Patent ID: 8930233
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G01S,G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: registering an account for a first user with a web service, the first user associated with a first device; registering an account for a second user with the web service, the second user associated with a second device; receiving, at the web service, from the first user device a request granting a location based services privilege to the second user that allows the second user to receive location tracking information associated with the first user device; receiving, at the web service, a situational location of the first user device; receiving a request at the web service from the second user device requesting location tracking information associated with the first user device; in response to receiving the request, determining that the second user has been granted the location based services privilege by the first user; and transmitting location tracking information associated with the first user device to the second user device in accordance with the location based services privilege, where transmitting location tracking information associated with the first device is performed by processing the location based services privilege according to a preference specified by the first user.