Patent ID: 8644847
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a first telephone device having an associated first user, and at a second telephone device having an associated second user, a telephone call request to accept a telephone call; identifying, by the second telephone device and in response to receiving the telephone call request, a social network identifier for the associated first user based on a telephone number for the first telephone device that was received with the telephone call request; providing, by the second telephone device, a geographic location request to a server system that is distinct from the first and second telephone devices for information that identifies a current geographic location of the first telephone device or the associated first user, wherein the geographic location request includes the social network identifier for the associated first user, wherein the server system is associated with a social network and is configured to provide location information based on received status updates for users including location-based updates for users of the social network; receiving, at the second telephone device, the information that identifies the current geographic location of the first telephone device or the associated first user from the server system, wherein the information was identified based on one or more recent location-based updates that were received in association with the social network and the first user; and after receiving the information, using the obtained information to provide a representation of the current geographic location of the first telephone device on the second telephone device in association with the telephone call from the first telephone device.