CREATION AND USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GROUPS IN A LOCATION SHARING APPLICATION

摘要

A mobile application uses computer-readable instructions for exchanging, viewing or providing location sharing information in a context of a public group, a private group or both. The location sharing information may be made available to aid or enhance commerce-related activities performed by a merchant, a consumer or both. In another embodiment, a method for authenticating a private group permits an authenticating user to restrict the private group and selectively allow subsequent participants restricted access to the private group.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for merchant-to-consumer commerce, the method comprising:
establishing a public group configured for a merchant to broadcast commerce-related information; receiving a query from a consumer to view the commerce-related information based on a consumer-selected parameter; when the consumer-selected parameter sufficiently matches the broadcast commerce-related information from the merchant, and managing the commerce-related information broadcast to the public group.