Patent ID: 8639803
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In an environment comprising a mobile device, a location server, and a storage system storing information about an entity, a computer implemented method for predicting the future location of the entity and for determining whether to indicate the predicted future location on a display screen of the mobile device, comprising: using the location server, determining the current location of the entity; using the determined current location of the entity and the stored information about the entity to predict where the entity will be located at a future point in time; defining an area associated with a selected location of a user of the mobile device based on: a specific location, a direction, and an angle; determining whether the predicted location falls within the defined area; and displaying, on the display screen of the mobile device, information identifying the predicted location if the determining step determines that the predicted location falls within the defined area.