Location sharing
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a second device, a text message from a first device;
processing, by the second device, the text message to determine the text message includes at least a text string, the text string including;
(a) a first geographic location data associated with the first device, and(b) a second geographic location data associated with the first device in the form of a first reduced size uniform resource locator (URL), the first reduced size URL reducing a size of the second geographic location data,wherein the second geographic location data is contained in a longer URL, andwherein the first reduced size URL is based on a hash of the longer URL;
presenting, by an application executing on the second device, at least part of the text string and the first reduced size URL;
obtaining, by the application, a first input to the first reduced size URL;
accessing, by a map service on the second device, a map service server based on the second geographic location data contained in the longer URL; and
presenting, by the second device in response to the obtained first input, a map display with a first location marker based on the second geographic location data.
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Abstract
Geographic location data is sent from a first device to a second device with a modified message to signal the presence of geographic location data associated with the message. The message can include (or attach) the geographic location data or file, or the message can include a link to a network-based resource which the second device can use to obtain the geographic location data. In some implementations, when a user of the first device views a location on a map display of the first device, a graphical user interface is presented to allow the user to select an option to share the geographic location with the second device. The second device receives geographic location data or a link from the first device which can trigger a map display on the second device showing the location of the first device and, optionally, the location of the second device.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a second device, a text message from a first device; processing, by the second device, the text message to determine the text message includes at least a text string, the text string including; (a) a first geographic location data associated with the first device, and (b) a second geographic location data associated with the first device in the form of a first reduced size uniform resource locator (URL), the first reduced size URL reducing a size of the second geographic location data, wherein the second geographic location data is contained in a longer URL, and wherein the first reduced size URL is based on a hash of the longer URL; presenting, by an application executing on the second device, at least part of the text string and the first reduced size URL; obtaining, by the application, a first input to the first reduced size URL; accessing, by a map service on the second device, a map service server based on the second geographic location data contained in the longer URL; and presenting, by the second device in response to the obtained first input, a map display with a first location marker based on the second geographic location data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving, by a second device, a text message from a first device; processing, by the second device, the text message to determine the text message includes at least a text string, the text string indicating that the text message includes geographic location data of the first device, wherein the geographic location data of the first device is included in a reduced size uniform resource locator (URL), the reduced size URL reducing a size of the geographic location data; presenting, by an application executing on the second device, at least part of the text string and the reduced size URL; obtaining, by the application, an input to the reduced size URL; presenting, by the second device in response to the obtained input, a map display with a first location marker based on the geographic location data, wherein the map display further includes a current geographic location of the second device identified with a second location marker; obtaining, at the second device, a second input to the second location marker; and presenting, at the second device, a text messaging interface, based on the second input, the text messaging interface having a message, the message having a textual string indicating the message includes the current geographic location of the second device, wherein a current geographic location data of the second device is included in a second reduced size URL. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by a second device, a text message from a first device; processing, by the second device, the text message to determine the text message includes at least a text string, the text string including; (a) a first geographic location data associated with the first device and (b) a second geographic location data associated with the first device in the form of a first reduced size uniform resource locator (URL), the first reduced size URL reducing a size of the second geographic location data, wherein the second geographic location data is contained in a longer URL, and wherein the first reduced size URL is based on a hash of the longer URL; presenting, by an application executing on the second device, at least part of the text string and the first reduced size URL; obtaining, by the application, a first input to the first reduced size URL accessing, by a map service, a map service server based on the second geographic location data contained in the longer URL; and presenting, by the second device in response to the obtained input, a map display with a first location marker based on the second geographic location data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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