Patent ID: 9591440
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G09B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method relating to a location of a user comprising: sending a request for a location of a receiving user from a first application in execution upon an electronic device associated with a requesting user to a user notification server containing the requesting user information and receiving user information; retrieving at the user notification server a device type associated with the receiving user using the receiving user information and choosing an appropriate push notification service to use based on the device type; sending the request for location to the selected push notification service; receiving said request for location on the device associated of the receiving user; displaying the request on the device associated with the receiving user along with data relating to the requesting user and a corresponding device action; receiving from the receiving user a response to the device action; determining in dependence of the user response to the device action whether to: determining at the user notification server whether a response to the requesting user from the receiving user was received, wherein upon a positive determination the user notification server: receiving said receiving user response upon the electronic device associated with the requesting user; displaying upon the electronic device associated with the requesting user receiving user location data, wherein the receiving user and requesting user have no association other than that they are both members of a group of users associated with an event whose contact data is stored within a database accessible by the user notification server.