Dynamic Location of a Subordinate User
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsBarry Appelman, Andrew Ivar Erickson, Larry L. Lu, Robert Eugene Weltman
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Abstract
Providing location information to a supervisory user includes providing a parental control, using a computer automatically to determine a location of a subordinate user, and storing location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user in a database. A request of the supervisory user to locate the subordinate user is received and a user interface informs the supervisory user of the location of the subordinate user based on the stored location information. At least one of the storing and/or the informing are based on the parental control.
Claims28
A method of providing location information, the method comprising:
- receiving parental control information;
- using a computer automatically to determine a location of a subordinate user;
- using a database to store location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user;
- receiving an indication to locate the subordinate user to a supervisory user;
- and
- using a user interface to inform the supervisory user of the location of the subordinate user based on the stored location information,
- wherein the storing or the informing are based on the parental control information.
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16-19. (canceled)
21-26. (canceled)
28-37. (canceled)
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41-43. (canceled)
A computer storage medium storing a computer program configured to provide location information, the computer program comprising one or more code segments that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
- access a parental control;
- determine a location of a subordinate user;
- store location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user;
- receive an indication to locate the subordinate user to a supervisory user;
- and
- inform the supervisory user of the location of the subordinate user based on the stored location information,
- wherein the storing or the informing are based on the parental control.
45-66. (canceled)
A system for providing location information, the system comprising one or more processors connected to one or more storage devices, the system being configured to:
- access a parental control;
- determine a location of a subordinate user;
- store location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user;
- receive an indication to locate the subordinate user to a supervisory user;
- and
- inform the supervisory user of the location of the subordinate user based on the stored location information,
- wherein the storing or the informing are based on the parental control.
68-89. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.