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`SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING CELLULAR PHONES AND
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`SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING CELLULAR PHONES AND
`SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE SAME
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`This invention relates to systems and methods
`[ooo1]
`for determining a device's location. More
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`particularly,
`this invention relates to systems and
`methods for remotely determining a device's location.
`[0002]
`The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been
`developed in which a ground-based system can receive
`GPS signals from satellites and determine its location
`based on the time that it takes the GPS signals to
`reach the ground-based system. Generally,
`three
`satellite signals are needed to determine where in the
`world a receiver is located (i.e., position
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`triangulation).
`[0003]
`GPS systems have been integrated into
`cellular phones. However, these systems are deficient
`because the location of a device that is determined by
`these GPS signals are only minimally utilized.
`It is
`therefore desirable to provide systems and methods
`which better utilize the information about a device's
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`location.
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`Summary of the Invention
`invention,
`[0004]
`In accordance with the present
`systems and methods are provided for locating cellular
`phones. More particularly,
`the present
`invention
`provides systems and methods for allowing a user of a
`cellular phone (e.g., a requesting user or a requestor)
`to locate the position of a different user's cellular
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`phone (e.g., a requested user) based upon requestor-
`assigned access rights.
`[0005]
`One object of the present
`invention is to
`provide a security feature which allows a user to limit
`and/or deny location access to a particular user.
`In
`preferred embodiments, only the users that have been
`granted access to the location of a user's cellular
`phone can actually locate that user's cellular phone.
`Furthermore, different types of access levels may be
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`provided that allow a user to filter location
`information to a different user.
`In this manner, a cell
`phone user may give access,
`through his or her cell
`phone,
`to a friend so that the friend can locate him or
`her dependent on the level of access that is granted to
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`that friend.
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`[0006]
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`For example, suppose that Phil tells Bill
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`that he will be shopping in Manhattan and that Bill
`should locate him when Bill gets to Manhattan through
`their cell phones.
`In such an example, Phil may grant
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`Bill access the exact location of his cell phone for a
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`the next two hours). As
`specific period of time (e.g.,
`a result, when Bill tries toe access Phil's location,
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`cell phone is located. Thus, Bill does not have to
`contact Phil directly to see where he is and,
`therefore, Phil does not have to spend any time giving
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`Bill verbal directions; Bill can simply see what store
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`Phil is currently in and go to it.
`levels in the scope
`[0007]
`As ment ioned previously,
`of access may be controlled by a user such that,
`for
`example; only a user's exact location, approximate
`location, city, state, or country can be accessed by a
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`particular user.
`[0008]
`Location alerts and monitoring features are
`also provided.
`For example, Phil may give Jen, a
`resident of Pittsburgh, city access so that when Phil
`travels into Pittsburgh, Jen will be alerted of Phil's
`presence.
`Such an alert may take the form of, for
`example, a display on Jen's-cell phone that
`communicates to Jen "Phil is in Pittsburgh."
`[0009]
`‘Locating a cellular phone may be accomplished
`in several ways.
`For example, satellite positioning
`systems such as the Global Positional System and the
`soon to be deployed Galileo system may be used to
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`locate a user's cell phone.
`{0010]
`User positions and security settings may be
`regularly ox manually transmitted to a remote system,
`such a remote database so that requesting users can
`locate a requested user's position even if the
`requested user turns his/her cell phone OFF. Placing
`the security measures on a remote system (e.g.,
`remote
`database, computer, or server) provides an information
`brokering scheme such that the system is still operable
`even when cell phones are added,
`removed, or modified
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`from the system.
`invention may be
`the present
`[0011]
`Additionally,
`configured to provide additional
`information about the
`location of a user.
`Such additional information may
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`be, for example, a map, a location marker on a map, a
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`map that changes as the user moves, a COMpass,
`coordinates of the located cell phone, directions to
`the located cell phone, where a user is in relation to
`another user, and information about the location the
`located user is currently positioned in or nearby
`locations such as landmarks.
`Such information may be
`provided by a remote information provider (e.g., a
`remote map information provider) and accessed by an
`information broker through a communications network.
`(0012)
`Many other.features are also employed that
`realizes advantageous locating functionality. As per
`an example, suppose that a wife wants to see if her
`husband has left work yet.
`‘She can locate her husband,
`without having to talk to him, and realize that he is
`driving home on a highway. Thus, a travel time option
`may be provided to the user. This option would compute
`the distance between the wife's location and husband's
`location by taking multiple location readings of the
`husband's location to see how fast the husband is
`traveling. Alternatively, because the husband's
`position will map to a highway,
`the system may assume
`that the user is driving and may provide the wife with
`an estimate on the husband's arrival time based on an
`assumed route.
`In this manner,
`the present invention
`may determine how much time it will take the husband to
`reach the wife and display this information to the
`wife.
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`[0013]
`As per other examples, a "see my friends"
`option may also be provided that brings up a map of a
`desired area. Dots or symbols may be present on the
`map to signify the location of all user's from which
`the requesting user has location information for.
`Similarly, a "find closest friend" option may be
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`employed which finds the closest user with which the
`requesting user has location access to.
`[0014]
`A cell phone location may by accessed by a
`variety of other devices. Alternatively, a cell phone
`may be used to access the location of a variety of
`other devices.
`For example,
`if the wife was at home,
`that wife may connect to the internet and access a
`remote database to either provide the most recent
`location information about the husband's cell phone to
`her or request a location update from the husband's
`cell phone.
`The wife's location may be already stored
`in such a database by associating the location to the
`IP address of the computer or by a manual
`input of the
`wife's location.
`The wife's identity may be determined
`by,
`for example, a login and password on a website.
`Thus,
`the above-identified security measures are not
`limited to device-to-device locating rather user to
`user locating;
`the wife may only access the husband's
`location if the husband has granted access for the wife
`to do so.
`If, by accident,
`the wife's cell phone
`breaks, she may login on a friend's cell phone and
`determine the husband's location according to the
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`device that the husband is logged into.
`[0015]
`Security is preferably taken into account in
`the present invention and,
`therefore,
`location rights
`for a specific user may be given to a different user
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`only by that specific user. However, a user may
`request location access rights from a different user.
`For example, a user may be provided with a. request
`location screen on his cell phone and that user (e-g.,
`user "X") may enter in the cell phone number of the
`cell phone whose location is desired.
`The user
`associated to the entered cell phone number may then
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`receive an alert that says "user X has requested access
`to your location." Location access may then be given
`or denied on multiple levels and the requesting user
`notified of the decision.
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`invention
`[0016]
`The location feature of the present
`may be turned ON or OFF at any time. Users may be
`added,
`individually or in groups,
`to a list of users
`with location access rights to a specific user by that
`specific user.
`A specific user may, at any time,
`modify, delete, or add users allowed to access his or
`her location. Login and password information may be
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`included to increase security or to create a user
`profile, allowing a specific user to log into any .cell
`phone and be recognize by the present invention (and
`thereby be located with that cell phone or locatable
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`device).
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`Brief Description of the Drawings
`[0017]
`The principles and advantages of the present
`invention can be more clearly understood from the
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`following detailed description considered in
`conjunction with the following drawings,
`in which the
`same reference numerals denote the same structural
`elements throughout, and in which:
`[0018]
`FIG.
`1 is a network topology of a cell phone
`locating network in accordance with the principles of
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`.
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`invention;
`the present
`[0019]
`FIG.
`2 is a flow chart of the locating
`feature in accordance with the principles of the
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`present invention;
`[0020}
`FIG.
`3 is an illustration of a cell phone in
`accordance with the principles of the present
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`invention;
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`[oo21]
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`FIG.
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`4 is a display screen for a locate
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`feature in accordance with with the principles of the
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`present invention;
`[0022]
`FIG.
`5 is a display screen for a retrieving
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`location status feature in accordance with the
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`principles of the present invention;
`[0023]
`FIG.
`6 is a display screen for a displaying
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`location feature in accordance with the principles of
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`[0024]
`FIG.
`7 is a display screen listing options
`for a locate feature in accordance with the principles
`of the present invention;
`[0025]
`FIG.
`8 is a display screen of a failed locate
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`feature due to insufficient rights in accordance with
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`[0026]
`FIG.
`9 is a display screen of adding and
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`modifying locate rights and options to a user in
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`accordance with the principles of the present
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`FIG. 10 is a display screen of assigning
`[0027]
`location rights to a user in accordance with the
`principles of the present invention;
`[0028]
`. FIG. 11 is a display screen of alert options
`in accordance with the principles of the present
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`{0029]
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`FIG. 12 is a display screen of an alert
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`feature in accordance with the principles of the
`present
`invention;
`[0030]
`FIG. 13 is a display screen of a-login
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`present invention;
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`FIG. 14 is a display’ screen of a login
`[0031]
`feature in accordance with the principles of the
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`present invention;
`[0032]
`FIG. 15 is a wireless device in accordance
`with the principles of the present invention;
`[0033]
`FIG. 16 is anembodiment of a network
`topology in accordance with the principles of the
`present invention;
`[0034]
`FIG. 17 is an embodiment of a locating
`feature in accordance with the principles of the
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`present invention; and.
`[0035]
`FIG. 18 is an embodiment :'of a communications
`signal in accordance with the principles of the present
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`invention.
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`Detailed Description of the Invention
`[0036]
`FIG.
`1 depicts a network topology of device
`“location network 100 incorporating principles of the
`present invention. Network 100 includes one or more
`positioning satellites 110, 112, and 114 that can
`locate the position of one or more cell phones 120,
`122, 126, and 124 (and other locatable devices ) on
`Rarth 101. Positioning satellites 110, 112, and 114
`may be,
`for example,
`the Global Positioning System
`(GPS) or the upcoming Galileo satellite network.
`[0037]
`Preferably, any cell phone in network 100 may
`locate a different cell phone, as long as accessto
`location information is allowed,
`through the
`utilization of positioning satellites 110, 112, and
`114.
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate that.
`other positioning systems and methods may be used in
`locating the position of a user on a cell phone of
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`network 100.
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`[0038]
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`To route information to and from a cell phone
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`of network 100 additional facilities and communication
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`For example, a main facility
`paths may be included.
`- (not
`shown in FIG. 1) containing user location access
`rights may be included in network 100.
`Such a main
`facility may retrieve location information directly
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`from a positioning system or a cellular phone and then
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`route this information to a cellular phone or
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`positioning system.
`[0039]
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate
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`is used as
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`the positioning system then GPS receivers will be
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`incorporated into cellular phones of the present
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`invention.
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`appreciate that devices other than cellular phones may
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`For example, watches,
`include positioning features.
`clothing,
`laptop computers, personal digital assistants
`(PDAS), may all contain location systems (e.g., GPS)
`and utilize the security principles of the present
`invention to allow different user's to access these
`locations.
`[0040]
`FIG.
`2 shows flow chart 200 of a simplified
`locating feature constructed in accordance with the
`principles of the present invention. “Step 202
`initiates when a user requests the location of another
`user's cell phone.
`Step 206 evaluates if the user
`initiating the location request has the rights to
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`access the location of the desired user.
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`If no access
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`‘step 204 will preferably inform the requesting user
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`that he/she has not been given access to the requested
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`location.
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`In this manner, every user may assign rights
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`(e.g. govern the security) to whom may or may not
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`these rights
`In preferred embodiments,
`locate him/her.
`will be stored in, or functionality executed from, a
`remote facility and accessed and utilized by a user's
`cell phone or other requesting device (e.g., a watch or
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`PDA) .
`If access has been given by a particular user
`[0041]
`that allows for the requesting user to locate that
`particular user, step 208 is initiated and the allowed
`location information is provided to the user in step
`210.
`Step 208 may optionally filter the location
`information such that only a portion information is.
`passed to the requesting user.
`The requested user may
`have, for example, defined that the requesting user
`only can obtain the city, state, or country of his/her
`location.
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate
`that only the location of the desired user needs to
`have a cell phone or a positioning system.
`The
`requesting user may user other means (e.g.,
`the
`internet) to request the location of the desired user.
`[0042]
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate
`that the location of a user's cell phone may be
`retrieved,
`in step 208,
`from a remote database,
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`facility, distribution center, or any other system.
`More particularly, a remote database may periodically
`request the location of a cell phone user with a
`positioning system and store this information. This
`database may also keep a record of those people allowed
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`to access that user's location,
`the extent to which
`access is allowed, and the extent to which a user has
`requested a user's location.
`A user may update, add,
`manipulate, or remove access at any time by doing so at
`this database. Thus, a requesting user only has to
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`contact the remote database, have his/her identity
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`recognized, have his/her access rights for the
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`requested user location Getermined, and, if the
`requesting user has the correct access rights, be
`provided with the requested user's location.
`[0043]
`Instead of a remote database periodically
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`obtaining location information for a user,
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`the database
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`can obtain a user's locations when a request is made
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`for that user's location, providing the requesting user
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`has access to the requested user's lacation. However,
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`persons skilled in the art will recognize that a remote
`database is utilized in the above examples that
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`contains the locations,
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`in most circumstances, of a
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`multitude of users. Thus,
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`to increase security even
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`more, a requesting user.'s cell phone may directly
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`In such an
`the need for a database.
`cell phone without
`example a user adds, manipulates, or removes access
`rights locally on his/her cell phone and does not have
`to worry about security issues that surround placing
`his location on a remote database.
`Furthermore,
`in
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`such an embodiment a user's location does not have to
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`be saved anywhere, a positioning system can just be
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`"read" by a requesting user with the appropriate access
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`rights.
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`{0044]
`However, by recording a user's location ona
`device, e.g., a cell’ phone's memory or in a.remote.
`database, novel applications may be utilized.
`For
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`example, whenever a user makes a credit card purchase, .
`a credit card authorization system can record the
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`location of a cell phone associated to the purchasing
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`user.
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`In this manner, a new system and method of fraud
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`protection is introduced.
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`The credit card
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`authorization system may, for example, reject a
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`purchase if the purchaser's cell phone (or watch,
`clothing, PDA, or other positioning enabled device)
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`is
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`not
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`in the vicinity of the purchase. Alternatively,
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`the credit card authorization system may request a
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`second form of identification if the purchaser's cell
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`phone location does not correlate to the location of
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`the purchase. Additionally,
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`the credit card
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`authorization system may call the purchaser's cell
`phone and request authorization for the credit card
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`purchase. However, such features would preferably
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`first involve the user/purchaser giving the credit card
`authorization system access to the location of his/her
`cell phone.
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`[0045]
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`As per another application, a unique
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`dating/matching service could be embodied.
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`For
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`example, a user may store a number of preferences ina
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`matching profile. These preferences may describe what
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`type of person he is interested in meeting.
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`Additionally, a user may store, preferably locally (for
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`the dating/matching feature) but alternatively at a
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`remote location, his/her own profile that has data
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`describing similar attributes for what he/she is
`looking for.
`For example, an entry in a user's profile.
`may be "male" and an entry in "looking for" profile may
`be "female." When a user comes within a certain
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`distance of a user (determined by comparing locations
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`of a user)
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`that fits his/her "looking for" profile,
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`the
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`user may be alerted of the proximity of a matching
`user. Preferably,
`the particular user is only alerted
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`if the "looking for" user has entered in attributes
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`similar to the particular user's attributes and is also
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`alerted of the particular user.
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`The next stages of
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`such an application could include,
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`for example,
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`Such a
`requesting access to a form of communication.
`form of communication could be for example,
`talking on
`the phone,
`instant messaging, or delivering an email
`address.
`Persons skilled in the art will therefore
`appreciate that many useful applications may be
`constructed using the principles of the present
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`invention.
`3 depicts cell phone 300 constructed in
`FIG.
`[0046]
`accordance with the principles of the present
`invention. Cell Phone 300 preferably includes speaker
`330, antenna 310, display screen 320, control keys 360,
`alpha-numeric keys 350, and microphone 340. Cell phone
`300 also preferably may include, for example, ao
`communications transmitter (not shown), communications
`receiver (not shown), memory (not shown), positioning
`device (not shown), and a microprocessor
`(net shown).
`[0047]
`Cell phone 300 may also include locate button
`380. Cell phone 300 may be configured such that if
`locate button 380 is pressed, a locate feature is
`initiated (e.g., display screen 400 of FIG. 4 is
`initiated). Alternatively, cell phone 300 may be
`configured such that if locate button 380 is pressed, a
`location signal is sent to a remote storage ‘area (e.g.,
`a remote database),
`thus manually updating the user's -
`location. This latter functionality may be useful when
`a user does not want his/her location accessed. As in
`another alternative embodiment, cell phone 380 may be
`configured such that if locate button 380 is pressed,
`the locating features of cell phone 300 are toggled
`between ON and OFF.
`Person skilled in the art will
`appreciate that locate button 380 may be configured to
`produce a variety of useful functionalities.
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`FIG. 4 depicts display screen 400 that is
`[0048]
`displaying a locate feature constructed in accordance
`
`The
`invention.
`with the principles of the present
`locate feature of display screen 400 may be included,.
`for example,
`in cell phone 300 of FIG.
`3 and displayed
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`3 when that user
`to the user of cell phone 300 of FIG.
`requests the location of a different user of the
`
`present invention.
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`The programming for the feature
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`may, for example, be stored in the memory of the cell
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`phone and executed by the processor at a4 user's
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`request. Locate Feature 400 includes identifier
`jist 410 of alpha-numeric identifiers for. users stored
`in the memory on cell phone 300. (FIG. 3) or at a remote
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`location. More particularly the user of display 410
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`may locate a user contained in identifier list 410 by
`. selecting an appropriate user identifier 420.
`[0049]
`The user identifiers (e.g.,
`"Susan Pracht")
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`“in identifier list 410 are selectable and may be
`selected by control keys 360 of FIG. 3. Highlight
`window 410 may be used to prompt the user what
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`identifier from list 410 is currently selected any may
`be controlled, for example, by the input keys of the
`cell phone (e.g., keys 350 and 360 of FIG. 3).
`Identifiers may be associated to,
`for example, cellular
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`telephone number, user profiles, or any other
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`identifier that may be associated to a locatable device
`or user interacting with a locatable device.
`
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate
`[0050]
`that display screen 400 may be provided to a user of
`devices other than wireless devices.
`For example,
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`display screen 410 may be provided to a user of a
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`personal computer with no positioning system.
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`Preferably, however,
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`the security measures in
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`accoxdance with the principles of the present
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`invention
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`are still abided to (e.g., access has been granted to
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`In
`the identifier associated to the requesting user).
`this manner, a user can control who can access his/her
`wireless device (e.g., cell phone).
`{0051)
`Persons skilled in the art will appreciate
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`that identifier list 410 may be configured,
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`for
`
`to contain only those users in which the user
`example,
`of cell phone 300 (FIG. 3) has locate access rights to
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`or any user stored in cell phone 300.
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`Persons skilled
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`in the art will also appreciate that devices other than
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`cell phone 300 may be used to incorporate the features-
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`of the present
`invention.
`Such devices could include,
`for example, personal digital assistants. (PDAs),
`laptop, GPS pagers, GPS watches, car positioning
`devices, or any other devices that can be located.
`
`One
`
`advantage of the present invention is that it allows a
`
`mobile device with a positioning system to locate a
`different mobile device with a positioning system while.
`still retaining a high level of location security and
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`privacy.
`[0052]
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`FIG. 5 is display screen 500 for retrieving
`
`location status feature in accordance with the
`principles of the present invention.
`“The selected
`identifier may -be incorporated into display screen 500
`through location status display 510 to inform the user
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`of the status of the location retrieval.
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`For example,
`
`display screen 500 may display "locating user" while a
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`request is being processed by a remote facility or
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`database.
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`[0053]
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`FIG.
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`6 shoes display screen 600 for a display
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`location feature constructed in accordance with the
`
`principles of the present invention. When a location
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`is retrieved for the requested user,
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`the location may
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`be displayed on Display Screen 600 through primary
`location information 610. Depending on what scope the
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`requesting user has access to primary lecation
`information 610 may include, for example,
`the country,
`state, city, exact location, or any combination thereof
`of location information to the user.
`For example, if.
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`the user requesting the location of a desired user has
`been given unlimited location access by the desired
`user, primary information 610 may include the exact
`location of the user.
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`[0054]
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`Secondary location information 620 may be
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`included to supplement
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`the requested users exact
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`location so that the requesting user may have more of
`an idea of where the requested user is located.
`For
`example, if the desired user is located in a mall,
`primary location information 610 may be the address of
`the mall.
`In such an example, secondary location
`information 620 may be included and display, to the
`requesting user,
`the name of the mall.
`(oos5]
`Directional information 630 may also be
`included on display 600 or any other display of the
`present invention: Directional information 630 may
`include a digital compass 632 so that the user of cell
`phone 300 (FIG. 3) knows what direction he or she is
`facing in. Digital compass 632 may be connected to a
`direction sensitive device (e.g, mechanical compass)
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`in
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`order to gather directional information. Directional
`arrow 633 may also be included in Display 600 to
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`indicate where the requested user's location is
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`relative to the location and direction of cell phone
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`300 (FIG. 3)
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`(e.g,
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`the requesting user).
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`Persons
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`‘skilled in the art will appreciate that for some
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`directional information 630 the location of the
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`requesting user must be obtained. This information may
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`be obtained either from cell phone 300, a remote
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`facility, or by any other suitable means.
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`If the
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`information is gathered from a location gathering
`device other than the requesting user's device (e.g,
`cell phone 300 (FIG. 3)),
`then the user's device may
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`communicate from this other location gathering device.
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`Once both the locations of the requesting and
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`requested/desired users are known, this information may
`be utilized in a number of features incorporating the
`principies of the present
`invention.
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`[0056]
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`Distance information 634 is one such feature
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`that displays the distance between the locations of the
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`requested and requesting users (e.g., distance between
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`the locations of the requested and requesting devices).
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`Directional information 630 may contain many other
`“elements to enhance the utility of the present
`invention.
`For example, a map (not shown in FIG. 6)
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`may be included in display 600. This map may be of the
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`the requesting
`area surrounding either the requested,
`user's location or both.
`Information may be included
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`on the map to show the shortest path between the
`location as well as information about the surrounding
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`area (e.g, area names, store names, etc.). Other
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`information may include, for example,
`time to reach the
`destination according to specific types of travel
`(e.g,
`subway, walking, running, driving) and the direction
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`the requested user is traveling in.
`[0057]
`Many uses for this information may be
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`For exam

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