Patent ID: 9699756
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a first mobile communication device, a location of the first mobile communication device; detecting, by the first mobile communication device, presence of a second mobile communication device located within a proximity of the first mobile communication device; determining, by the first mobile communication device, a location of the second mobile communication device; and reporting, by the first mobile communication device, the location of the first mobile communication device and the location of the second mobile communication device, wherein determining the location of the first mobile communication device, determining the location of the second mobile communication device, and reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device are repeatedly performed at a particular location reporting update frequency, wherein the particular location reporting update frequency depends, at least in part, on a characterization of a crowd size associated with the location of the first mobile communication device such that when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a large crowd size, the particular location reporting update frequency is higher than when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a small crowd size.