System for providing location-based services in a wireless network, such as locating sets of desired locations

A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device...

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Main Authors WILSON BRIAN, FEINSTEIN JACOB, SURACI MIKE, GIVECHI ROSHI, GOSLING MARCUS, WEISS LAURA, BRAY DUANE, SIMSARIAN KRISTIAN, PAHARIA RAJAT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.08.2011
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SURVEYING
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
TESTING
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, the system substantially simultaneously provides a list of points of interest for at least some of the point of interest categories.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100835950