Patent ID: 8774061

Claim:
A method for managing geographical information being executed by a processor of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) server, the method comprising: (a) receiving location information of one or more VoIP terminal devices from the one or more VoIP devices; (b) storing geographical information of the one or more VoIP terminal devices into a data sheet stored in a storage device of the VoIP server, the geographical information comprising status information of each user of the one or more VoIP terminal devices and the location information of each of the one or more VoIP terminal devices; (c) detecting a query from one of the one or more VoIP terminal devices; (d) retrieving the geographical information from the data sheet according to the query, and obtaining an electronic map from the storage device; (e) populating the retrieved geographical information on the electronic map, comprising: marking a point on the electronic map according to a latitude and a longitude of the location information of the one or more VoIP terminal devices that are the subject of the query; and distinguishing a color of each of the points in relation to the status information of each of the one or more VoIP terminal devices; and (f) sending the electronic map to a VoIP terminal device corresponding to the location information.