Mobile web system for sending and receiving navigational coordinates and notifications

• US 9,094,824 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2013
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Madhavi Jayanthi
• Original Assignee: Madhavi Jayanthi
• Inventors: Jayanthi, Madhavi
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Kiet
• Application Number:
  US14/053,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20140038567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/411, 455/435.1, 455/432.1, 455/456.2, 455/404.2, 455/552.1, 455/556.2, 455/90.2, 340/937, 340/539.13, 701/119, 701/117, 701/465, 701/426
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A first mobile device requests a second mobile device to navigate to a destination communicated to the second mobile device by the first mobile device, wherein at least the second mobile device, if not both the first and the second mobile devices, is GPS enabled and is capable of navigation. In one scenario, a first user of the first mobile device requests the second device (or the user of the second device) to send a notification when the second user has reached a certain destination or is in the vicinity of a certain location where the first user and the first mobile device are currently located.

Claims

1. A mobile web system, the mobile web system comprising:

a server communicatively coupled to a first mobile device and to a second mobile device, both the first and second mobile devices comprising a client software capable of interacting with the server, wherein the client software, during operation, interacts with a corresponding GPS receiver circuitry in the associated mobile device and activates navigation towards any destination specified;

the server operable to receive a request from the first mobile device to navigate to a first destination, and in response, challenges the first mobile device soliciting a security information, and, on receiving the security information from the first mobile device and verifying it, communicates the request and the first destination to the second mobile device;

the server operable to receive a consent to navigate to the first destination from the second mobile device, and in response, communicate the consent to the first mobile device for display to corresponding user; and

the server operable to receive a confirmation on reaching the destination that is sent automatically by the second mobile device, and in response, communicates the confirmation to the first mobile device for display to the corresponding user of the first mobile device,

wherein the server communicates a second challenge to the second mobile device soliciting a second security information on receiving the confirmation that is sent automatically by the second mobile device on reaching the destination, further

the server automatically bills the user for a concert, movie or an activity that the user is able to witness or participate in at the destination base on a response received to the second challenge.

2. The mobile web system of claim 1 wherein the security information comprises an identification and a passcode entered by a corresponding user.

3. The mobile web system of claim 1 wherein the first destination is specified in term of GPS coordinates, a landmark or a point-of-interest.

4. The mobile web system of claim 1 wherein server bills the user for a concert or an activity that the corresponding user of the second mobile device is able to witness or participate in at the destination, based on a response received to the second challenge.

5. The mobile web system of claim 1 wherein the server further comprises:

an interface to receive a request from the first mobile device along with the first destination;

the interface configured to communicate the request and the first destination to the second mobile device;

the interface configured to receive a confirmation from the second mobile device on reaching the destination; and

the interface configured to communicate the confirmation to the first mobile device.

6. The mobile web system of claim 1 wherein the second mobile device detects that it is “

near”

or “

approaching”

the destination and automatically, without any user intervention, creates a message and sends it as a notification to the first mobile device where it is displayed to the user.