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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Raghu Pai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy S. Hurley, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrice Olivier Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karthik Narayanan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Murthy Parthasarathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maxime Veron, San Jose, CA (US);
Raghu Pai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy S. Hurley, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrice Olivier Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karthik Narayanan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Murthy Parthasarathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maxime Veron, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of locating 'friends' having mobile devices connected to a network and associated with a user account is disclosed. The method includes sending a request to a mobile device, the mobile device determining its present geographic location and responding to the requestor with this information. This information may be in the form of a coordinate location such as a GPS location or it may be in the form of a name that the mobile device owner assigned to a particular area (e.g., 'home'). Having this location information, a user is able to view the location of the friend that is associated with the mobile device.