Patent ID: 9369847
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting formation of a location-sharing group between two or more mobile devices, wherein the location-sharing group is identified by geographic locations of the two or more mobile devices, wherein detecting formation of the location-sharing group further comprises receiving a group initiation request from a host device, the host device being one of the two or more mobile devices in the location-sharing group, and the group initiation request identifying the location-sharing group to be formed and one or more participating devices that have been invited to join the location-sharing group by the host device; tracking the geographic location of the location-sharing group as locations of the two or more mobile devices change; providing the geographic location of the location-sharing group to at least one of the two or more mobile devices in the location-sharing group; determining a termination of the location-sharing group; and in response to determining the termination of the location-sharing group, ceasing to track the geographic location of the location-sharing group.