On demand location function for mobile terminal
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1. A method of determining a location of a remote member of an affinity group, said remote member having a remote mobile terminal associated therewith, said method comprising:
- initiating a query at a first mobile terminal as to the location presently associated with the remote member of the affinity group; and
responding to said query at the remote mobile terminal by;
sensing, with said remote mobile terminal, the location presently associated with the remote member; and
providing a location-place name description to the first mobile terminal, wherein said location-place name description is provided by the remote terminal and corresponds to the location presently associated with the remote member of the affinity group.
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Abstract
A wireless communications system supports affinity groups of like minded individuals who wish to know locations of other members of the affinity group. The system supports members of the affinity group querying, through a mobile terminal for the location of a remote member of the affinity group as sensed by the remote member'"'"'s mobile terminal. Rather than report raw geocoordinates, location place-name descriptions are defined by the members of the affinity group and shared amongst one another. Additionally, situational alarms may be generated in the event certain user defined criteria are met, such as two remote members of the affinity group being in close proximity to one another.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of determining a location of a remote member of an affinity group, said remote member having a remote mobile terminal associated therewith, said method comprising:
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initiating a query at a first mobile terminal as to the location presently associated with the remote member of the affinity group; and
responding to said query at the remote mobile terminal by;
sensing, with said remote mobile terminal, the location presently associated with the remote member; and
providing a location-place name description to the first mobile terminal, wherein said location-place name description is provided by the remote terminal and corresponds to the location presently associated with the remote member of the affinity group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A plurality of mobile terminals adapted to facilitate communication amongst members of an affinity group, said mobile terminals comprising:
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a transceiver in a first mobile terminal for wireless communication between said first mobile terminal associated with a first member of the affinity group and a second member of the affinity group;
a location detector for sensing geocoordinates corresponding to a present location of said first mobile terminal, said location detector activated in response to a query from said second member of the affinity group; and
a controller operatively connected to said transceiver and said location detector for communicating a location-place name description through said transceiver in said first mobile terminal, to said second member of the affinity group in response to a query from said second member, said location-place name description related to the present location of said first mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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