Patent Document ID: 8909629
Application ID: 12728523
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for personalizing user location information, comprising: analyzing at least one computer database containing information about a selected user to determine whether the at least one computer database includes historical geographic location information associated with the selected user, the historical geographic location information including one or more physical locations at which the selected user's device has been located at past times; selecting a result set from the at least one computer database when the at least one computer database includes the historical geographic location information, the result set including at least one physical location of the one or more physical locations; configuring geotags personalized for the selected user for each physical location in the result set, the personalized geotags each comprising geographic coordinates, an associated area, and a name associated with the selected user; storing the personalized geotags in a memory; selecting, when a current location for the selected user is unknown, a personalized geotag from the personalized geotags stored in the memory based on a current time compared to past times from the historical geographic location information associated with the selected user; setting mapping information for a map, the mapping information including at least the selected personalized geotag; and transmitting the mapping information as a representation of the current location of the selected user in response to an authorized request from another user for the current location of the selected user.