Patent ID: 7259668

Claim:
A system for mapping the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises: the mobile communications device configured to: receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; transmit the set of data; receive image data illustrating a map including the location of the device and locations of a selected subset of a plurality of other mobile communications devices; and display the image data on a screen coupled to the device; a mobile communications base station, in communication with the mobile communications device via a wireless connection; and a server computer system in communication with the base station, the server computer system configured to: maintain a user profile of a user of the device, the user profile including information about the device and preferences of the user specifying circumstances in which a location of each of the plurality of other mobile communications devices will be included in image data transmitted to the device, the user profile stored in a database of the server computer system; receive the set of data; associate the set of data with the user, and the user profile; receive an additional set of data identifying locations of the plurality of other mobile communications devices; create the image data including the location of the device and locations of the selected subset of the plurality of other mobile communications devices, wherein the selected subset is based at least in part on the preferences in the user profile, wherein the image data is formatted for display on the device and the format is determined from the information about the device; and transmit the image data to the device.