SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NON-COMMERCIAL MESSAGING
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1. A method for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user'"'"'s mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user'"'"'s mobile device, via a central server, the method comprising:
- storing, by the first user, a bookmark directory in the first user'"'"'s mobile device, the bookmark directory including a plurality of records, each record specifying a respective geographic location and a respective associated user;
selecting, by the first user, one of said records in the stored bookmark directory;
transmitting a constructed location dependent message from the first user'"'"'s mobile device to the central server, the message including as a selected prescribed geographic region the respective geographic location specified by the selected one of said records in the stored bookmark directory, the message indicating the respective associated user specified by the selected one of said records in the stored bookmark directory as said second user;
extracting the prescribed geographic region from the received location dependent message upon receipt at the central server,periodically monitoring, at the central server, in response to receiving the location dependent message, a current geographic location of said second user as intended recipient of the location dependent message to determine if the second user is within a pre-defined geographic proximity of the prescribed geographic region included in the received location dependent message, andforwarding the location dependent message from the central server to the second user upon determining that the second user has entered within the prescribed geographic region in accordance with the periodic monitoring step.
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Methods and systems are provided for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user'"'"'s mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user'"'"'s mobile device, via a central server.
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1. A method for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user'"'"'s mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user'"'"'s mobile device, via a central server, the method comprising:
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storing, by the first user, a bookmark directory in the first user'"'"'s mobile device, the bookmark directory including a plurality of records, each record specifying a respective geographic location and a respective associated user; selecting, by the first user, one of said records in the stored bookmark directory; transmitting a constructed location dependent message from the first user'"'"'s mobile device to the central server, the message including as a selected prescribed geographic region the respective geographic location specified by the selected one of said records in the stored bookmark directory, the message indicating the respective associated user specified by the selected one of said records in the stored bookmark directory as said second user; extracting the prescribed geographic region from the received location dependent message upon receipt at the central server, periodically monitoring, at the central server, in response to receiving the location dependent message, a current geographic location of said second user as intended recipient of the location dependent message to determine if the second user is within a pre-defined geographic proximity of the prescribed geographic region included in the received location dependent message, and forwarding the location dependent message from the central server to the second user upon determining that the second user has entered within the prescribed geographic region in accordance with the periodic monitoring step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user'"'"'s mobile device to a second user'"'"'s mobile device, the system comprising:
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a plurality of mobile devices operable in a communication network, each device configured to permit determination of its geographic location, a central server configured to receive location dependent messages transmitted from each of said plurality of mobile devices in said network, said central server being further configured to transmit validated location dependent messages to intended recipient mobile devices in accordance with a message transmission protocol, said central server including a central server managing entity for managing functions associated with said central server, said functions comprising; validating the location dependent messages received at the central server, polling the geographic locations of at least one of said plurality of mobile devices in said network to determine if an intended recipient mobile device user has entered a geographic location specified in a location dependent message received at said central server, and transmitting validated location dependent messages to intended recipient mobile device users upon determining that at least one intended recipient mobile device user has entered said geographic location specified in a location dependent message received at said central server, the system further comprising means for creating a bookmark directory on at least one of said mobile devices, the bookmark directory including a plurality of records in a table in a memory of the mobile device, each record defining an association pair including an intended recipient and geographic location, wherein the intended recipient is an intended recipient of a location dependent message and the geographic location is a location dependent pre-condition for transmitting the location dependent message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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