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1. A method for opt-in and time limited bi-directional location sharing between a first device associated with a first participant and a second device associated with a second participant, said method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a connection request from a first device to share information between the first and second devices; providing, from the server, the connection request to the second device, said first and second participants being known to each or known as users in a same group, the information including at least locations of the first and second devices, the request providing the second participant with a choice to accept or deny the connection request; if the connection request is accepted, said method further comprises:
bi-directionally sharing locations of the first and second devices by the server for a first predetermined period of time,determining, at the server, if a command to terminate the connection was received by either participant at any time during the first predetermined period of time,determining, at the server, if the first and second devices are within a predetermined distance of each other, andif it is determined that the first and second devices are within a predetermined distance of each other, allowing the connection to be terminated prior to the end of the first predetermined period of time; and if the connection request is not accepted, caching the connection request at the server and attempting the connection request periodically until the connection is established or a connection request duration time limit is reached at which point the connection request is canceled. |
