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Visualization of network members based on location and direction

  • US 9,031,543 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2012
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing group communications comprising:

  • receiving on a mobile device location information associated with a plurality of other mobile devices that are members of a communication system;

    determining a location of the mobile device;

    determining an orientation of the mobile device;

    associating a direction vector with the determined orientation of the mobile device;

    identifying at least one of the plurality of other mobile devices located along the direction vector;

    determining a relative distance between the mobile device and each of the plurality of other mobile devices based on the determined location of the mobile device and the location information received from the plurality of other mobile devices;

    determining a relative direction of each of the plurality of other mobile devices with respect to the determined orientation of the mobile device;

    generating on an electronic display of the mobile device images representative of the plurality of other mobile devices based on the determined relative distance and the determined relative direction by generating a first-person perspective display in which only mobile devices in the plurality of other mobile devices that are located along the direction vector are represented by the images;

    receiving a user input via the electronic display;

    grouping two or more of the generated images into a communication unit in response to the received user input; and

    establishing group communications with the communication unit.

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