GPS Based Friend Location and Identification System and Method
First Claim
1. A system for identifying a friendly participant at in personal networking situation comprising:
- said friendly participants being among a group of other individuals, said friendly participant having a GPS receiver for determining said friendly participant'"'"'s position and a radio for transmitting said friendly participant position;
a server for receiving said friendly participant position and having a radio for transmitting said friendly participant position; and
a handheld devices accompanying respective a user, the handheld device including a radio for receiving friendly participant position and a graphics display selectable by the user to display one or more views of the personal networking event wherein at least one of the user views selectable on the display is the view from the user'"'"'s approximate position and identifies said friendly participant.
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Abstract
A system and method for observing a personal networking event which shares the position of a number of friendly participants with other participants within a group. In one form, the position of unknown participants meeting certain criteria is also displayed to a user or one or more friendly participants. The views are selectable by friendly participants on, for example, a GPS equipped cell phone, to include a view from the participant'"'"'s position, zoom, pan, and tilt views, or views from another friendly location or from another geographic location, giving increased situational awareness and identification of participants. Other information can be shared among friendly participants, including social information, status and directions.
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1. A system for identifying a friendly participant at in personal networking situation comprising:
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said friendly participants being among a group of other individuals, said friendly participant having a GPS receiver for determining said friendly participant'"'"'s position and a radio for transmitting said friendly participant position;
a server for receiving said friendly participant position and having a radio for transmitting said friendly participant position; and
a handheld devices accompanying respective a user, the handheld device including a radio for receiving friendly participant position and a graphics display selectable by the user to display one or more views of the personal networking event wherein at least one of the user views selectable on the display is the view from the user'"'"'s approximate position and identifies said friendly participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for observing a personal networking event comprising:
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determining a position of one or more participants, including friendly and other participants, at an area of interest;
transmitting the determined position of said one or more participants;
equipping a user with a device having a graphics display;
communicating the participant positions to the user'"'"'s device; and
viewing on the graphics display of the user'"'"'s device a depiction of the one or more participant positions at said area of interest, whereby the user can selectively change the points of view. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of viewing a personal networking event by a friendly participant comprising:
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determining the position of a friendly participant using a GPS receiver;
wirelessly receiving the positions of a number of participants, including friendly, and unknown participants, at said personal networking event;
rendering a graphical depiction of a plurality of participant positions at said personal networking event with at least some of the participants identified;
viewing the graphical depiction from a friendly participant position; and
selectively changing the view point of said graphical depiction from said friendly participant position to another position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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