Method for automatically establishing location-based conference calls
US9549075B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for automatically establishing multi-participant interactions and/or conference calls between users of mobile devices, according to which an interaction establishing application is installed on the mobile device of each participating user and receives for each user, phone numbers of other users defined as his friends and a list of predetermined triggers as conditions for initiating an interaction between users. The application constantly monitors the location of each user's mobile device and upon detecting that one or more of the triggers are met, the application automatically initiates one or more interactions between users that comply with the triggers that are met.
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