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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
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 server system receives information items related to a current location of the first mobile device associated with a first user of the social networking platform. After comparing the current location of the first mobile device with a previous location of the first mobile device and determining an orientation and/or velocity of the first mobile device at the current location, the server system sends the determined orientation and/or velocity of the first mobile device to the second mobile device associated with a second user of the social networking platform, wherein the second mobile device displays distinct visual indicators corresponding to the current location, orientation and velocity of the first mobile device, respectively, on an interactive map interface.