Patent ID: 8725175
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06Q,G06T,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A location-aware mobile communication device system comprising: a registration device allowing a first user and second user to register for a location sharing service by validating possession of a respective location-aware-mobile device; a configuration device allowing the first user to invite the second user to establish a trusted relationship on a server computer coupled to each of the first and second user; a location sharing device displaying a location of the first user on the mobile device of the second user, when the trusted relationship has been established, and the first user has enabled location display of the first user's respective mobile device on the mobile device of the second user; and an external network manager device enabling the first user to transmit the location of the first user to a third user with whom a trusted relationship has not been established, wherein the third user is defined in a contact list resident on the first user's respective mobile device, and wherein the location is transmitted to the third user.