Location sensitive messaging
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1. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
- receiving, from a first wireless device, a first data message;
obtaining a proximity zone surrounding a current location associated with said first wireless device;
selecting one or more user IDs from a first set of one or more user IDs, said selected one or more user IDs being associated with at least one second wireless device that is within said proximity zone;
automatically appending said current location information associated with said first wireless device to said first data message;
transmitting said first data message comprising said current location information associated with said first wireless device to said at least one second wireless device;
receiving, said at least one second wireless device, a second data message comprising a request to transmit current location associated with said at least one second wireless device, to said first wireless device; and
transmitting current location associated with said at least one second wireless device to said first wireless device.
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Abstract
Methods including computer program products for receiving a request from a first device, the request incorporating a message. One or more users from a first set of one or more users are selected where each of the selected one or more users is associated with a second device that is in a proximity to a current location of the first device. The message and the current location of the first device are sent to each of the second devices associated with the selected one or more users.
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1. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
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receiving, from a first wireless device, a first data message; obtaining a proximity zone surrounding a current location associated with said first wireless device; selecting one or more user IDs from a first set of one or more user IDs, said selected one or more user IDs being associated with at least one second wireless device that is within said proximity zone; automatically appending said current location information associated with said first wireless device to said first data message; transmitting said first data message comprising said current location information associated with said first wireless device to said at least one second wireless device; receiving, said at least one second wireless device, a second data message comprising a request to transmit current location associated with said at least one second wireless device, to said first wireless device; and transmitting current location associated with said at least one second wireless device to said first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for communicating location information, comprising:
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a receiver to receive, from a first wireless device, a first data message and to receive, from a second wireless device, a second data message comprising a request to transmit current location associated with said second wireless device to said first wireless device; an obtainer to obtain a proximity zone surrounding a current location associated with said first wireless device; a selector to select one or more user IDs from a first set of one or more user IDs, said selected one or more user IDs being associated with said second wireless device that is within said proximity zone; an appender to automatically append said current location information associated with said first wireless device to said first data message; and a transmitter to transmit said first data message comprising said current location information to said second wireless device, and to transmit current location associated with said second wireless device to said first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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