Joshua P Norris

US Patent:

20160005003, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Feb 17, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/768901

Inventors:

- Johns Island SC, US
Joshua Paul Norris - Johns Island SC, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
H04W 4/02
G06Q 50/00
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A system includes receiving, from a user device, an instruction to create a meeting. The instruction may identify another user device to invite to the meeting, or a geographic area in which the meeting occurs. The system may also include transmitting, to the other user device, a request to attend the meeting; identifying a communication state, of the other user device, that indicates whether providing location information, associated with the other user device, to the user device is permitted; obtaining the location information when the state permits providing the location information; determining whether the other user device is located within the area based on the location information; and transmitting, to the user device, a notification that indicates that the other user device is within the area when the other user device is within the area. The notification including the location information when the state permits providing the location information.