System and method for anonymous location based services
First Claim
1. A method performed by one or more processors, comprising:
- registering an account for a first user with a web service;
registering an account for a second user with said web service;
receiving from said first user a request granting a location based services privilege to said second user, where said request is made through a user interface of said web service;
receiving a situational location of said first user from a mobile device associated with said first user; and
to enabling said second user to perform a location based service action on said first user in accordance with said situational location and said location based services privilege, where the location based service action is performed by processing the location based services privilege according to a preference specified by the first user, the preference allowing the second user to access the first user'"'"'s configuration data for performing the location based service action.
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Abstract
Provided is a fully automated web service with location based services generally involved in transmission of situational location dependent information to automatically located mobile receiving data processing systems. The web service communicates with a receiving data processing system in a manner by delivering information to the device when appropriate without the device requesting it at the time of delivery. There are varieties of configurations made by different user types of the web service for configuring information to be delivered, and for receiving the information. The web service maximizes anonymity of users, provides granular privacy control with a default of complete privacy, and supports user configurable privileges and features for desired web service behavior and interoperability. The web service is fully automated to eliminate human resources required to operate services.
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1 Claim
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1. A method performed by one or more processors, comprising:
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registering an account for a first user with a web service; registering an account for a second user with said web service; receiving from said first user a request granting a location based services privilege to said second user, where said request is made through a user interface of said web service; receiving a situational location of said first user from a mobile device associated with said first user; and to enabling said second user to perform a location based service action on said first user in accordance with said situational location and said location based services privilege, where the location based service action is performed by processing the location based services privilege according to a preference specified by the first user, the preference allowing the second user to access the first user'"'"'s configuration data for performing the location based service action.
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