LOCATION SHARING

• US 20160308798A1
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Datla, Sneha, Magistrado, Vince
• Granted Patent: US 10,104,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

Many users may plan meetings through social networks, email, and/or websites. As provided herein, a user may efficiently plan a meeting with other users through a map interface. For example, the user may identify a location of interest on a map, and choose one or more target users to receive an automatically generated location of interest message about meeting at the location of interest. The location of interest message may comprise text describing the location of interest (e.g., I am at the back table at the Steak Grill, I am near the library sign on the corner of West St. and East St., etc.), directions to an event at the location of interest, instructions about the event, a location of the event, a time of the event, etc.

Claims

1. A system for location sharing, comprising:

a location sharing component configured to;

present a user, of a client device, with a map of a general location;

responsive to receiving a user input on the map, identify a location of interest corresponding to the user input;

present a message sharing interface to the user, the message sharing interface comprising one or more target users;

receive a selection of a target user through the message sharing interface; and

provide a location of interest message to the target user.

2. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to:

present the user with an option to create a target user group by selecting a set of target users from the one or more target users; and

responsive to the user selecting the set of target users, create the target user group to comprise the set of target users.

3. The system of claim 2, the location sharing component configured to:

generate the option to create the target user group based upon at least one of local contact information on the client device, manual content information input into a manual input interface, or an importation of contact information from an external source.

4. The system of claim 1, the general location corresponding to a current location of the user.

5. The system of claim 1, the location of interest corresponding to at least one of a future location of the user or a favorite location of the user.

6. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to at least one of:

construct the location of interest message to comprise an event description of an event;

or

construct the location of interest message to comprise instructions about the event.

7. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to:

construct the location of interest message to comprise an automatically generated description of the location of interest.

8. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to:

construct the location of interest message to comprise a time of an event.

9. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to:

identify a condition present at the location of interest; and

generate a recommendation for the target user based upon the condition.

10. The system of claim 1, the location of interest message comprising at least one of a SMS message, a text message, a social network message, or an email message.

11. The system of claim 1, the location sharing component configured to:

construct the location of interest message to comprise directions to the location of interest.

19. The method of claim 1, comprising:

constructing the location of interest message to comprise directions to the location of interest.

12. A method of location sharing, comprising:

presenting a user, of a client device, with an option to choose a general location;

presenting the user with a map of the general location chosen by the user;

responsive to receiving a user input on the map from the user, identifying a location of interest;

presenting a message sharing interface, comprising one or more target users, to the user;

receiving a selection of a target user from the one or more target users through the message sharing interface; and

providing a location of interest message to the target user.

13. The method of claim 12, the location of interest corresponding to a current location of the user.

14. The method of claim 12, the location of interest corresponding to at least one of a future location of the user or a favorite location of the user.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting the user with an option to at least one of;

create a target user group;

access contact information from the client device;

input contact information manually;

or

import contact information from an external source.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising at least one of constructing the location of interest message to comprise:

an event description of an event;

instructions about the event;

or

a time of the event.

17. The method of claim 12, comprising:

identifying a condition present at the location of interest; and

generating a recommendation for the target user based upon the condition.

18. The method of claim 12, the location of interest message comprising at least one of a SMS message, a text message, a social network message, or an email message.

20. A system for location sharing, comprising:

a location sharing component configured to;

present a user with a map of a general location, the map comprising at least one of a landmark or a zone;

responsive to receiving a user input on the map from the user, identify a location of interest, comprising at least one of the landmark or zone, corresponding to the user input;

present a message sharing interface to the user, the message sharing interface comprising one or more target users;

receive a selection of a target user from the one or more target users through the message sharing interface; and

provide a location of interest message to the target user.