Patent ID: 8792913
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing location information of a service provider resource on its way to a user location, comprising a server at a data center associated with a user device configured for: receiving a request for assistance message from the user device at the user location, the message including information describing the location of the user device; processing the request message at the data center associated with the user device to determine a services provider that can provide a type of service corresponding to the request for assistance message; transmitting the request for assistance message to a data center associated with a provider of services that can provide the type of service requested in the request message, wherein the data center associated with the user device determines the provider of services to transmit the request for assistance message to based on the type of service requested in the request for assistance message; receiving from the data center associated with the provider of services service resource information related to a service resource assigned by the services provider based on the information describing the location of the user device in response to the transmitted request for assistance message; and transmitting a location message from the data center associated with the user device to the user device indicating the location of the service resource relative to the user device location.