Location information in a communications system

摘要

A method of communicating location information relating to a first user of a first communication client from a first user terminal over a communications system to a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing the first communication client and the second user terminal executing a second communication client, the method comprising: the second communication client displaying a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user; the first user terminal determining a location of the first user; the first user terminal storing the determined location in a store of the first user terminal; the first communication client reading the stored location from the store; the first communication client generating a message comprising a visual indication of the location read from the store; transmitting the message from the first user terminal to the second user terminal; and displaying the visual indication of the location on the second user terminal in the contact list in association with the first contact.

主权项

1. A method of receiving location information relating to a first user of a first communication client from a first user terminal over a communications system at a second user terminal, the first user terminal executing the first communication client configured to perform encoding and decoding of VoIP packets and the second user terminal executing a second communication client configured to perform encoding and decoding of VoIP packets, the method comprising:
displaying, by the second communication client, a list of contacts associated with a second user of the second communication client, the list of contacts comprising a first contact representing the first user; receiving a mood message from the first user terminal at the second user terminal, the mood message comprising as part of the mood message both an identifier to identify the mood message as the mood message and a visual indication of a location of the first user that is configured for display from the mood message, the visual indication of the location determined at the first terminal and without interaction of the first user with the first terminal; and displaying the visual indication of the location, taken from the mood message, on the second user terminal in a mood message field of the contact list along with a name representing the first contact and a presence status of the first contact.