Correlating Mobile Device Locations
First Claim
1. A mobile communication device configured to:
- receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked;
modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device;
receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device;
receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and
display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. In various embodiments, components of the larger system are described. In some cases, various location related mapping functions for a device are discussed. In other embodiments, systems and methods which provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described. In still other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods of efficiently determining the location of a mobile device. In some embodiments, different notification schemes based on the location of a device and specified preferences are described. In various other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods for keyword monitoring based on the location of a device.
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21 Claims
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1. A mobile communication device configured to:
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receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile communication device, input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modifying, with the mobile communication device, a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receiving, with the mobile communication device, a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receiving, with the mobile communication device, a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and displaying, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions executable by a mobile communication device to:
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receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices.
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