System and method for communicating among a plurality of users over a wireless communication network using location based messaging
First Claim
1. A method for communicating among a plurality of users over a wireless communication network using location based messaging, the method comprising:
- a) receiving at a central server a location based message from a user, said message including prescribed geographic region information,b) extracting the prescribed geographic region information from the location based message at the central server;
c) determining at the central server whether another user has entered a prescribed geographic region corresponding to said prescribed geographic information included in said location based message, andd) transmitting an alert message from the central server to the a mobile device of the user sending said location based message, alerting the user that another user has entered the prescribed geographic region.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to alert users if another user has entered within a prescribed geographic region selected by the user. According to a method embodiment, a method for communicating among a plurality of users over a wireless communication network using location based messaging comprises: receiving at a central server a location based message from a user, said message including prescribed geographic region information, extracting the prescribed geographic region information from the location based message at the central server; determining at the central server whether another user has entered a prescribed geographic region corresponding to said prescribed geographic information included in said location based message, and transmitting an alert message from the central server to the mobile device of the user sending said location based message, alerting the user that another user has entered the prescribed geographic region.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for communicating among a plurality of users over a wireless communication network using location based messaging, the method comprising:
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a) receiving at a central server a location based message from a user, said message including prescribed geographic region information, b) extracting the prescribed geographic region information from the location based message at the central server; c) determining at the central server whether another user has entered a prescribed geographic region corresponding to said prescribed geographic information included in said location based message, and d) transmitting an alert message from the central server to the a mobile device of the user sending said location based message, alerting the user that another user has entered the prescribed geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for communicating amongst a plurality of pre-approved linked users over a wireless communication network using location based messaging, the system comprising:
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a processor, a memory connected to the processor and storing instructions for operating the processor to perform the steps of a) receive from a user'"'"'s mobile device prescribed geographic region information on the users mobile device from other users mobile devices, b) extract the prescribed geographic region information from the location based message at the central server; c) determine at a central server whether another user has entered a prescribed geographic region corresponding to the prescribed geographic region information extracted from the location based message, and d) transmit an alert message from the central server to the first user'"'"'s mobile device alerting the first user that another user has entered the prescribed region. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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