System and methods for establishing a real-time location-based service network
First Claim
1. A real-time location based service network for mobile device users, said network comprising:
- a plurality of mobile devices;
a data server configured to asynchronously relay at least geographic location information, status information, and text information between said plurality of mobile devices in real time, and wherein each of said plurality of mobile devices is configured to be in asynchronous data communication with said data server over a wireless network to accomplish said relaying; and
a map server configured to synchronously provide a map service to each of said plurality of mobile devices, and wherein each of said plurality of mobile devices is configured to be in synchronous data communication with said map server over a wireless network to accomplish said providing.
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Abstract
A network and method to establish a real-time location based service for client mobile device users. Asynchronous data connections are established between client mobile devices and a data server over wireless networks. Synchronous data connections are established between the client devices and a map server over wireless networks. The data server receives geographic location information from the client devices, indicating a geographic location of each client device, and relays the geographic location information to the client devices in real time via the asynchronous data connections. The map server provides map data to the client devices as requested from the client devices via the synchronous data connections. The geographic location information may be overlaid onto the map data and displayed on any of the client mobile devices to indicate the various locations of the various client devices in real time.
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6 Claims
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1. A real-time location based service network for mobile device users, said network comprising:
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a plurality of mobile devices; a data server configured to asynchronously relay at least geographic location information, status information, and text information between said plurality of mobile devices in real time, and wherein each of said plurality of mobile devices is configured to be in asynchronous data communication with said data server over a wireless network to accomplish said relaying; and a map server configured to synchronously provide a map service to each of said plurality of mobile devices, and wherein each of said plurality of mobile devices is configured to be in synchronous data communication with said map server over a wireless network to accomplish said providing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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