Sharing Location Information Among Devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016249177-A1
Application number	US-201615042628-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 12, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2013
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products that include, on a first device executing a first instance of a location application, receiving an indication to begin sharing data describing a path traveled by the first device, receiving location data describing the path traveled by the first device, the location data received from a location system of the first device, and the location data including a plurality of locations of the first device, and transmitting the location data in a form usable to enable a user interface of a second instance of a location application executing on a second device to indicate the path traveled by the first device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A method comprising:
on a first device executing a first instance of a location application: displaying a location user interface to a first user of the first device, the location user interface including a representation of a location of the first device; receiving a request from a second device, the second device associated with a second user, for the first device to share location information with the second device, the request including first location data representing a location of the second device; displaying, in response to the request, in an authorization user interface, a location of the second device, based on the first location data, the authorization user interface comprising a user interface that indicates a request to receive location information from the first device; receiving input representing an authorization to send location data from the first device; and transmitting, in response to the authorization, second location data representing a current location of the first device.

22 . The method of claim 21 , comprising transmitting, in response to the authorization, destination data describing a destination specified by the first user of the first device.

23 . The method of claim 22 , comprising transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate a path traveled by the first device in a user interface of a second instance of the location application executing on second first device.

24 . The method of claim 23 , comprising transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate directions along a path to the specified destination.

25 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the second device is identified as associated with the second user based on data received from a cloud service.

26 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first user was identified by the second user in a user interface of the second device before the request was transmitted.

27 . The method of claim 21 , comprising displaying, in the authorization user interface, data representing an identity of the second user.

28 . A computer readable storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a first device executing a first instance of a location application, cause the first device to carry out operations comprising:
displaying a location user interface to a first user of the first device, the location user interface including a representation of a location of the first device; receiving a request from a second device, the second device associated with a second user, for the first device to share location information with the second device, the request including first location data representing a location of the second device; displaying, in response to the request, in an authorization user interface, a location of the second device, based on the first location data, the authorization user interface comprising a user interface that indicates a request to receive location information from the first device; receiving input representing an authorization to send location data from the first device; and transmitting, in response to the authorization, second location data representing a current location of the first device.

29 . The computer readable storage device of claim 28 , the operations comprising transmitting, in response to the authorization, destination data describing a destination specified by the second user of the second device.

30 . The computer readable storage device of claim 29 , the operations comprising transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate a path traveled by the first device in a user interface of a second instance of the location application executing on the second device.

31 . The computer readable storage device of claim 30 , the operations comprising transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate directions along a path to the specified destination.

32 . The computer readable storage device of claim 28 , wherein the second device is identified as associated with the second user based on data received from a cloud service.

33 . The computer readable storage device of claim 28 , wherein the first user was identified by the second user in a user interface of the second device before the request was transmitted.

34 . The computer readable storage device of claim 28 , comprising displaying, in the authorization user interface, data representing an identity of the second user.

35 . A system comprising:
a location system configured to determine a location of a first device; and a processor configured for, while a first instance of a location application is executing on the first device: displaying a location user interface to a first user of the first device, the location user interface including a representation of a location of the first device; receiving a request from a second device, the second device associated with a second user, for the first device to share location information with the second device, the request including first location data representing a location of the second device; displaying, in response to the request, in an authorization user interface, a location of the second device, based on the first location data, the authorization user interface comprising a user interface that indicates a request to receive location information from the first device; receiving input representing an authorization to send location data from the first device; and transmitting, in response to the authorization, second location data representing a current location of the first device.

36 . The system of claim 35 , the processor configured for transmitting, in response to the authorization, destination data describing a destination specified by the first user of the first device.

37 . The system of claim 36 , the processor configured for transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate a path traveled by the second device in a user interface of a second instance of the location application executing on the second device.

38 . The system of claim 37 , the processor configured for transmitting data usable by the second device to indicate directions along a path to the specified destination.

39 . The system of claim 35 , wherein the second device is identified as associated with the second user based on data received from a cloud service.

40 . The system of claim 35 , wherein the first user was identified by the second user in a user interface of the second device before the request was transmitted.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Sandel Eran
• Harush Elad
• Guy Roman

Classifications

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G01C21/3438

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title

• H04W4/027

  using movement velocity, acceleration information · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title