Mobile surveillance
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1. A method for determining location information for a mobile computing device, the method being performed by the mobile computing device and comprising:
- determining that location information corresponding to a current location of the mobile computing device is to be identified;
receiving, from each of a plurality of other devices, a communication that includes location information for that other device; and
using the location information from the communications sent by the plurality of other devices to determine the location information of the mobile computing device.
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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 method for determining location information for a mobile computing device, the method being performed by the mobile computing device and comprising:
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determining that location information corresponding to a current location of the mobile computing device is to be identified; receiving, from each of a plurality of other devices, a communication that includes location information for that other device; and using the location information from the communications sent by the plurality of other devices to determine the location information of the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. 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 potential associate 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 (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile computing device, causes the mobile computing device to perform operations comprising:
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programmatically determining, from a collection of data items a plurality of individuals who are determined to be potential assistants of a 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 (20)
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