GPS based friend location and identification system and method
First Claim
1. A method for observing a networking event comprising:
- determining a position of a participant at an area of interest;
choosing a level of participant participation in said network event including choosing a defined criteria;
publishing said participant position and defined criteria for said participant including communicating the published position and defined criteria to a server;
equipping a user with a device having access to said server;
inputting user criteria to said server;
communicating said participant position to the user'"'"'s device if said user criteria meets said participant defined criteria; and
viewing on the graphics display of the user'"'"'s device multiple views of a participant position where one view point is a perspective depiction of the participant position at said area of interest, and another view point is an overhead plan view of said networking event including viewing an augmented reality indicator of said participant position.
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Abstract
A system and method for observing a personal networking event which shares the position of a number of friendly participants with other participants within a group. In one form, the position of unknown participants meeting certain criteria is also displayed to a user or one or more friendly participants. The views are selectable by friendly participants on, for example, a GPS equipped cell phone, to include a view from the participant'"'"'s position, zoom, pan, and tilt views, or views from another friendly location or from another geographic location, giving increased situational awareness and identification of participants. Other information can be shared among friendly participants, including social information, status and directions. Preferably, an orientation mechanism shows when the device is correctly pointed to a position.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for observing a networking event comprising:
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determining a position of a participant at an area of interest; choosing a level of participant participation in said network event including choosing a defined criteria; publishing said participant position and defined criteria for said participant including communicating the published position and defined criteria to a server; equipping a user with a device having access to said server; inputting user criteria to said server; communicating said participant position to the user'"'"'s device if said user criteria meets said participant defined criteria; and viewing on the graphics display of the user'"'"'s device multiple views of a participant position where one view point is a perspective depiction of the participant position at said area of interest, and another view point is an overhead plan view of said networking event including viewing an augmented reality indicator of said participant position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of viewing a networking event by a user comprising:
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accessing a server where the location of a participant and participant criteria are stored, said participant criteria being selected by said participant and comprising a level of participant participation in said live networking event; selecting a user viewpoint from multiple user viewpoints of the networking event; inputting user criteria to said server; identifying said participant using said participant criteria if said input user criteria meets the participant criteria; wirelessly receiving the position of said identified participant at said live networking event at a user device; displaying multiple views on said user device from said multiple user viewpoints of the networking event where one view is a perspective view, where said perspective view is a depiction of said identified participant position at said networking event with said participant identified using augmented reality; and viewing the perspective depiction from said selected user viewpoint. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for identifying a friendly participant in a live networking situation comprising:
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said friendly participant being among a group of other individuals; a device accompanying said friendly participant having a GPS receiver for determining said friendly participant'"'"'s position and a radio for transmitting said friendly participant position, and an input mechanism operable to accept a desired level of participation in said live networking situation selected by said friendly participant; a server having a radio for receiving said friendly participant position and desired level of participation and for transmitting said friendly participant position; a portable device accompanying a user, the portable device including an input mechanism for accepting user criteria selected by said user and a radio for communicating a user position and user criteria to the server, a GPS receiver for determining the position of the portable device and a graphics display selectable by the user to display multiple views of the personal networking situation including a direction indicator for indicating when the portable device is oriented approximately to the bearing from the position of the portable device to the position of a friendly participant and at least one view is a perspective view from the position of the portable device to the position of the friendly participant; and wherein said user device is operable to access the server, communicate said user criteria from the user to the server, and receive the position of the friendly participant if the user criteria meets said participant desired level of participation. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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