Patent ID: 8788195
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G01C,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining directions to fixed location, comprising: during a call from a telephone to a number of a telephone system directory, receiving from the telephone system directory at the telephone an automated prompt to a caller using the telephone to push a particular button on the telephone in response to the prompt to download a navigation code from the telephone system directory, the code including a street address and/or a global positioning satellite (GPS) location associated with the fixed location; receiving the code downloaded in response to the prompt at the telephone; automatically providing the code to a navigation module in the telephone or in a vehicle in which the telephone is disposed such that the navigation module determines a map and/or directions from the telephone to the fixed location using the code and a GPS location of the telephone received by a GPS receiver on the telephone or in the vehicle, the navigation module being used to display the map and/or directions to the fixed location.