User-requested message transmission to devices near a second device
AssigneePycom Ltd
InventorsFrederick De Haro, Daniel Campora
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Abstract
An electronic device of the invention is configured to allow a user of a first device to request transmission of a message, obtain a location of a second device, and transmit the message to devices within a certain range of the second device. The first device may be carried by a person who wants to retrieve a missing person, animal, or object. The second device may be carried by the missing person or missing animal or attached to or incorporated into the missing object. The message may be transmitted by the first device, by the second device, and/or by an Internet server, for example.
Claims18
A method of transmitting a message, the method comprising:
- allowing a user of a first device to request transmission of a message;
- obtaining a location of a second device;
- and
- transmitting said message to devices within a certain range of said second device.
A computer readable medium for storing instructions when executed on a computer system perform a method of transmitting a message, said method comprising:
- allowing a user of a first device to request transmission of a message;
- obtaining a location of a second device;
- and
- transmitting said message to devices within a certain range of said second device.
An electronic device, comprising at least one processor configured to:
- allow a user of a first device to request transmission of a message,
- obtain a location of a second device, and
- transmit said message to devices within a certain range of said second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.