US Patent 7814502 Shared landmark user interfaces

Patent 7814502 was granted and assigned to Nokia on October, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Nokia

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7814502

Date of Patent

October 12, 2010

Patent Application Number

10866943

Date Filed

June 14, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Lechi Truong

Patent abstract

A method, system, and computer program product provide access to user information, such as landmarks, without applications having to implement the needed user interface functionality on their own. In one embodiment, common landmark user interface components are offered with application programming interfaces (APIs) for controlling the user interfaces. By utilizing this kind of common user interface, all applications can utilize landmarks.