Location information sharing method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9686645-B2
Application number	US-201615168296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jan 24, 2014
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a location information sharing method. The method includes: initiating by a first terminal a location sharing session; waiting for a second terminal to join the location sharing session; receiving previous location information of the second terminal after the second terminal joins the location sharing session, and displaying the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal; receiving current location information of a second terminal; updating on the location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using previous location information of the second terminal to a current location of the second terminal that is marked by using the current location information; and displaying on the location display area of the first terminal a voice communication interface for providing voice communication simultaneously within the location sharing session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A location information sharing method, comprising:
initiating, by a first terminal, a location sharing session;
waiting, by the first terminal, for a second terminal to join the location sharing session;
receiving, by the first terminal, previous location information of the second terminal after the second terminal joins the location sharing session, and displaying, on a location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal;
receiving, by a first terminal, current location information of a second terminal;
updating, by the first terminal and on the location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using previous location information of the second terminal to a current location of the second terminal that is marked by using the current location information, wherein the previous location information is received by the first terminal before receiving the current location information; and
displaying, by the first terminal, on the location display area of the first terminal a voice communication interface for providing voice communication simultaneously within the location sharing session, wherein the voice communication is transmitted after the location sharing session is started.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the first terminal, current location information of the first terminal to the second terminal, so that the second terminal updates, on a location display area of the second terminal, a previous location of the first terminal that is marked by using previous location information of the first terminal to a current location of the first terminal that is marked by using the current location information of the first terminal, wherein the previous location information of the first terminal is received by the second terminal previously.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal is displayed on the location display area of the first terminal, the method further comprises:
displaying the current location or the previous location of the first terminal on the location display area of the first terminal; or
displaying the current location or the previous location of the first terminal and a current location or a previous location of a third terminal on another location display area of the first terminal different from the location display area of the first terminal, wherein the third terminal joins, in advance of the second terminal, the location sharing session initiated by the first terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , before the receiving, by a first terminal, current location information of a second terminal, further comprising:
joining, by the first terminal, a location sharing session initiated by the second terminal; and
receiving, by the first terminal, the previous location information of the second terminal after joining the location sharing session, and displaying, on the location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein when the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal is displayed on the location display area of the first terminal, the method further comprises:
displaying the current location or the previous location of the first terminal on the location display area of the first terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:
receiving and playing, by the first terminal, voice information sent by the second terminal;
sending, by the first terminal, voice information to the second terminal, so that the second terminal receives and plays the voice information sent by the first terminal.

7. The method according to claim 6 , before the receiving and playing, by the first terminal, voice information sent by the second terminal, further comprising:
identifying on the first terminal that the voice information comes from the second terminal.

8. A location information sharing method, comprising:
initiating, by a first terminal, a location sharing session;
waiting, by the first terminal, for a second terminal to join the location sharing session;
receiving, by the first terminal, previous location information of the second terminal after the second terminal joins the location sharing session, and displaying, on a location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal;
receiving, by a first terminal, current location information of a second terminal;
updating, by the first terminal and on the location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using previous location information of the second terminal to a current location of the second terminal that is marked by using the current location information, wherein the previous location information is received by the first terminal before receiving the current location information; and
displaying, by the first terminal, on the location display area of the first terminal a voice communication interface for providing voice communication simultaneously within the location sharing session;
wherein the method further comprises at least one of:
receiving and playing, by the first terminal, voice information sent by the second terminal;
sending, by the first terminal, voice information to the second terminal, so that the second terminal receives and plays the voice information sent by the first terminal
wherein before the sending, by the first terminal, voice information to the second terminal, the method further comprises:
identifying a failure on the first terminal when the first terminal fails in sending the voice information to the second terminal.

9. A location information sharing apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more units stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more units comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive current location information of a second terminal;
an updating unit, configured to update, on a location display area of the first terminal, a previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using previous location information of the second terminal to a current location of the second terminal that is marked by using the current location information, wherein the previous location information is received by the first terminal before receiving the current location information;
an initiation unit, configured to initiate a location sharing session before the first terminal receives the current location information of the second terminal;
a waiting unit, configured to wait for the second terminal to join the location sharing session;
a first receiving unit, configured to receive the previous location information of the second terminal after the second terminal joins the location sharing session; and
a first displaying unit, configured to display, on the location display area of the first terminal, the previous location of the second terminal that is marked by using the previous location information of the second terminal,
wherein the first terminal displays on the location display area of the first terminal a voice communication interface

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04W4/028

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W76/02

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title