Patent ID: 7312700

Claim:
A method for operating a seeking wireless terminal to display information regarding a proximately located sought wireless terminal, the method comprising: determining location coordinates of the seeking wireless terminal via access of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the seeking wireless terminal; sending a seeking request via a supporting wireless network infrastructure, the seeking request including at least one interest item entered by a user of the seeking wireless terminal and the location coordinates of the seeking wireless terminal; receiving a seeking response via the supporting wireless network infrastructure, the seeking response including location coordinates of a sought wireless terminal; determining a relative position of the location coordinates of the sought wireless terminal with respect to the location coordinates of the seeking wireless terminal; and displaying an indication on the display to indicate the relative position of the sought wireless terminal with respect to the seeking wireless terminal, including: a vector indicating a relative direction to the sought wireless terminal from the seeking wireless terminal; and an indication of a distance to the sought wireless terminal from the seeking wireless terminal.