Patent ID: 9467832
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G01C,G01S,G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for sharing position data between location-sharing-enabled wireless devices using a location-sharing server, the method comprising: maintaining a user database associating users with respective ones of the location-sharing-enabled wireless devices; organizing the users in lists responsive to input from the users; and establishing a position-sharing relationship between a first of the users, associated with a first of the wireless devices, and a second of the users, associated with a second of the wireless devices, by wherein organizing the users in lists responsive to input from the users is performed responsive to instructions received from respective ones of the wireless devices which select specific ones of the other users, to thereby permit each of the users to define a buddy list, at least one of the buddy lists comprising the first wireless device and the second wireless device.