Patent ID: 7990264

Claim:
A computing system for acquiring location information of a communication device, the computing system comprising: a setting module configured for setting a character string in a first communication device; a receiving module configured for receiving a short message from a second communication device; a comparing module configured for comparing textual data of the received short message with the character string, and determining if the textual data of the received short message is substantially the same as the character string; an activating module configured for activating a global position system (GPS) of the first communication device to locate a position of the first communication device if the textual data of the received short message is substantially the same as the character string; an acquiring module configured for acquiring location information of the first communication device from the GPS, or marking a location of the first communication device on an electronic map according to the location information; a sending module configured for sending the location information to the second communication device, or inputting the marked electronic map in a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, and sending the MMS message to the second communication device; and at least one processor for executing the setting module, the receiving module, the comparing module, the activating module, the acquiring module, and the sending module.