Patent ID: 8139514

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, over a network, from a first user, a respective identification of each user of a plurality of second users; associating, using a computing device, the first user and each user of the plurality of second users with a user defined community; receiving, over a network, from the first user, an image, created by the first user, of a location; creating, using the computing device, a map of the location such that the map is associated with the user defined community; receiving, over the network, an indication of a placement of a representation of the first user on the map; alerting, over the network, each user associated with the user defined community that the first user is placed on the map; receiving, over the network, from each user of a subset of users associated with the user defined community, a respective indication of a respective placement of a respective representation of a respective user on the map; determining, using the computing device, for the first user and each user of the subset of users, a respective geographical location of the respective user; and broadcasting, over the network, to the first user and each user of the subset of users, the respective geographical location of the first user and each user of the subset of users.