Patent ID: 7672681

Claim:
A method of establishing a cellular phone communication network for designated participants, each having a similarly equipped cellular phone that includes the capability for: voice communications, free and operator selected text messages data exchange, photograph and video capture and transmissions, a CPU, a GPS navigation system and a touch screen display comprising the steps of: (a) generating one or more symbols on the touch display screen, each representing a different participant that has a cellular phone that includes software for said voice communication, free and operator selected text messages exchange, photograph and video exchange, a CPU, said GPS system and a touch screen; (b) providing and storing in each of the participant cellular phones one or more cellular phone telephone numbers, each cellular phone number of which relates to a different symbol of each of the participants in the communication network or on a server; (c) providing initiating cellular phone calling software in each cellular phone that is activated by touching a symbol on the touch display that automatically initiates a cellular phone call using the stored cellular phone number to the participant represented by the symbol; (d) generating a geographical location chart on said display screen to show the geo-referenced location of each of the symbols representing the participants in the communication network by latitude and longitude; and (e) using software to create new or modify old symbols and associate the symbol to a new unused soft switch or a renamed existing soft switch and then downloading the new or renamed soft switch and the associated symbol to the cell phone and remote cell phone(s) so that the new or renamed soft switch and associated symbol can be used on the cell phone.