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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Marco Nelissen, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas J. Tuttle, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a first telephone device and at a second telephone device, a request to accept a telephone call. The method further includes obtaining information that indicates a first current geographic location of the first telephone device or the associated first user based on the second telephone device or an associated second user being a member of a group of call recipients that are permitted to receive the information that indicates the first current geographic location. The method additionally includes, using the obtained information, providing a representation of the first current geographic location of the first telephone device on the second telephone device in association with the telephone call from the first telephone device.