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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Dominic M. Kotab, San Jose, CA (US);
Dominic M. Kotab, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system comprises a first mobile device comprising a processor; and a computer usable medium, where the computer usable medium has computer usable program code embodied therewith, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to send a request for a location of a closest person to the first mobile device, determine a first location of the first mobile device, receive, in response to the request, a plurality of potential matches, where each of the potential matches includes a name and location of a person, receive a selection of one of the plurality of potential matches, obtain location coordinates of the selected potential match, establish a link with a global positioning service (GPS) system, transmit geographical data to the GPS system, wherein the geographical data includes the location coordinates of the selected potential match, and output a geographic solution on the first mobile device, wherein the geographic solution includes: a calculated route between the first location of the first mobile device and the location coordinates of the selected potential match, and information associated with the calculated route, the information including one or more of an estimated travel time, an average travelling speed, and an elapsed travel time.