公开(公告)号：US5946687A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-31

申请号：US949074

申请日：1997-10-10

Applicant: Narain H. Gehani ,  William D. Roome ,  Richard James Trapp

Inventor： Narain H. Gehani ,  William D. Roome ,  Richard James Trapp

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06Q10/10

CPC classification number: G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/919 ,  Y10S707/959 ,  Y10S707/99945

Abstract: A personal information manager computer program for storing names, addresses, telephone numbers and the like for personal and business contacts includes a capability for delivering geographic information in response to user requests. The personal information manager provides a display which includes one or more fields for entering or selecting contact information. The display also includes a number of buttons for requesting different types of geographic information, such as maps, directions, weather and yellow pages information. When the user clicks on one of the buttons, the personal information manager utilizes an address or other location identifier associated with the contact name to format a request to a geographic information server. The server uses the location identifier to retrieve the appropriate geographic information for that location, and sends the information to the personal information manager for display.

Abstract translation: 用于存储用于个人和商业联系人的姓名，地址，电话号码等的个人信息管理器计算机程序包括响应于用户请求递送地理信息的能力。 个人信息管理器提供包括用于输入或选择联系人信息的一个或多个字段的显示器。 显示器还包括用于请求不同类型的地理信息的多个按钮，诸如地图，方向，天气和黄页信息。 当用户点击其中一个按钮时，个人信息管理器利用与联系人姓名相关联的地址或其他位置标识来格式化对地理信息服务器的请求。 服务器使用位置标识符来检索该位置的相应地理信息，并将该信息发送到个人信息管理器进行显示。