LOCATION BASED NOTIFICATION SERVICES

The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for facilitating provision of location based alerts or notifications to a plurality of mobile devices. An alert system can manage a set of accounts corresponding to the plurality of mobile devices. User accounts can include permissions controlli...

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Main Authors HUGHES RICHARD L, KRUMM JOHN C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.02.2008
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for facilitating provision of location based alerts or notifications to a plurality of mobile devices. An alert system can manage a set of accounts corresponding to the plurality of mobile devices. User accounts can include permissions controlling access to location information for the corresponding mobile devices. A single user can control multiple accounts by creating an independent account and one or more related dependent accounts controlled by the independent account. A user account can include a set of user-defined alerts triggered by the juxtaposition of users, geographic locations and/or events. Alerts delivered to a mobile device can include a simple text message and/or actionable data, such as location information, phone numbers and the like.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060462885