GPS based friend location and identification system and method
First Claim
1. A system for identifying a friendly participant in real time in a personal networking situation comprising:
- said friendly participant having a GPS receiver for determining said friendly participant'"'"'s position and a participant radio for transmitting said friendly participant position in real time;
a server for receiving said friendly participant position from said participant radio and for storing participant information including position information and social information;
a radio coupled to said server for transmitting said friendly participant position; and
a portable device accompanying a respective user, the portable device including a GPS for determining the user'"'"'s position and a radio for receiving a friendly participant position from the radio coupled to said server, the receipt of said friendly participant position being based at least in part on (i) a user choice of information and (ii) said participant information,a graphics display selectable by the user to display multiple views of the personal networking situation, wherein at least one of the user views selectable on the display is the perspective view from the user'"'"'s position to said friendly participant position, and wherein augmented reality identifies the position of said friendly participant.
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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.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for identifying a friendly participant in real time in a personal networking situation comprising:
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said friendly participant having a GPS receiver for determining said friendly participant'"'"'s position and a participant radio for transmitting said friendly participant position in real time; a server for receiving said friendly participant position from said participant radio and for storing participant information including position information and social information; a radio coupled to said server for transmitting said friendly participant position; and a portable device accompanying a respective user, the portable device including a GPS for determining the user'"'"'s position and a radio for receiving a friendly participant position from the radio coupled to said server, the receipt of said friendly participant position being based at least in part on (i) a user choice of information and (ii) said participant information, a graphics display selectable by the user to display multiple views of the personal networking situation, wherein at least one of the user views selectable on the display is the perspective view from the user'"'"'s position to said friendly participant position, and wherein augmented reality identifies the position of said friendly participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25)
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10. A method for observing a personal networking situation in real time comprising:
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a) determining a first position of a participant at said situation in real time; b) transmitting the determined first position of said participant; c) equipping a user with a device having a graphics display and a GPS for determining a user location; d) receiving the determined first position at the user'"'"'s device; e) selectively receiving social information of one or more participants at the user'"'"'s device based at least in part on participant social information; f) viewing on the graphics display of the user'"'"'s device an indication of the first participant position at said situation using augmented reality, and one point of view is a perspective view from said user GPS location to said first participant position; and g) repeating steps (a), (b), and (d) for a second position of said participant; and h) viewing on the graphics display of the user'"'"'s device an indication of the second position at said situation using augmented reality and one point of view is from said user GPS location to said second position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, 26, 27)
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16. A method of viewing a personal networking situation in real time by a user comprising:
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selecting a first position by said user; wirelessly receiving multiple GPS positions of a friendly participant in real time as the participant moves at said personal networking situation by said user; displaying the networking situation where at least a portion is a graphic rendered in real time, including; rendering an augmented reality indication in real time of said friendly participant positions at said personal networking situation, with the friendly participant identified and the positions of said identified friendly participant displayed; using said user selected first position as the viewpoint for viewing the augmented reality indication of said identified friendly participant from said user selected first position to said friendly participant positions, wherein said viewpoint is a perspective view and not an overhead plan view of said situation; and selectively changing the viewpoint of said indication from said user selected first position to a user selected second position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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