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Location-based messaging

  • US 9,628,950 B1
  • Filed: 01/12/2015
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A location based method for communication, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an input device of a first mobile device, a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, wherein the first mobile device is different than the second mobile device and the second mobile device is associated with a first identifier value;

    receiving, at the input device of the first mobile device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input;

    receiving, at the input device of the first mobile device, a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area;

    initiating communication of the first content message from the first mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area;

    receiving, at a cloud server computer from the first mobile device, a location based message comprising the first identifier value, the first content message, and the first delivery area;

    notifying the second mobile device, using a push message, of the location based message;

    receiving, at the second mobile device, the push message;

    synchronizing, by the second mobile device, an unfound message list with the cloud server computer to receive the location based message from the cloud server computer;

    measuring, by the second mobile device, a location change of the second mobile device;

    determining, based on the measuring of the location change, that the second device is within the first delivery area;

    adding the first content message to a local found list; and

    outputting a found notification using an output of the second mobile device to notify a second device user of the first content message.

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