Personalized 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 graphical user interface produced on a mobile device having a display associated therewith, the graphical user interface comprising:
an indication of a current location of the mobile device displayed on the display of the mobile device; a plurality of possible representations of the current location of the mobile device displayed on the display of the mobile device, the plurality of possible representations comprising representations of locations within a threshold distance of the current location; and an option allowing a user to select one of the plurality of possible representations displayed on the display of the mobile device to include in a communication, from the mobile device, for one or more co-users of a communication system.