Patent ID: 8446314

Claim:
A mobile computing device comprising, processing components; memory components; and at least one wireless transmitter/receiver; wherein, the at least one wireless transmitter/receiver comprises, a gps communication device adapted to receive gps location information, wherein the gps location information comprises at least a portion of a gps satellite channel search, and a network communication device adapted to communicate with an additional mobile computing device, and wherein, when at least a portion of the gps location information is not received by the gps communication device, the network communication device is configured to receive the at least a portion of the gps location information from the additional mobile computing device, the mobile computing device is adapted to, use the at least a portion of the gps location information to establish a location of the mobile computing device, and send one or more additional portions of the gps satellite channel search from the mobile computing device to one or more mobile computing devices.