Methods for obtaining a navigation track between a first and a second location at a client device using location information obtained from a server device and related devices and computer program products
A client device is operated to obtain a navigation track between a first location and a second location by establishing a communication connection with a server device and receiving a message that contains information associated with the first location and/or the second location from the server device. The information is associated with a navigation module on the client device. The information associated with the first location and/or the second location is processed using the navigation module to obtain the navigation track between the first location and the second location.
1. A method of operating a client device, comprising:
establishing a communication connection with a server device;
receiving a message at the client device from the server device, responsive to establishing the communication connection, that contains information that identifies one of a first geographic location and a second geographic location from the server device, the information being associated with a navigation module on the client device;
processing the information that identifies one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location using the navigation module at the client device to obtain processed information; and
determining a geographic navigation track between the first geographic location and the second geographic location based on the processed information without traversing the geographic navigation track;
wherein the message comprises one of a Short Message Service text message and an electronic mail.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, before processing the information:
saving the information at the client device; and
ending the communication connection with the server device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server device is a Web server device and wherein the communication connection is a HyperText Transfer Protocol communication connection.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the information comprises:
accessing a navigation information repository on the client device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the information comprises:
accessing a remote navigation information repository via a communication connection with the remote navigation information repository.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first geographic location is a current geographic location of the client device.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
updating the determined navigation track responsive to changes in the current geographic location of the client device.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that identifies at least one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location comprises an address.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location to the server device before receiving the message.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that identifies one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location comprises global positioning system information.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the global positioning system information is encoded in a Global Positioning System eXchange format.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that identifies one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location comprises a waypoint between the first geographic location and the second geographic location; and
wherein the navigation track between the first geographic location and the second geographic location includes the waypoint.
13. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the information is an attachment to the message.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that identifies at least one of the first geographic location and the second geographic location comprises cellular technology location information.