide the retrieved coordinate information to the first application; and in a fifth computer-executed step, the first application responding to receipt of the coordinate information from the second application by displaying on a display a map showing the location associated with the address that corresponds to the retrieved coordinate information.