Patent ID: 8352872
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing notification information regarding geographical location, the method comprising: accessing geographic information stored in a computer storage medium, the geographic information comprising a location of a mobile device that is associated with a first communications identity of a user; receiving information associated with a second communications identity of the user, the second communications identity being linked to the first communications identity, and the information comprising a characteristic of the link between the first communications identity and the second communications identity; providing the geographic information associated with the first communications identity to the second communications identity; selecting one of (i) notification setting information of the first communications identity, or (ii) notification setting information of the second communications identity, based on the characteristic of the link, the selected notification setting information being associated with the linked first and second communications identities; and transmitting a portion of the geographic information to at least one communications identity of a participant list associated with the second communications identity, based on the selected notification setting information.