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US 9,872,143 B2Granted
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.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for sharing location information for display on an interactive map, the method comprising:
- providing for display at a first computing device associated with a first subscribed user of a social network, a selectable group of one or more second subscribed users of the social network, the first subscribed user being different than the one or more second subscribed users;
- receiving at the first computing device, a selection corresponding to one of the one or more second subscribed users;
- transmitting one or more signals between the first computing device and a second computing device associated with the selected second subscribed user identifying that the first subscribed user is at a particular geographic location;
- transmitting a request from the first computing device to the second computing device requesting a current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user, wherein the request is configured to present the selected second subscribed user with a list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;
- receiving at the first computing device information corresponding to the selected, second subscribed user's current geographic location, wherein the information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user's current geographic location comprises a selection by the selected second subscribed user of a point of interest from the list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;
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- providing for display at the first computing device an interactive map including a representation of the first subscribed user at the particular geographic location associated with the first subscribed user and a representation of the selected second subscribed user at the current geographic location of the selected second subscribed user.
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A computing device, comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- providing for display at a first computing device associated with a first subscribed user of a social network, a selectable group of one or more second subscribed users of the social network, the first subscribed user being different than the one or more second subscribed users;
- receiving at the first computing device, a selection corresponding to one of the one or more second subscribed users;
- transmitting one or more signals between the first computing device and a second computing device associated with the selected second subscribed user identifying that the first subscribed user is at a particular geographic location;
- transmitting a request from the first computing device to the second computing device requesting a current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user, wherein the request is configured to present the selected second subscribed user with a list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the second subscribed user;
- receiving at the first computing device information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user's current geographic location, wherein the information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user's current geographic location comprises a selection by the selected second subscribed user of a point of interest from the list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;
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- providing for display at the first computing device an interactive map including a representation of the first subscribed user at the particular geographic location associated with the first subscribed user and a representation of the selected second subscribed user at the current geographic location of the selected second subscribed user.
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A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors perform a method comprising:
- providing for display at a first computing device associated with a first subscribed user of a social network, a selectable group of one or more second subscribed users of the social network, the first subscribed user being different than the one or more second subscribed users;
- receiving at the first computing device, a selection corresponding to one of the one or more second subscribed users;
- transmitting one or more signals between the first computing device and a second computing device associated with the selected second subscribed user identifying that the first subscribed user is at a particular geographic location;
- transmitting a request from the first computing device to the second computing device requesting a current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user, wherein the request is configured to present the selected second subscribed user with a list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;
- receiving at the first computing device information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user's current geographic location, wherein the information corresponding to the selected second subscribed user's current geographic location comprises a selection by the selected second subscribed user of a point of interest from the list of points of interest proximate to the current geographic location associated with the selected second subscribed user;
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- providing for display at the first computing device an interactive map including a representation of the first subscribed user at the particular geographic location associated with the first subscribed user and a representation of the selected second subscribed user at the current geographic location of the selected second subscribed user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.