Geographic location notification based on identity linking
First Claim
1. A method for providing notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the method comprising:
- accessing information indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to an entity and the second communications identity corresponds to the entity;
receiving geographical location information associated with the first mobile device;
accessing a participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity; and
providing the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity.
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Abstract
A user maintains notification setting information having temporal periods capable of controlling, at least in part, the dissemination of information describing the on-line presence of the user within an instant messaging system or the geographic location of one or more mobile communications devices used by the user. The user may use multiple identities to communicate within the instant messaging system and/or with the mobile communications device or devices. The user can maintain sets of temporal periods for each of the multiple identities. Only one identity may be used at a specific time to communicate to a specific other identity, but the multiple identities of the user may be linked such that on-line presence and/or geographic location associated with one of the identities is disseminated based on the temporal periods set for one or more of the multiple identities.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for providing notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the method comprising:
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accessing information indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to an entity and the second communications identity corresponds to the entity;
receiving geographical location information associated with the first mobile device;
accessing a participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity; and
providing the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to provide notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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access information indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to an entity and the second communications identity corresponds to the entity;
receive geographical location information associated with the first mobile device;
access a participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity; and
provide the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
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access information indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to an entity and the second communications identity corresponds to the entity;
receive geographical location information associated with the first mobile device;
access a participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity; and
provide the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the system comprising:
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means for accessing information indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to an entity and the second communications identity corresponds to the entity;
means for receiving geographical location information associated with the first mobile device;
means for accessing a participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity; and
means for providing the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity.
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