System and Method for Requesting an Updated User Location
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJoseph LaPenna, Chris Lambert
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for requesting an updated location, including a point of interest, from a user for display on an interactive map. On receiving from an interested user a request for a point of interest associated with a subscribed user's current location, a request is transmitted to the subscribed user to check-in to the point of interest. In response to the request, the subscribed user selects a selected point of interest from a selection list. A representation of the subscribed user and the selected point of interest is then provided for display on an interactive map associated with the interested user.
Claims21
1-24. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- communicating, to a first computing device, a request of a second computing device for a current geographic location of the first computing device;
- receiving, from the first computing device, data indicating the current geographic location of the first computing device;
- and
- generating, based on the data and for display by the second computing device, an interactive map comprising:
- a representation of a current geographic location of the second computing device, and a representation of the current geographic location of the first computing device.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- hosting a social network;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a first user of the social network, a request that a second user of the social network check in regarding their current geographic location;
- responsive to receiving the request, communicating, to a computing device associated with the second user, data indicating a list of points of interest determined based on a current geographic location of the computing device associated with the second user;
- and
- responsive to receiving data indicating a selection made via the list, communicating, to the computing device associated with the first user, data indicating the selection.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a computing system cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- hosting a social network;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a user of the social network, data indicating a geographic location of the computing device;
- communicating, to the computing device, data indicating a list of points of interest determined based on the geographic location;
- and
- responsive to receiving data indicating a selection made via the list, communicating, to one or more other computing devices associated with one or more other users of the social network, data indicating the selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.