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System and method for requesting an updated user location

  • US 9,872,143 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2016
  • Issued: 01/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing location information for display on an interactive map, the method comprising:

  • providing for display at a first computing device associated with a first subscribed user of a social network, a selectable group of one or more second subscribed users of the social network, the first subscribed user being different than the one or more second subscribed users;

    receiving at the first computing device, a selection corresponding to one of the one or more second subscribed users;

    transmitting one or more signals between the first computing device and a second computing device associated with the selected second subscribed user identifying that the first subscribed user is at a particular geographic location;

    transmitting a request from the first computing device to the second computing device requesting a current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user, wherein the request is configured to present the selected second subscribed user with a list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;

    receiving at the first computing device information corresponding to the selected, second subscribed user'"'"'s current geographic location, wherein the information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user'"'"'s current geographic location comprises a selection by the selected second subscribed user of a point of interest from the list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user; and

    providing for display at the first computing device an interactive map including a representation of the first subscribed user at the particular geographic location associated with the first subscribed user and a representation of the selected second subscribed user at the current geographic location of the selected second subscribed user.

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