Location information in a communications system
First Claim
1. A method of communicating location information relating to a first user of a first communication client from a first user terminal over a communications system to a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing the first communication client and the second user terminal executing a second communication client, the method comprising:
- the second communication client displaying a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user;
the first user terminal determining a location of the first user;
the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the first user terminal;
the first communication client reading the stored location from the store;
the first communication client generating a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store;
transmitting the message from the first user terminal to the second user terminal; and
displaying the visual indication of the location on the second user terminal in the contact list in association with the first contact.
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Abstract
A method of communicating location information relating to a first user of a first communication client from a first user terminal over a communications system to a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing the first communication client and the second user terminal executing a second communication client, the method comprising: the second communication client displaying a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user; the first user terminal determining a location of the first user; the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the first user terminal; the first communication client reading the stored location from the store; the first communication client generating a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store; transmitting the message from the first user terminal to the second user terminal; and displaying the visual indication of the location on the second user terminal in the contact list in association with the first contact.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of communicating location information relating to a first user of a first communication client from a first user terminal over a communications system to a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing the first communication client and the second user terminal executing a second communication client, the method comprising:
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the second communication client displaying a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user; the first user terminal determining a location of the first user; the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the first user terminal; the first communication client reading the stored location from the store; the first communication client generating a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store; transmitting the message from the first user terminal to the second user terminal; and displaying the visual indication of the location on the second user terminal in the contact list in association with the first contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A communications system for communicating location information comprising:
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a first user terminal executing a first communication client, said first user terminal configured to; determine a location of a first user of the first communication client; and store the determined location in a store of the first user terminal, said first communication client being configured to read the stored location from the store, generate a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store; and
transmit the message; anda second user terminal executing a second communication client, said second communication client configured to; display a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user; receive the message transmitted by the first communication client; and display the visual indication of the location in the contact list in association with the first contact.
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22. A user terminal for transmitting location information relating to a user of a communication client over a communications system to a further user terminal, the user terminal executing the communication client, the user terminal configured to:
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determine a location of the user; and store the determined location in a store of the user terminal, said communication client being configured to; read the stored location from the store, generate a message comprising an identifier and a visual indication of the location read from the store, and transmit the message to the further user terminal, wherein the identifier identifies the message such that the visual indication of the location will be displayed in a contact list on the further user terminal in association with a contact in the contact list, the contact representing the user of the communication client.
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23. A method for transmitting location information relating to a user of a communication client from a user terminal over a communications system to a further user terminal, the user terminal executing the communication client, the method comprising:
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the first user terminal determining a location of the user; the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the user terminal; the first communication client reading the stored location from the store; the first communication client generating a message comprising an identifier and a visual indication of the location read from the store; and the first communication client transmitting the message to the further user terminal, wherein the identifier identifies the message such that the visual indication will be displayed in a contact list on the further user terminal in association with a contact in the contact list, the contact representing the user of the communication client.
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24. A method of communicating location information relating to a first user terminal from the first user terminal over a communications system to a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing a first communication client and the second user terminal executing a second communication client, the method comprising:
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the second communication client displaying a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing a first user of the first communication client; the first user terminal determining a location of the first user terminal; the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the first user terminal; the first communication client reading the stored location from the store; the first communication client generating a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store; transmitting the message from the first user terminal to the second user terminal; and displaying the visual indication of the location on the second user terminal in the contact list in association with the first contact.
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Specification