Adaptive location sharing based on proximity
US9769610B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/63
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for providing adaptive location sharing based on proximity may include identifying a group of entities (people and/or places) associated with a target person, receiving, from a mobile communications device associated with the target person, location data indicative of a current geographic location of the target person, determining, using the location data, that the target person is proximate to at least a first entity of the group, generating a proximity message, and sending the proximity message to a remote monitoring device to cause the remote monitoring device to display a location-based status of the target person. The location-based status does not specify any geographic location of the target person.
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