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Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system

  • US 10,368,193 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2017
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device requesting a location of the first client device;

    determining whether the second client device is authorized to receive the location of the first client device, the second client device being automatically authorized to receive the location when a user of the second client device and a user of the first client device are both participants in a common messaging thread;

    starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and

    sending the location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires.

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