System and method for providing a descriptor for a location to a recipient
First Claim
1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising;
- receiving location data for a location of a user of a device;
identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the location data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor;
determining a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions;
selecting at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and
providing, for each selected region of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region to the user to select and send the selected descriptor to the recipient, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component.
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Abstract
A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving location data of the location from a user and using the location data to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. The recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with each of the regions is determined and at least one region is selected based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the at least one selected region. Once the at least one region is selected, for each of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region is provided to the recipient via the user.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising;
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receiving location data for a location of a user of a device; identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the location data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; determining a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions; selecting at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and providing, for each selected region of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region to the user to select and send the selected descriptor to the recipient, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the system comprising system components including:
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a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module coupled to the data store, the descriptor sharing module configured to receive a request from a user of a device to provide a descriptor for a location, wherein the request includes location data of the location, to use the location data of the location to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected at least region, and to provide, for each selected region of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient, wherein at least one of the system components includes at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An electronic communication device associated with a user for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the device comprising:
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a communication interface coupled to a network; a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive location data of a location, to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region, and to provide, for each selected region of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A server for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the server comprising:
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a communication interface for communicating with an electronic communication device associated with a user and with a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive location data of a location and a recipient identifier from the electronic communication device, to identify a plurality of regions near or including the location based on the region information, to determine a level of familiarity of the recipient with each identified region based on the recipient data, to select at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region, and to provide, for each selected region of the at least one selected region, the descriptor associated with the selected region to one of the mobile communication device via the communication interface and the recipient associated with the recipient identifier. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing programming instructions for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the program instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving geographical position data of a location from a user of a device; identifying a plurality of regions near or including the location using the geographical position data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; determining, for each region, a level of familiarity of the recipient with each of the regions; selecting at least one region based on the recipient'"'"'s level of familiarity with the selected region; and providing the descriptor associated with the selected at least one region to the recipient via the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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