Place specific buddy list services
July 27, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesIntroduction system for locating compatible persons 5548726 Mobile telephone system for determining a position of a mobile telephone Method and system for determining location of subscriber of two-way paging service System and method of accessing and recording messages at coordinate way points Location based service request system Mobile communications matching system Method and arrangement relating to mobile telephone communications network Patent #: 6587691 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 09626170 filed on 07/27/2000US Classes:455/414.1, Special service455/456.3, Position based personal service455/566, Having display340/993, Position indication transmitted by local station to remote location455/456.1, Location monitoring455/457Location displayExaminersPrimary: Vuong, Quochien B.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04Q007/20H04B001/38 AbstractAn information service provides search and notifications to inform when certain people (e.g., friends, family, business contacts, etc.) are nearby so as to facilitate communications with those people. Users may define lists of people whose locations may be tracked by positioning equipment based on personal communications/computing devices carried by the people. The information service processes this people and place data to identify those of the listed people that are in the user's vicinity, and provide notifications and user-initiated search results informing the user such as via the user's personal communications/computing device.Other References
Field of SearchSpecial serviceZoned or cellular telephone system Location display Meet-me system Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS)) Location monitoring Based on request signal Position based personal service Quiet or transmission prevention mode At remote station (i.e., mobile station) Having display Position indication transmitted by local station to remote location | |
