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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Jonathan Scott Ziskind, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alan Edward Field, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Russell Edward Ziskind, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Jonathan Scott Ziskind, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alan Edward Field, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Russell Edward Ziskind, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
ZOS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Webster, NY (US);
Abstract
A location-based messaging system and its methods of operation are disclosed, including methods for virally distributing location-based applications are also disclosed. Methods for sending geographic location information for a target address from a computing device to a receiving device that will enable the receiving device to display a map and/or directions from a geographic location of the receiving device to the geographic location of the target address, methods for processing and distributing location-based data, and methods for receiving and responding to location-based data.