Patent 7742774 was granted and assigned to Virgin Mobile USA on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and device is provided for transmitting location-based text messages between electronic devices. A mobile electronic device can determine a device's location, create a map of that location, create a text message, embed the map in the text message and transmit the text message to a recipient. The device can also transmit or create navigational directions and update the map and the directions in real time.