SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION INTEGRATION

• US 20130226453A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Glympse
• Original Assignee: Glympse
• Inventors: Trussel, Bryan Gardner, Miller, Stephen, Stanton, James, Kiemig, Jason, Link, Craig
• Application Number:
  US13/735,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A mobile application for integrating a location sharing event with a messaging platform such as a text messaging or email platform allows users to be prompted about location sharing when at least a part of the message includes location or time information. In one embodiment, the mobile application takes the form of an integrated location sharing application that parses the message to discern the relevant location or time information. The application may also provide a notification of a future event and may optionally generate a location sharing event based on the notification. In another embodiment, the application permits interactive route sharing between at least two computing devices.

Claims

1. A method for integrating a messaging conversation with a location sharing event, the method comprising:

receiving a message through a first communication mode;

parsing the message to determine whether the message includes an indication of time, an indication of location, or both; and

upon determining one of the indications, providing a prompt to a recipient of the message to send the location sharing event to a sender of the message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the message through the first communication mode includes receiving the message as a text conversation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the message through the first communication mode includes receiving the message as a voice conversation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the voice conversation includes a voicemail message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location sharing event is a real-time location sharing event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the message includes analyzing native language for the indication.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a map of the location sharing event to at least the sender.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the map includes importing location information from a social networking site.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the map includes displaying a textual message within a proximity of the map.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the message includes analyzing a context of the message.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a future time commitment of an activity based on a contextual analysis of the message.

12. A method for providing notification of a future event, the method comprising:

communicating at least one message between at least two computing devices;

analyzing a context of the at least one message to determine whether the message includes an indication of a future time commitment for a user of at least one of the two computing devices; and

generating a notification reminder of the future time commitment to the user of at least one of the two computing devices.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein generating the notification reminder includes automatically generating a message to the user of at least one of the two computing devices that instructs the user to leave a particular location at a particular time.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein automatically generating the message includes determining the particular location of the user in advance of the future time commitment.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein analyzing the messaging includes parsing the message.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein communicating the message includes communicating a textual message.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein generating the notification reminder of the future time commitment includes calendaring the future commitment on at least one of the computing devices.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein generating the notification reminder of the future time commitment includes setting an alarm on at least one of the computing device, the alarm set to provide the notification reminder in advance of the future time commitment.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising prompting at least one of the computing devices to generate and send a location sharing event to the other computing device upon receiving the notification reminder of the future time commitment.

20. A method for sharing routes between at least two computing devices, the method comprising:

displaying a map on a display screen of first computing device;

generating a route from a first location to a second location based on an approximate route indicated on the map by a user of the first computing device; and

sending the map to the second computing device.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising receiving revisions to the approximate route on the second computing device.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising sending a revised route back to the first computing device.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising sending a message from the second computing device to the first computing device to accept the approximate route.