Location based service (lbs) system and method for creating a social network
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJack STEENSTRA, Kirk Steven TAYLOR, Liren CHEN, Alexander GANTMAN
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a location based service to create a social network, comprising activating a feature from a wireless terminal, registering from the wireless terminal with a location based service associated with the feature, creating a profile of a user of the feature, and displaying candidates based on the profile and based on the geographic location of the candidates. A Global Positioning System (GPS) may be used to geographically locate active users of a feature. An activity map may be associated with a feature, the activity map displaying active users of the feature.
Claims31
(canceled)
A method of operating a terminal, comprising:
- registering an operator of the terminal to a matching service;
- receiving location information that identifies a set of locations for a set of candidates registered to the matching service and associated with a corresponding set of candidate profiles that each match a desired profile of the operator of the terminal;
- and
- displaying a map that identifies at least one location of at least one candidate from the set of candidates based on the terminal and the at least one candidate being commonly registered to the matching service irrespective of whether the operator and the at least one candidate have a prior relationship.
A terminal, comprising:
- means for registering an operator of the terminal to a matching service;
- means for receiving location information that identifies a set of locations for a set of candidates registered to the matching service and associated with a corresponding set of candidate profiles that each match a desired profile of the operator of the terminal;
- and
- means for displaying a map that identifies at least one location of at least one candidate from the set of candidates based on the terminal and the at least one candidate being commonly registered to the matching service irrespective of whether the operator and the at least one candidate have a prior relationship.
A terminal, comprising:
- a processor coupled to a transceiver and a display and configured to:
- register an operator of the terminal to a matching service;
- receive location information that identifies a set of locations for a set of candidates registered to the matching service and associated with a corresponding set of candidate profiles that each match a desired profile of the operator of the terminal;
- and
- display a map that identifies at least one location of at least one candidate from the set of candidates based on the terminal and the at least one candidate being commonly registered to the matching service irrespective of whether the operator and the at least one candidate have a prior relationship.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a terminal, cause the terminal to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the terminal to register an operator of the terminal to a matching service;
- at least one instruction to cause the terminal to receive location information that identifies a set of locations for a set of candidates registered to the matching service and associated with a corresponding set of candidate profiles that each match a desired profile of the operator of the terminal;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the terminal to display a map that identifies at least one location of at least one candidate from the set of candidates based on the terminal and the at least one candidate being commonly registered to the matching service irrespective of whether the operator and the at least one candidate have a prior relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.