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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, IE;
Robert C. Weir, Dover, NH (US);
Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.