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System and method for electronic communications between users in a similar geographic location

  • US 9,712,961 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2014
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A geographic-based message storage and delivery method, comprising steps of:

  • determining a longitude and latitude of a first mobile transmission device;

    at a server, receiving from said first mobile transmission device a message retrieval request;

    determining if messages generated within a predefined x and y distance from said longitude and latitude of said first mobile transmission device have previously been stored in a tangible storage medium associated with said server;

    selecting from said messages previously stored in said tangible data storage medium at least one said stored message generated within said pre-defined x and y distance of said first mobile transmission device, wherein said at least one selected message originated from at least a second mobile transmission device;

    if a location associated with at least said second mobile transmission device is presently unknown or has changed, polling said second mobile transmission device for a present longitude and latitude; and

    transmitting at least one said selected message, generated by said second mobile transmission device within said pre-defined x and y distance, from said data storage medium to said first mobile transmission device;

    wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting to said first mobile transmission device, together with said at least one said selected message transmitted to said first mobile transmission device, a Cartesian coordinate pair specifying a position at which said message was displayed on a screen of said second mobile transmission device for reproduction of a position at which said at least one selected message should be displayed on a second screen associated with said first mobile transmission device.

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