System, apparatus and method for location-based instant messaging
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- transmitting positional data identifying a wireless device'"'"'s position responsive to a first user transmitting a message from said wireless device to one or more other users; and
transmitting said positional data to said one or more other users.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method comprising: transmitting positional data identifying a wireless device'"'"'s position responsive to a first user transmitting a message from the wireless device to one or more other users; and transmitting the positional data to the one or more other users.
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36 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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transmitting positional data identifying a wireless device'"'"'s position responsive to a first user transmitting a message from said wireless device to one or more other users; and
transmitting said positional data to said one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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12. A system comprising:
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a messaging module to coordinate message passing between a plurality of wireless devices; and
a location tracking module to collect positional data for a first device of said wireless devices and transmit said positional data to a second device responsive to said first device transmitting a message via said messaging module.
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19. An article of manufacture including program code which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform the operations of:
generating a location-based buddy list comprising a group of named users entered by a first user, and positional data associated with each of said user names in said group.
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26. An article of manufacture including program code which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform the operations of:
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transmitting positional data identifying a wireless device'"'"'s position responsive to a first user transmitting a message from said wireless device to one or more other users; and
transmitting said positional data to said one or more other users.
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