Patent ID: 9554260
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer program product, including computer executable instructions stored onto a computer readable medium which, when executed by a user of a personal electronic device (PED), causes the PED to perform a method of sharing information with other user-selected PEDs that also utilize the computer program product, the non-transitory computer program product comprising: executable instructions that enable the user to define a community; executable instructions that permit other users of PEDs to join the user-defined community; executable instructions that enable users of PEDs to preselect at least one geographic area of interest; executable instructions that enables sharing of information to users of PEDs located within the preselected geographic area of interest; executable instructions for the user to identify user-selected PEDs within the community, regardless of proximity to the user or the at least one geographical area of interest; executable instructions that enable the PED of the user to receive alerts from the user-selected PEDs; and executable instructions that enable the user to send alerts to the user-selected PEDs, wherein the user can initiate the executable instruction to send information, whereby specific information of choice is sent from the user's PED to each of the user-selected PEDs and when any of the user-selected PEDs initiate the executable instruction to send information, the executable instructions to receive information, enable the PED of the user to receive the information sent.