发明名称 |
Location-aware instant messaging |
摘要 |
A method includes receiving, at a carrier network provider, a request from a requestor's mobile device to locate an instant messaging (IM) friend from the requestor's IM friends list; authenticating the request for use of location-based services on the carrier network; receiving geographic location coordinates from the requestor's mobile device; adding random error to the geographic location coordinates; sending the request to locate an IM friend and the geographic location coordinates with random error to an IM portal; receiving a list of the requestor's IM friends within a particular region near the geographic location coordinates with random error; and sending to the requestor's mobile device the list of IM friends within the particular region near the geographic location coordinates with random error. |
申请公布号 |
US8655960(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.02.18 |
申请号 |
US20080142207 |
申请日期 |
2008.06.19 |
申请人 |
LEWIS, II JOSEPH BARRY;PATEL BIREN;SIVALINGHAM SANJEEVAN;VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. |
发明人 |
LEWIS, II JOSEPH BARRY;PATEL BIREN;SIVALINGHAM SANJEEVAN |
分类号 |
G06F15/16 |
主分类号 |
G06F15/16 |
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