Patent ID: 8744753

Claim:
A method of sharing a geographical location on a map between mobile computing devices, the method comprising: retrieving first geographical location information to a first mobile device associated with a first user, wherein the first geographical location information corresponds to a geographical location of the first user associated with the first mobile device; rendering a map at the first mobile device, wherein the map is associated with a plurality of layers and a first map object corresponding to the first user is rendered on the map at a first position, the first position corresponding to the geographical location of the first user associated with the first mobile device; receiving second geographical location information at the first mobile device, wherein the second geographical location information corresponds to a geographical location of a second user associated with a second mobile device; and rendering a second map object corresponding to the second user on the map at the first mobile device based on receiving the second geographical location information, wherein the second map object is rendered on the map with the first map object, and the second map object is rendered on the map at a second position, the second position corresponding to the geographical location of the second user associated with the second mobile device.