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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Harvinder S. Bhela, Woodinville, WA (US);
Stephen L. Lawler, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh M. Rao, Sammamish, WA (US);
Harvinder S. Bhela, Woodinville, WA (US);
Stephen L. Lawler, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh M. Rao, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing location information associated with a location owner to location consumers. A location server includes an owner profile for controlling access to the owner's location information. The owner profile contains information describing a user-defined geographic area. In response to a location consumer requesting the location owner's location information, the location server obtains data describing a current location of the location owner. The server determines if the current location falls within a set of boundaries that defines the user-defined geographic area. If the current location falls within a set of boundaries that defines the user-defined geographic area, the location server transmits the location information to the requesting location consumer.