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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Siddhartha Parmar, Seattle, WA (US);
Seung-hae Park, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Siddhartha Parmar, Seattle, WA (US);
Seung-Hae Park, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/20 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/0072 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An on demand location sharing technique protects the location of a client device until the user of the client device elects to share the location. The location of the user device is not broadcasted to other user devices. In an on demand request for the location or from initiation from the user, the location of the user device is shared with other users. In an embodiment, the on demand location sharing technique may be used in a messaging service application used in wireless devices.