System and Method for Conveying Object Location Information
First Claim
1. A method for conveying location information, comprising:
- receiving an authorization from a first user having a user identification code associated with an authorized user with a privilege to authorize a second user to convey a location information of a computing device associated with a third user; and
conveying the location information based on an authorization by the first user.
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Abstract
An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for conveying location information, comprising:
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receiving an authorization from a first user having a user identification code associated with an authorized user with a privilege to authorize a second user to convey a location information of a computing device associated with a third user; and conveying the location information based on an authorization by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. The method of 1 further comprising receiving a location information request from a computing device before receiving the authorization.
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10. An information-sharing system, comprising:
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a database of user information comprising a plurality of user identification codes comprising a first user identification code and a second user identification code; and an administrator of the information-sharing system;
said administrator associating the plurality of user identification codes with one or more user groups, including a user group associated with the first user identification code and second user identification code, wherein the administrator associates the first user identification code with an authorized user'"'"'s privilege to associate the second user identification with a location information source that provides location information associated with an object, wherein the location information of the object is conveyed to a computing device based on an authorization given by the authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The information-sharing system of 15, wherein a third code is associated with a computing device that is different from the computing devices associated with the first and second user identification codes, and wherein the location information is conveyed to the computing device associated with the third user identification code.
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17. An information-sharing system, comprising:
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a database storing user information associated with a plurality of groups of users of computing devices, each computing device having a corresponding user identification code stored in the database, each user identification code being associated with a user within each group of users; and an administrator device that associates a first user identification code with an authorized user within each group of users, the authorized user of each group of users having an access privilege to location information of a computing device associated with a second user identification code of a user within the group of users that includes the authorized user, wherein the location information of the computing device associated with the second user identification code is conveyed based on an authorization by the authorized user of a corresponding group of users. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. The information-sharing system of 17, wherein a third user identification code is associated with a computing device that is different from the computing devices associated with the first and second user identification codes, and wherein the location information of the computing device associated with the second user identification code is conveyed to the computing device associated with the third user identification code.
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20. A method for conveying location information comprising:
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associating a plurality of user identification codes stored in a database with a user group comprising a first user associated with a first user identification code, a second user associated with a second user identification and a third user associated with a third user identification code; specifying the first user as an authorized user by an administrator of a location information sharing system; associating the authorized user with an access privilege to location information; associating the second user identification code with a computing device;
wherein the access privilege comprises a privilege to access location information associated with the computing device; andreceiving authorizing from the authorized user for conveyance of the location information to a computing device associated with at least one of the first or third user identification code. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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