SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVACY-ENABLED MOBILE LOCATOR SERVICES WITH DYNAMIC ENCOUNTER HORIZON

摘要

A method and system for managing awareness information relating to a mobile device's visibility with respect to other buddy devices, the system comprising; the mobile device, a mobile application listing one or more buddies, an application listener which tracks the one or more buddies zoom operations and radar zoom factors, and a server, the server comprising an encounter manager, an approach manager and a notification marshalling system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device; determining, at the first device, a visibility designation corresponding to the second device, wherein the visibility designation specifies a desired visibility of the first device by the second device, wherein the visibility designation is one of a plurality of visibility designations stored at the first device corresponding to a plurality of devices; and providing the visibility designation to a server that is in communication with the first device and the second device.