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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Vittorio G. Bucchieri, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is disclosed for providing an instant location service. At a wireless device of a first user, mapping information of a second user is received over a wireless network. The mapping information specifies position of the second user within a prescribed proximity of the wireless device. The first user is notified of the location of the second user based on the received mapping information. A communication session is selectively initiated by the wireless device, over the wireless network to the second user.