Patent ID: 8798647

Claim:
A method of tracking proximity of position associated with a first wireless device relative to a position of a second wireless device, wherein one of the first wireless device and the second wireless device is associated with a provider of a desired service and the other of the first wireless device and the second wireless device is associated with a requestor of the desired service, the method comprising: causing receipt of information on the first wireless device representing the position of the second wireless device and a map associated with the position associated with the first wireless device and the position of second wireless device; causing display of the map on the first wireless device with position associated with the first wireless device and the position of the second wireless device rendered thereon; and causing receipt of information on the first wireless device representing positional update of the second wireless device, and causing update of display of the map on the first wireless device with the position associated with the first wireless device and updated position of the second wireless device rendered thereon; wherein the causing of the update is to be performed to indicate proximity of and direction between position of the provider of the desired service and position associated with the requestor of the desired service; wherein the method is invoked responsive to launching an application on the first wireless device in connection with a request from the requestor for the desired service; and wherein the provider is selected in connection with the request for the desired service and the method further comprises forming a use-specific group to have the first wireless device and the second wireless device in connection with the request for the desired service.