Patent ID: 8838145

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: receiving, at a client device, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) address of a neighboring client device; registering with a navigation server, wherein the registering comprises: sending, from the client device, a request to a navigation server to register the client device with a global positioning group of client devices that includes the neighboring client device, wherein the request to register includes the received GNSS address of the neighboring client device and an internet protocol (IP) address of the client device; receiving, at the client device from the navigation server, an indication of the client device being registered with the global positioning group; communicating to the navigation server a request for navigation information, the request including the received GNSS address of the neighboring client device; and receiving, at the client device from the navigation server, navigation information of the global positioning group retrieved by the navigation server for the client device using the GNSS address of the neighboring client device.