Patent ID: 8164442

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving geographic location data and supplemental information associated with multiple mobile devices and displaying data, including the geographic location data and supplemental information, the apparatus comprising: a display having a spherical, hemispherical, semispherical, or convex shape; at least one touch-sensitive input component; at least one network connection component; a memory, wherein the memory stores geographic location data and supplemental information associated with the mobile device; and a processor coupled among the display, the at least one touch-sensitive input component, the at least one network connection component, and the memory; wherein the processor is configured to execute various components, wherein the components comprise: a registration component configured to register at least a first mobile device and a second mobile device, wherein registering comprises: receiving information uniquely identifying the first mobile device and the second mobile device; communicating with the first mobile device to exchange registration information, permission information, or both, associated with the first mobile device; storing the registration information, the permission information, or both, associated with the first mobile device; communicating with the second mobile device to exchange registration information, permission information, or both, associated with the second mobile device; and storing the registration information, the permission information, or both, associated with the second mobile device; a location component configured to receive first geographic location data associated with a geographic location of the first mobile device and second geographic location data associated with a geographic location of the second mobile device through the at least one network connection component; a supplemental information component configured to receive supplemental information data associated with the geographic location of the first mobile device, wherein the supplemental information data includes at least one of text data from the mobile device, audio data from the mobile device, digital image data from the mobile device, and video data from the mobile device; a map display component configured to cause the display to display a map of a geographical region; a location display component configured to cause the display to display an indicator of the first geographic location data and the second geographic location data on the map of the geographical region; a device select component configured to receive control information and to cause the display to display the indicator of the first geographic location data and not display the indicator of the second geographic location data in response to the control information; and a supplemental information display component configured to cause the display to display the supplemental information data on the map associated with the second geographic location.