A system and method of locating "friends" having mobile devices connected to a network and associated with a user account is disclosed. The method includes sending a request to a mobile device, the mobile device determining its present geographic location and responding to the requestor with this information. This information may be in the form of a coordinate location such as a GPS location or it may be in the form of a name that the mobile device owner assigned to a particular area (e.g., "home"). Having this location information, a user is able to view the location of the friend that is associated with the mobile device.
申请公布号
WO2012162192(A1)
申请公布日期
2012.11.29
申请号
WO2012US38718
申请日期
2012.05.18
申请人
APPLE INC.;PAI, RAGHU;HURLEY, TIMOTHY, S.;GAUTIER, PATRICE, OLIVIER;NARAYANAN, KARTHIK;PARTHASARATHI, MURTHY;VERON, MAXIME
发明人
PAI, RAGHU;HURLEY, TIMOTHY, S.;GAUTIER, PATRICE, OLIVIER;NARAYANAN, KARTHIK;PARTHASARATHI, MURTHY;VERON, MAXIME