Patent ID: 9380120
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A location-based virtual group management apparatus comprising: at least one processor; one or more non-transitory memories comprising computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the location-based virtual group management apparatus to: enable an administrative entity to establish a geographical boundary for the location-based virtual group, wherein the administrative entity is a business and the geographic boundary comprises each of one or more physical locations; enable the administrative entity to define configuration information for the location-based virtual group, the enabling the administrative entity to define configuration information comprising: identify one or more users located with the geographic boundary by: invite the one or more users meeting the membership criteria to be the members the location-based virtual group; enable the administrative entity to utilize the location-based virtual group to: