Patent ID: 8700050
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring position of a plurality of persons via a networked location monitoring system, each of the persons having a mobile computing device proximate thereto, said method comprising: obtaining locations for the mobile computing devices and thus the persons proximate thereto; receiving, at the networked location monitoring system, a request initiated by a viewing party to access the location pertaining to a particular one of the persons; determining, at the networked location monitoring system, whether the viewing party is permitted to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons, said determining comprising (i) determining whether the viewing party has been pre-authorized to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons based at least in part on an input received from a person other than the viewing party, (ii) permitting the viewing party to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons when the determining (i) determines that the viewing party has been pre-authorized to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons, (iii) sending, when the determining (i) determines that the viewing party has not been pre-authorized to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons, a location access request notification to a mobile computing device for approval or disapproval of the request initiated by the viewing party, the mobile computing device receiving the location access request notification is associated with a person other than the viewing party, (iv) receiving, at the networked location monitoring system, a location access response from the mobile computing device receiving the location access request notification, and (v) permitting the viewing party to access the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons based at least in part on the location access response; and delivering, to the viewing party, the location pertaining to the particular one of the persons provided that said permitting (ii) or said permitting (v) permits the viewing party to access the location.