Patent ID: 8238940

Claim:
A method for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user's mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user's mobile device, via a central server, the method comprising: selecting, by a first user operating a first mobile device, a second user from among a plurality of pre-approved linked users as an intended recipient of a location dependent message constructed by said first user operating the first mobile device, selecting, by the first user operating the first mobile device, a prescribed geographic region as a pre-condition for transmitting the location dependent message from the first mobile device via a central server to a second mobile device associated with the second user as intended recipient of the location dependent message, including the selected prescribed geographic region as part of the constructed location dependent message, transmitting the constructed location dependent message from the first mobile device to the central server, the message including the selected prescribed geographic region, extracting the prescribed geographic region from the received location dependent message upon receipt at the central server, periodically monitoring, at the central server, in response to receiving the location dependent message, a current geographic location of said second mobile device as intended recipient of the location dependent message to determine if the geographic location of said second mobile device is within a pre-defined geographic proximity of the prescribed geographic region included in the received location dependent message, and forwarding the location dependent message from the central server to the second mobile device upon determining that the second mobile device has entered within the prescribed geographic region in accordance with the periodic monitoring step.