Patent ID: 7813743
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for forwarding location dependent short text messages from a first user's mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user's mobile device, the method comprising: performing a confirmation procedure by a plurality of users including at least the first and second users to allow the plurality of users to link their phone numbers with other users, thereby establishing a network of pre-approved linked users, selecting, by the first user, the intended second user from among the plurality of pre-approved linked users as an intended recipient of a location dependent short text message, selecting, by the first user, a prescribed region defined as a prescribed distance from a geographic location as a pre-condition for transmitting the location dependent short text message from the first users mobile device via a central server to the second user's mobile device as intended recipient of the location dependent short text message, transmitting the location dependent short text message from the first user's mobile device via a central server, upon receiving the location dependent short text messages at the central server, the central server performing certain functions including: