Patent ID: 8185134

Claim:
A method of geographically tagging images in a mobile device comprising a camera, the method comprising: capturing one or more images; receiving at least one of one or more user-configurable parameters; using the one or more user configurable parameters to determine when a position will be determined relative to said capturing one or more images, comprising: determining the position after said capturing one or more images in response to a first value of the one or more user-configurable parameters; determining the position before said capturing one or more images in response to a second value of the one or more user-configurable parameters; and determining the position concurrently with said capturing one or more images in response to a third value of the one or more user configurable parameters; attempting to detect satellite signals and/or wireless network signals; comparing said satellite signals and/or wireless network signals with a threshold; choosing a mode of position determination based on said comparison of said satellite signals and/or wireless network signals; determining the position utilizing said mode of position determination; tagging the one or more images with the determined position.