Patent ID: 7764954

Claim:
A method of providing a cellular phone communication network for designated participating users, each user having a similarly equipped PDA/cell phone that includes a CPU and a GPS navigational system for a touch screen display; establishing a rapid voice call initiation communication among the users of the cell phone/PDA/GPS network system using a touch screen; providing each cellular/PDA/GPS phone with a software application program and database that permits each cell phone user to continuously know each other cell phone user's geographical location and status which is displayed on the touch screen display of each cell phone; displaying on each cell phone display one or more symbols representing the users in the network having similarly equipped cell phones that transmit the geographical location upon request, distance traveled, or other criteria to the users in the network periodically so that each cell phone user has a touch display with symbols representing the other users in the network geographically; transmitting from a remote network server that can communicate with each cell phone/PDA in said communications network additional maps to each user's cell phone, said server including a database that contains additional maps not available on each user's cell phone database that can be downloaded by each cell phone/PDA by communicating with the server; accessing with a remote network server from a system website for the purpose of establishing either public or private networks that can then enable those who have accessed the website the ability to define public and private peer to peer, networks each with its own symbols and soft switches; and communicating additional maps from a remote network server that can communicate with each cell phone/PDA in said communications network, said server including a database that contains additional maps not available on each user's cell phone database that are automatically downloaded to each cell phone/PDA through communication with the server by entering a symbol or hooking a symbol or hooking a moving symbol in an area where maps are not contained in its local database for the stationary or moving symbol.