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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

May. 06, 2013
Applicants:

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Mahendra Tharshanan, San Ramon, CA (US);

Amir Mayblum, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Jerry M. Kupsh, Concord, CA (US);

Ian Lynn, Berkeley, CA (US);

Kim M. Gutierrez, Alameda, CA (US);

Eric Burns, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ratna Desai, Oakland, CA (US);

Kyle Hoyt, Pacifica, CA (US);

Assignees:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first mobile device may receive, via a text messaging application, first location information from a second mobile device. The first location information may indicate a first geographic location of the second mobile device. The first mobile device may receive, via the text messaging application, second location information from the second mobile device. The second location information may indicate a second geographic location of the second mobile device. The first mobile device may generate, based on the first location information and the second location information, a graphical representation. The graphical representation may represent a movement of the second mobile device from the first geographic location to the second geographic location. The first mobile device may provide the graphical representation for display via a display associated with the first mobile device.


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