Patent ID: 9226326
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising steps of: receiving, at a server, an inquiry for information about networked stations of a particular type, from a requesting networked station; identifying, at the server, a first location of the requesting networked station using global positioning system (GPS) signals or trilateration of the requesting networked station; monitoring a respective second location of each of other networked stations using GPS signals or trilateration; based on each respective second location of each of the other networked stations, identifying, at the server, a subset of the other networked stations having the respective second location within a predefined radius of the identified first location of the requesting networked station, and each of the other networked stations in the subset being of the particular type; for each respective one of the other networked stations in the subset of the particular type, identifying, at the server, contact information associated with the respective networked stations of the particular type; identifying, at the server, in association with the respective second location of each networked station in the subset of the particular type, a total number of networked stations in the subset of the particular type that are located at each identified second location; sorting, at the server, identifications of networked stations in the subset of the particular type according to the respective second location of each networked station in order of most to least total number of the networked stations in the subset of the particular type at each identified second location; and responsive to the inquiry received from the requesting networked station, transmitting, from the server, through a communications network to the requesting networked station, information comprising the contact information associated the each networked stations in the subset of the particular type to display according to the sorted identifications of the networked station in the subset.