Outdoor tracking method and device

• US 9,942,703 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mac Daddy's Legendary Outdoors, LLC
• Original Assignee: Mac Daddy's Legendary Outdoors, LLC
• Inventors: Stevens, Mac C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US15/227,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 4554563
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems and methods of using a communication device having location identification technology to manage tracking information of a plurality of users, the method including storing identification information of a plurality of respective users, tracking locations of the users by receiving location information from each of the users'"'"' respective communication devices, and displaying the location information along with associated identification information of the users on a display screen of the communication device.

Claims

1. A method of using a mobile communication device having location identification technology to manage tracking information of a plurality of users, the method comprising:

storing identification information of a plurality of respective users through the mobile communication devices of the respective users, each of the users storing that user'"'"'s identification information through that user'"'"'s mobile communication device;

tracking locations of the users by sharing location information between each of the users'"'"' respective mobile communication devices; and

displaying the location information along with associated identification information of the users on display screens of the communication devices of the users such that known users are differentiated from unknown users on each respective user'"'"'s display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed location information is presented as an icon on a graphical user interface (GUI) including navigation information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing additional identification information of a user associated with the icon in response to the icon being selected by a user interacting with the GUI.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the icon is graphically indicative of an activity in which the corresponding user is currently engaged.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein one or more icons associated with users registered in an active group are differentiated from icons of one or more users not registered in the active group.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein icons are differentiated by color, size, configuration, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing and displaying location information of waypoints identified by one or more of the users.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the location information includes images that are selectably displayed by the users.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying movement history information associated with the users.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a distress call to other users in response to a user requesting the distress call to be sent.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the distress call includes identification and location information of the user requesting the distress call.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying information identifying one or more users that enter a response indicating a response to the distress call.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising designating two or more users as being associated with an active group, wherein users of the active group are differentiated from other users on the display of the location information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user identification and location information are communicated to and from the users'"'"' respective communication devices to one or more servers that store the received information and communicate with the communication devices through wireless computer data communication.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying one or more zones in a predetermined radius around the user that are color-coded according to a level of danger noted in the zones.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a first zone which includes one or more hunters is indicated as a high danger zone, and zones to either side of the high danger zone are indicated as a moderate danger zone.

17. The method of claim 5, further comprising identifying each member of the active group with a custom icon to visually differentiate the respective members of the active group.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising indicating the respective members'"'"' communication device battery level with the custom icon.

19. A method of using a mobile communication device having location identification technology to manage tracking information of a plurality of users, the method comprising:

tracking locations of a plurality of users through the mobile communication devices of each of the respective users by sharing location information between each of the respective mobile communication devices in a certain area; and

displaying the location information of each of the users on display screens of the mobile communication devices of each of the users such that known users are differentiated from unknown users on each respective user'"'"'s display screen;

wherein users for which the location information is displayed have logged in to a tracking program that controls their respective mobile communication devices to perform the method of managing the tracking information.