Correlating and mapping mobile device locations on a mobile device
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1. A mobile communication device configured to:
- receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked;
modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device;
receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device;
receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and
display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices, wherein the image data includes a graphical representation of historical locations of the mobile telecommunication device within a time period, and wherein the time period is specified in the user profile.
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Abstract
Tools and techniques related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. A system might comprise a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. Some techniques provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described, including without limitation efficiently determining the location of a mobile device and mapping the location of the device, along with other features of interest, such as the locations of other devices.
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1. A mobile communication device configured to:
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receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices, wherein the image data includes a graphical representation of historical locations of the mobile telecommunication device within a time period, and wherein the time period is specified in the user profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile communication device, input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modifying, with the mobile communication device, a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receiving, with the mobile communication device, a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receiving, with the mobile communication device, a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and displaying, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices, wherein the image data includes a graphical representation of historical locations of the mobile telecommunication device within a time period, and wherein the time period is specified in the user profile. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions executable by a mobile communication device to:
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receive input from a user, the input identifying a plurality of other mobile communication devices to be tracked; modify a user profile including preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be displayed on a map on the mobile communication device; receive a first set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; receive a second set of data comprising locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices; and display, on a screen of the mobile communication device, image data illustrating a map and the locations of each of the plurality of other mobile communication devices, wherein the image data includes a graphical representation of historical locations of the mobile telecommunication device within a time period, and wherein the time period is specified in the user profile.
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