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Smart group mobility positioning and sharing

  • US 10,021,518 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2016
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a set of processors, a set of group members;

    defining, by the set of processors, a center of a time-circle;

    selecting, by the set of processors, a fixed place as the center;

    defining, by the set of processors, a time-radius for the time-circle, characterized by a first travel time to the center;

    defining, by the set of processors, the time-radius as a function of time that decreases until the time-radius reduces to zero at the fixed place at a scheduled time;

    monitoring, by the set of processors, a first set of movements corresponding to the set of group members based, at least in part, on data received from portable computing devices that determine respective positions of the group members;

    updating, by the set of processors, the center based, at least in part, on the first set of movements;

    determining, by the set of processors, a first subset of the set of group members are outside the time-circle;

    generating, by the set of processors, an alert that identifies the first subset of group members; and

    communicating, by the set of processors, the alert, to a mobile computing device of a second subset of the set of group members, to indicate that the first subset of the set of group members is outside the time-circle.

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