Patent ID: 7917290
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system for creating points of interest for a global positioning satellite system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data into the global positioning satellite system; determining if the data comprises a list of contacts; receiving input from a user indicating whether the user wants to save the list of contacts as points of interest; receiving a second input from the user indicating whether the user wants to save a portion of the list of contacts as points of interest; receiving additional input from the user indicating which portions of the list of contacts that the user wants to save as points of interest; creating a point of interest for in the global positioning satellite system for each contact of the portion of the list of contacts; and saving the points of interest; wherein the step of receiving additional user input is achieved by selecting from a criteria for parsing the portion of the list of contacts from the list of contacts, wherein the criteria includes one of a city, a state, a zip code, and an area code.