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
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LanguageEnglish
Published 08.07.2014
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
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: US201213690704