Patent ID: 11968590
Assignee: X ONE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 21:
22. A method comprising:
providing an application for selective download to a first wireless device associated with a customer;
receiving, via a wide area network (“WAN”), location of the first wireless device from the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device;
accessing commercial content specific to one or more enterprises, wherein at least some of the commercial content is dependent on the location of the first wireless device, and causing the first wireless device to present the accessed commercial content to the customer via a user interface of the first wireless device;
receiving a customer selection, from the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device, and via the WAN, of a specific one of the one or more enterprises, the customer selection being entered via a user interface of the first wireless device;
receiving, from the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device, and via the WAN, a request for a service, the request for the service being entered by the customer via a user interface of the first wireless device;
in association with the request for the service, establishing an ad hoc location sharing group between the customer and an individual in association with delivery of the requested service to the customer;
receiving GPS coordinates of the individual from a GPS-enabled wireless device of the individual; and
as part of the ad hoc location sharing group,
selecting a map based on at least one of the location of the first wireless device, the specific one of the one or more enterprises, and the GPS coordinates of the individual,
transmitting the map via the WAN to the first wireless device,
causing the first wireless device to render the map, via the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device, in a manner that shows location, route and direction of travel of the individual, and
intermittently causing the first wireless device to update the rendered location and direction of travel of the individual, on a map displayed on the first wireless device, via the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device, based on updated GPS coordinates received from the GPS-enabled wireless device of the individual;

wherein the method further comprises:
via the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless device, causing the first wireless device to update the rendered location and direction of travel of the individual in a manner such that a map presented to the customer is dynamically changed dependent on proximity of the location of the individual and a proposed meeting point;
via the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless cellular device, and dependent on the updated GPS coordinates received from the GPS-enabled wireless device of the individual, providing an estimated time of arrival (ETA) for the individual to arrive at a proposed meeting point associated with the request for the service;
via the application which was selectively downloaded to the first wireless cellular device, causing the first wireless device to alert the customer when, according to the location of the individual, the individual arrives at a proposed meeting point; and
automatically terminating the ad hoc location sharing group upon occurrence of a defined event.