System and method for providing a descriptor for a location to a recipient
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1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising:
- receiving geographical position data of a location from a user;
identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the geographical position data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor;
determining a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions;
selecting a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and
providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the user,wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component.
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Abstract
A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving geographical position data of the location from a user and using the geographical position data to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. The recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with each of the regions is determined and a region is selected based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region. Once the region is selected, the descriptor associated with the selected region is provided to the recipient via the user.
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1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving geographical position data of a location from a user; identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the geographical position data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; determining a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions; selecting a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the user, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the system comprising system components including:
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a data store for storing region information correlated with geographical position data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module coupled to the data store, the descriptor sharing module configured to receive a request from a user to provide a descriptor for a location, wherein the request includes geographical position data of the location, to use the geographical position data of the location to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the user, wherein at least one of the system components includes at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An electronic communication device associated with a user for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the device comprising:
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a communication interface coupled to a network; a data store for storing region information correlated with geographical position data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive geographical position data of a location, to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient over the network via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A server for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the server comprising:
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a communication interface for communicating with an electronic communication device associated with a user over a network and with a data store for storing region information correlated with geographical position data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive geographical position data of a location and a recipient identifier from the electronic communication device, to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to the mobile communication device over the network via the communication interface, wherein at least one of the server components includes at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing programming instructions for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the program instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving geographical position data of a location from a user; identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the geographical position data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; determining, for each region, a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions; selecting a region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the user. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61)
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