Determining and providing locations of communication devices in proximity to wireless access points
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1. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a wireless access point in communication with a first mobile communication device associated with a first user;
determining a location of the first mobile communication device based at least in part on a location of the wireless access point;
associating a label to the location of the first mobile communication device based at least in part on a sharing constraint; and
providing the label over a network to at least a second mobile communication device associated with a second user in accordance with the sharing constraint, wherein the label indicates the location of the first mobile communication device.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus and software have been discovered for use by individual users to monitor the geographic location of other people or assets with some relationship to the user. Once some manner of location information is determined, users have the ability to describe that location in various ways and control how that information is shared with other users.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a wireless access point in communication with a first mobile communication device associated with a first user; determining a location of the first mobile communication device based at least in part on a location of the wireless access point; associating a label to the location of the first mobile communication device based at least in part on a sharing constraint; and providing the label over a network to at least a second mobile communication device associated with a second user in accordance with the sharing constraint, wherein the label indicates the location of the first mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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determining an identity of a wireless access point in communication with a mobile computing device associated with a first user; determining a location of the mobile computing device based at least in part on a location or the identity of the wireless access point; associating a label to the location of the mobile computing device based at least in part on a sharing constraint, wherein the sharing constraint comprises restricting viewing access of the label to a designated group of users; and providing the label associated with the location of the mobile computing device over a network to at least a second user in accordance with the sharing constraint, wherein the second user is associated with the designated group of users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device cause the processing device to perform operations to:
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receive information indicating that a mobile communication device is within range of a wireless access point; determine location information of the mobile communication device based on the wireless access point; associate a label with the location information according to a sharing constraint, wherein the sharing constraint comprises selectively authorizing access of the label to a group of users; and provide the location info nation of the mobile communication device to a service over a network; wherein the location information includes the label; and wherein the service is configured to provide the location information of the communication device to a plurality of authorized users associated with the service in accordance with the sharing constraint. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving information indicating that a mobile communication device is within range of a wireless access point; determining a location of the mobile communication device based on a location of the wireless access point; associating a label with the location of the mobile communication device according to a sharing constraint, wherein the sharing constraint comprises selectively authorizing access of the label to a group of users; and providing the label associated with the location of the mobile communication device to a service over a network; wherein the service is configured to provide the label associated with the location of the mobile communication device to a plurality of authorized users associated via the service in accordance with the sharing constraint. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device cause the processing device to perform operations to:
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receive an identity of a wireless access point; receive an identity of a mobile communication device associated with a first user; determine a location of the mobile communication device based at least in part on the identity of the wireless access point; determine a label for the location of the mobile communication device from a plurality of available labels in response to a rule, wherein the rule comprises selectively authorizing access to the plurality of available labels according to an association of a second user with one or more groups of users; provide the label for the location of the mobile communication device over a network to the second user in accordance with the rule.
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25. A method comprising:
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receiving an identity of a wireless access point; receiving an identity of a mobile communication device associated with a first user; determining a location of the mobile communication device based at least in part on the identity of the wireless access point; determining a label for the location of the mobile communication device from a plurality of available labels in response to a rule, wherein the rule comprises selectively authorizing viewing access of one or more of the plurality of available labels according to an association of a second user with a group of users; providing the label for the location of the mobile communication device over a network to the second user in accordance with the rule. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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