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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Pinlin Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Yi Shan, Shenzhen, CN;
Jun Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Liang Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
Ling Li, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Abstract
Method and server system for location sharing are disclosed. The method includes: determining a motion state of a first user in accordance with respective information items related to a current location and a previous location of a first device associated with the first user; in accordance with a determination that the motion state of the first user is a stationary state, determining a user direction of the first user based an orientation of the first device associated with the current location; in accordance with a determination that the motion state of the first user is a moving state, determining the user direction of the first user based on a motion direction from the previous location to the current location of the first device; and sending the determined user direction of the first user to one or more second devices associated with one or more second users for location sharing.