Systems, devices, and methods for sharing geographic location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10237692-B2
Application number	US-201715676528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2017
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides system and methods for a sharing geographic location. A local terminal may be configured to display a map interface including a graphic indicator. The graphic indicator may correspond to a remote geographic location of a remote terminal. The local terminal may be further configured to receive a selection signal directed at the graphic indicator to track the remote terminal. In response to the signal, the local terminal may repeatedly receive a geographic location information update corresponding to the remote terminal. The geographic location information update may include an updated geographic location of the remote terminal. In addition, the local terminal may update a travel route indicative of a path between the updated geographic location of the remote terminal and a target geographic location. The terminal may display the travel route on the map interface in real time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising a processor, the processor configured to:
display, on a local terminal, a map interface including a graphic indicator, the graphic indicator corresponding to a remote geographic location of a first remote terminal;
receive a selection signal directed at the graphic indicator to track the first remote terminal;
in response to the selection signal:
repeatedly receive a geographic location information update corresponding to the first remote terminal, the geographic location information update including an updated geographic location of the first remote terminal,
update, in response to receipt of the geographic location information update, a first travel route indicative of a path between the updated geographic location of the first remote terminal and a target geographic location, and
display the first travel route on the map interface in real time;

receive a geographic location of a second remote terminal; and
display a second travel route, the second travel route indicative of a traveling path between the target geographic location and the geographic location corresponding to the second remote terminal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a first indicator corresponding to a geographic location of the local terminal and a second indicator corresponding to the target geographic location, wherein the first indicator is separate from the second indicator.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target geographic location comprises a geographic location of the local terminal and the graphic indicator comprises a first graphic indicator, wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire the geographic location of the local terminal; and
display, on the map interface, a second graphic indicator corresponding to the geographic location of the local terminal.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the map interface is a first map interface, wherein the processor is further configured to display the second travel route on a second map interface, the second map interface being separate from the first map interface.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the first travel route and the second travel route on the map interface.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a sharing instruction from an instant communication social networking application on the local terminal; and
in response to the sharing instruction,
periodically communicate a geographic location of the local terminal to remote terminal, and
periodically receive the geographic location information update.

7. A method, comprising:
displaying, by a local terminal having a processor, a graphic indicator corresponding to a remote geographic location of a first remote terminal;
receiving a selection signal directed at the graphic indicator to track the first remote terminal;
receiving, in response to the selection signal, a geographic location information update corresponding to the first remote terminal, the geographic location information update including an updated geographic location of the first remote terminal;
determining, in response to receipt of the geographic location information update, a first travel route indicative of a path between the updated geographic location of the first remote terminal and a target geographic location;
displaying the first travel route on a map interface;
receiving a geographic location of a second remote terminal; and
display a second travel route, the second travel route indicative of a traveling path between the target geographic location and the geographic location corresponding to the second remote terminal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the target geographic location comprises a predetermined geographic location separate from a geographic location of the local terminal.

9. The method of claim 7 , the method further comprising:
receiving a sharing instruction from an instant communication social networking application on the local terminal; and
establishing a sharing session with a server in communication with the first remote terminal and the second remote terminal.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
logging on to a server configured to communicate with an instant communication social networking application on the local terminal; and
displaying, in response to the selection signal, profile information on the map interface, the profile information corresponding to the first remote terminal, the profile information comprising a picture associated with an account for the instant communication social networking application.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selection signal is a first selection signal, the method further comprising:
identifying the target geographic location by receiving a second selection signal directed at a position on the map interface representative of the target geographic location.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of displaying the first travel route comprises at least one of displaying a textual description of the first travel route on the map interface or displaying highlights corresponding to respective streets along the first travel route.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
broadcasting an audio driving direction through a speaker, the audio driving direction corresponding to the first travel route.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor, the instructions comprising:
instructions executable by the processor to log on to a server in communication with a plurality of remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to display, on a map interface of an instant communication social networking application, graphical indicators corresponding to respective geographic locations of the remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to display respective travel routes for the remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to receive a tracking instruction from the map interface of the instant communication social networking application to track at least one of the remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to receive, in response to the tracking instruction, a geographic location information update corresponding to at least one of the remote terminals, the geographic location information update including an updated geographic location of the at least one of the remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to generate, in response to receipt of the geographic location information update, an updated travel route, the updated travel route indicative of a path between the updated geographic location of the at least one of the remote terminals and a target geographic location; and
instructions executable by the processor to display the updated travel route on the map interface.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:
instructions executable by the processor to display a graphical indicator corresponding to the at least one of the remote terminals;
instructions executable by the processor to receive a selection signal directed to the graphical indicator; and
instructions executable by the processor to display the updated travel route in response to receipt of the selection signal.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:
instructions executable by the processor to display a profile image at a posi

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shan Yi
• Chen Pinlin
• Zhuo Dacheng
• Wu Liang
• Li Ling
• Wang Jun

Classifications

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• G01S5/0072

  Transmission between mobile stations, e.g. anti-collision systems · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04L51/32

  Electricity · mapped topic