Multi-level privilege notification system operated based on indoor location information received from a location information sources
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1. A method for conveying location information relating to a plurality of mobile objects among a plurality of user groups comprising different users of a plurality of computing devices other than mobile objects, said users comprising an administrator, an authorized user different from the administrator, and a second user different from the authorized user, wherein the administrator specifies a user group associated with an authorized user ID and an object ID different from the authorized user ID, the method comprising the following steps executed in one or more servers configured to:
- associate a second user ID different from the authorized user ID with the user group based on the authorized user ID;
receive a zone information after a user group is specified, said zone information containing information about at least one coordinate of a zone;
receive an event information about an event related to the zone and a location of a mobile object that is independent of the zone;
provide one or more interfaces for setting a group notification for the user group including specifying the second user associated the second user ID as the recipient of the group notification;
receive at least one location information of the mobile object associated with the object ID;
determine occurrence of the event based on the zone and the at least one location information; and
cause the group notification to be sent to the second user when the event occurs;
wherein the one or more servers are further configured to;
define a first level administrative privilege to control user membership in the user group;
define a second level administrative privileges to control conveyance of said object location information to the user group based on the first level administrative privilege;
check the first level administrative privileges before adding the authorized user to the user group;
check the second level administrative privilege before providing one or more interfaces for setting the group notification and adding the second user to the user group; and
determine occurrence of the event based on the second level administrative privilege.
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Abstract
An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.
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1. A method for conveying location information relating to a plurality of mobile objects among a plurality of user groups comprising different users of a plurality of computing devices other than mobile objects, said users comprising an administrator, an authorized user different from the administrator, and a second user different from the authorized user, wherein the administrator specifies a user group associated with an authorized user ID and an object ID different from the authorized user ID, the method comprising the following steps executed in one or more servers configured to:
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associate a second user ID different from the authorized user ID with the user group based on the authorized user ID; receive a zone information after a user group is specified, said zone information containing information about at least one coordinate of a zone; receive an event information about an event related to the zone and a location of a mobile object that is independent of the zone; provide one or more interfaces for setting a group notification for the user group including specifying the second user associated the second user ID as the recipient of the group notification; receive at least one location information of the mobile object associated with the object ID; determine occurrence of the event based on the zone and the at least one location information; and cause the group notification to be sent to the second user when the event occurs; wherein the one or more servers are further configured to; define a first level administrative privilege to control user membership in the user group; define a second level administrative privileges to control conveyance of said object location information to the user group based on the first level administrative privilege; check the first level administrative privileges before adding the authorized user to the user group; check the second level administrative privilege before providing one or more interfaces for setting the group notification and adding the second user to the user group; and determine occurrence of the event based on the second level administrative privilege. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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