US 11937145

US patent 11937145, titled "Mashing mapping content displayed on mobile devices," has the following details:

• Assignee: Nearby Systems LLC
• Inventors: Gabriel Jakobson, Steven L. Rueben
• Filing Date: September 13, 2019
• Issue Date: March 19, 2024 (listed as Publication date, but for a granted patent, this is the issue date)
• Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping addressable information (e.g., locations denoted by name or address, street addresses, landmarks, etc.) off of disparate applications on a mobile device, onto an existing map on the mobile device, are disclosed. An application on a mobile device may display addressable information (e.g., a website displaying a location name and/or address, an email containing an address, etc.). In response to a user's selecting the addressable information and invoking a mapping command, a map-display application (e.g., Google Maps®, Yahoo! Maps®, Windows Live Search Map®, MapQuest®, iPhone® maps, Waze® etc.) may be automatically presented (e.g., launches, become visible, displayed, etc.) displaying the addressable information in addition to at least one prior mapping content previously displayed by the map-display application.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

The patent contains nine claims, with claim 1 being the sole independent claim.

• Claim 1: This claim describes a system for showing location-based content on a digital map on a mobile device. The system includes a mobile device with memory storing two non-browser applications and a processor to run the first one. A touch screen displays the first application's interface, which shows a map, an icon for a location on that map, and text related to the icon. A GPS device determines the mobile device's location. A mapping component within the first non-browser application communicates with an online mapping service. When a user touches the text on the screen, the mapping component sends a query to the online mapping service, including both the mobile device's current location and the location of the icon. In response to this query, the second non-browser application's user interface then displays a second map showing both the mobile device's location, the icon's location, and a route between them.

Litigation:

The patent family associated with US11937145 B2 is currently active and has a "Family has litigation" status. Multiple cases have been filed in the Texas Eastern District Court, and there is also a "First worldwide family litigation filed" noted. However, a search of CAFC 2026 dockets did not return any specific cases mentioning patent 11937145 directly. Therefore, it is uncertain if this specific patent has been involved in any precedential CAFC decisions in 2026.