Facilitating location-based communication with mobile devices
US9420417B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/42008
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An instruction for making a call to a location is received at an application executing in a service provider system. The location is a place where different callees with different mobile devices are present at different times, and a callee is present with a mobile device at the place at a given time therefore the call is made to the mobile device of the callee in order to call the location. Using the application, a set of locations corresponding to a set of subscribers is detected. From the set of subscribers, a set of potential callees is identified. Each mobile device associated with each callee in the set of potential callees is present at the location at the given time. Using the application, the call is established between a caller's device and the mobile devices of a subset of potential callees, the subset of potential callees including the callee.
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