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US 8,478,526 B2Granted
Enabling a first mobile device to navigate to a location associated with a second mobile device
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsMonica Chitre, Deepa Sukumaran
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Abstract
A method is described that allows a first mobile device to persistently lock onto a second mobile device, thereby allowing the first mobile device to not only constantly monitor the dynamic location of the second mobile device but also to adaptively navigate in real-time to the dynamic location associated with the second mobile device. The dynamic location may include a current location of the second mobile device or a final destination for travel of the second mobile device.
Claims25
A method comprising steps of:
- displaying, on a first mobile device, to a user of the first mobile device, one or more available actions associated with a second mobile device, the displayed available actions including a navigation action to navigate to a location associated with the second mobile device, and each mobile device contains a processor;
- sending a navigate request over a mobile network to the second mobile device responsive to determining by the processor that the navigation action has been selected;
- receiving, over the mobile network, a response to the navigate request from the second mobile device providing information identifying the location associated with the second mobile device;
- identifying a current location of the first mobile device;
- calculating by the processor directions from the current location of the first mobile device to the location associated with the second mobile device;
- and
- presenting the directions to the user via the first mobile device.
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A method comprising steps of:
- displaying, on a first mobile device, to a user of the first mobile device, one or more available actions associated with a second mobile device, the displayed available actions including a navigation action to navigate real-time to a dynamic location associated with the second mobile device and each mobile device contains a processor;
- sending a navigate request over a mobile network to the second mobile device responsive to determining by the processor that the navigation action has been selected;
- receiving via the mobile network, a response to the navigate request from the second mobile device providing information identifying the dynamic location associated with the second mobile device;
- identifying a current location of the first mobile device;
- calculating by the processor directions from the current location of the first mobile device to the identified dynamic location associated with the second mobile device;
- presenting the directions to the user via the first mobile device;
- receiving via the mobile network from the second mobile device information identifying an updated dynamic location associated with the second mobile device;
- calculating updated directions to the identified updated dynamic location associated with the second mobile device;
- and
- presenting the updated directions to the user via the first mobile device.
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A method comprising steps of:
- receiving, at a second mobile device and over a mobile network, a navigate request from a first mobile device, requesting that the second mobile device navigate to a dynamic location associated with the first mobile device, wherein the request includes information identifying the dynamic location associated with the first mobile device, and each mobile device contains a processor to the second mobile device, each mobile device contains a processor;
- informing a user via the second mobile device of the received navigation request;
- sending to the first mobile device a response accepting the navigate request, responsive to determining by the processor that the navigate request has been accepted;
- identifying a current location of the second mobile device;
- calculating by the processor directions from the current location of the second mobile device to the dynamic location associated with the first mobile device;
- and
- presenting the directions to the user via the second mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.