Patent ID: 8046023

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a receiver to receive geo-positioning signals for the mobile communication device and for a selected target; a display including a plurality of pre-defined shapes to indicate a direction related to the geo-positioning signals; a power source to selectively supply voltage to one or more of the plurality of pre-defined shapes to alter an optical property of the one or more of the plurality of pre-defined shapes to indicate a direction; and a processor to: identify a direction related to the geo-positioning signals, where the direction related to the geo-positioning signals is a direction from the mobile communication device to the selected target, cause the power source to supply a burst of voltage to alter the state of one of the plurality of indicators to visibly indicate an approximate direction to the selected target, cause the power source to remove the supplied burst of voltage, where the visible indication of the direction to the target remains visible after the supplied burst of voltage is removed, monitor the geo-spatial position of the target to detect movement of the target, and cause, based on detecting movement of the target, the power source to supply another burst of voltage to alter the state of another one of the plurality of indicators to visibly indicate an updated approximate direction to the selected target, where the visible indication of the updated direction to the target remains visible after the supplied other burst of voltage is removed.