Patent ID: 9288307
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: exchanging one or more human-user initiated authorizations between a first wireless communications device and a second wireless communications device, the exchanging the one or more human-user initiated authorizations including at least transmitting from the first wireless communications device to the second wireless communications device an offer to provide data indicative of a location of the first wireless communications device, the exchanging one or more human-user initiated authorizations further including at least receiving at the first wireless communications device an affirmative reply to the offer, the affirmative reply being received within a predetermined time window relative to the offer; and automatically and periodically, in response to at least one of the one or more human-user initiated authorizations, providing data indicative of the location of the first wireless communications device from the first wireless communications device to the second wireless communications device at least for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communications device relative to a location of the second wireless communications device, and further including providing data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communications device.