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Method and system for a plurality of mobile units to locate one another

  • US 6,867,733 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2001
  • Issued: 03/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing the location of a second mobile unit to a first mobile unit, said method comprising:

  • maintaining personal profiles each associated with a user of one of said first and second mobile units, each personal profile specifying an access condition under which another user may access that personal profile;

    receiving from said first mobile unit a first packet including a current location of said first mobile unit;

    receiving from said second mobile unit a second packet including a current location of said second mobile unit;

    storing said current locations in a database;

    receiving a request from a user of said first mobile unit specifying a condition based on said current location of said first mobile unit or a future location of said first mobile unit; and

    upon ascertaining that said user of said first mobile unit satisfies said access condition in the user profile of a user associated with said second mobile unit, transmitting a data package to said first mobile unit in response to a said request from said first mobile unit upon satisfaction of said condition, wherein said data package comprises said current location of said second mobile unit retrieved from said database.

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