COMMENTING ON LOCATION INFORMATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received signals. A representation of the geographic location of the mobile device is generated. The representation of the geographic location is included within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system. The electronic message is transmitted to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a communication system comprising one or more processors, a geographic location of a mobile device of a user; determining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of possible representations of the geographic location of the mobile device; sending, by the one or more processors, the plurality of possible representations of the geographic location of the mobile device to the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device, a message and an indication of a representation of the plurality of possible representations of the geographic location of the mobile device; and providing, by the one or more processors, the message and the representation of the geographic location of the mobile device to a plurality of co-users associated with the user.