Location sensitive messaging
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1. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
- receiving, at a messaging system, a first data message associated with a first wireless device;
determining, at said messaging system, a proximity zone proximate to a first current location associated with said first wireless device;
identifying, at said messaging system, a second wireless device within said proximity zone;
automatically appending, at said messaging system, said first current location to said first data message;
transmitting said first current location and said first data message, to said second wireless device;
transmitting a request to said second wireless device to transmit second current location associated with said second wireless device;
receiving said second current location of said second wireless device; and
transmitting said second current location to said first wireless device.
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Abstract
Methods including computer program products for receiving a request from a first device, the request incorporating a message. One or more users from a first set of one or more users are selected where each of the selected one or more users is associated with a second device that is in a proximity to a current location of the first device. The message and the current location of the first device are sent to each of the second devices associated with the selected one or more users.
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1. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
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receiving, at a messaging system, a first data message associated with a first wireless device; determining, at said messaging system, a proximity zone proximate to a first current location associated with said first wireless device; identifying, at said messaging system, a second wireless device within said proximity zone; automatically appending, at said messaging system, said first current location to said first data message; transmitting said first current location and said first data message, to said second wireless device; transmitting a request to said second wireless device to transmit second current location associated with said second wireless device; receiving said second current location of said second wireless device; and transmitting said second current location to said first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for communicating location information, comprising:
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a receiver, at a messaging system, to receive a first data message associated with a first wireless device; a determination module, at said messaging system, to determine a proximity zone proximate to a first current location associated with said first wireless device; an identification module, at said messaging system, to identify a second wireless device within said proximity zone; an appender module to automatically append, at said messaging system, said first current location to said first data message; a transmitter to transmit said first current location and said first data message, to said second wireless device; transmitting a request to said second wireless device to transmit a second current location associated with said second wireless device; receiving said second current location of said second wireless device; and transmitting said second current location to said first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
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receiving, from a first wireless device, a first data message including at least one of an image, a voice, sound, and streamed media; obtaining a proximity zone surrounding a first current location associated with said first wireless device; selecting one or more user IDs from a first set of one or more user IDs, said selected one or more user IDs being associated with at least one second wireless device that is within said proximity zone; appending said first current location associated with said first wireless device to said first data message; transmitting said first data message comprising said first current location to said at least one second wireless device; receiving, from said at least one second wireless device, a second data message comprising a request to transmit current location associated with said at least one second wireless device, to said first wireless device; and transmitting current location associated with said at least one second wireless device to said first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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