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Personalized location information for mobile devices

  • US 20060258368A1
  • Filed: 09/29/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing location information on a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving signals from external devices, each signal including information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal;

    calculating a geographic location for the mobile device by using the information contained in each of the received signals;

    generating a representation of the geographic location of the mobile device;

    including the representation of the geographic location within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system; and

    transmitting the electronic message to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system.

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