Providing Location-Based Services in a Distributed Environment Without Direct Control Over the Point of Access
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1. A method comprising:
- executing, at a computing device, a location-based content retrieval application to transmit location information associated with the computing device to a location server and to receive location-based content from the location server in response to the location information; and
generating a display output based on the location-based content, the display output including information based on a location of a second computing device and an application of the second computing device.
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Abstract
A method including executing, at a computing device, a location-based content retrieval application to transmit location information associated with the computing device to a location server and to receive location-based content from the location server in response to the location information. The method further includes generating a display output based on the location-based content, the display output including information based on a location of a computing device and an application of the computing device.
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1. A method comprising:
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executing, at a computing device, a location-based content retrieval application to transmit location information associated with the computing device to a location server and to receive location-based content from the location server in response to the location information; and generating a display output based on the location-based content, the display output including information based on a location of a second computing device and an application of the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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executing, at a computing device, a location-based content retrieval application to transmit location information associated with the computing device to a location server and to receive location-based content from the location server in response to the location information; and generating a display output based on the location-based content, the display output including information based on a location of a second computing device and an application of the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; executing, at the processor, a location-based content retrieval application to transmit location information associated with the processor to a location server and to receive location-based content from the location server in response to the location information; and generating a display output based on the location-based content, the display output including information based on a location of a computing device and an application of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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