BlackBerry Limited
METHOD FOR SORTING AND DISPLAYING DATA ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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Abstract:

A method of sorting and displaying data on a portable electronic device includes: determining geographical coordinates of the portable electronic device, providing search criteria to the portable electronic device, performing a search in a database based on the search criteria resulting in a list of database records, determining a search area of the portable electronic device and displaying selected records from the list of database records on a display screen of the portable electronic device. Each of the selected records is located within a search radius, which originates at the geographical coordinates of the portable electronic device, and within the search area, which is determined based on a pointing direction of the portable electronic device.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

20 Jun 2019

Issue date:

3 Oct 2019