Patent ID: 8639263
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, using one or more processors, location information of a plurality of mobile user agents associated with a network; using the one or more processors, identifying a group of mobile user agents among the plurality of mobile user agents based at least in part on the determined location information wherein identifying the group is triggered by a predetermined number of the plurality of mobile user agents being or taking action in a predetermined geographic area encompassing the determined location information; determining location-based information for the group; providing the location-based information to the group, each of the mobile user agents in the group being capable of receiving and processing the location-based information to determine a geographical location derived from the location-based information and display the location-based information in concert with a location of the particular mobile user agent, wherein the location-based information is at least one of map information, navigation information, traffic information, promotional information, point of interest information, advertisement information, and GPS assistance information.