Mobile surveillance
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1. A computer system comprising:
- one or more processors that are configured to;
determine, for a given user, one or more persons that are pre-classified to be a friend of the given user based at least in part on the one or more persons having provided permission to have their location information determined;
determine a location for the one or more persons, wherein the location for each of the one or more persons is determined from a communication signaled from a device that is carried by or with each of the one or more persons; and
communicate location information to a device of the given user to enable the device of the given user to render a map that identifies the location of the one or more persons.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a technique for logging an item encountered by a mobile device comprises automatically detecting an item in an uncontrolled environment, extracting an identity associated with the item, logging an encounter, wherein the encounter includes the identity, and deleting the encounter after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, wherein the encounter is not marked as relevant.
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1. A computer system comprising:
one or more processors that are configured to; determine, for a given user, one or more persons that are pre-classified to be a friend of the given user based at least in part on the one or more persons having provided permission to have their location information determined; determine a location for the one or more persons, wherein the location for each of the one or more persons is determined from a communication signaled from a device that is carried by or with each of the one or more persons; and communicate location information to a device of the given user to enable the device of the given user to render a map that identifies the location of the one or more persons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing device comprising:
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one or more processors; wireless communication resources that operate with the one or more processors and which are adapted to wirelessly receive information; wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine, from a collection of data items associated and personal to a user of the computing device, a list of persons, each of whom can be classified as a friend of the user of the computing device; wherein the wireless communication resources receive location information that identifies a location of one or more persons on the list of persons from another computer; and wherein the one or more processors are configured to display content that identifies the location of the one or more persons. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for operating a device, the method comprising:
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programmatically determining, from a collection of data items that are associated with a user, a plurality of individuals who are deemed to be friends of the user; generating a query for a server to identify a location of at least one of the plurality of individuals; receiving, from the server, location information that identifies the location of the at least one of the plurality of individuals; and displaying content that identifies the location of the at least one of the plurality of individuals. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method for providing location information, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
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programmatically determining, from a collection of data items that are associated with a user at which classify individuals as friends of the user, a plurality of individuals who are deemed to be friends of the user; determining, from a communication signaled by a device carried by at least one of the plurality of individuals, a location of the at least one of the plurality of individuals; generating content that identifies the location of the at least one of the plurality of individuals; and transmitting data corresponding to the content to a device of the user.
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