US RE47,704 C1 (12,336th)
Method and apparatus for selectively sharing and passively tracking communication device experiences
Darren P. Briggs, Nashville, TN (US); Brady O. Bruce, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael W. Mitchell, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Emile L. Reed, IV, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Ikorongo Technology, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to IKORONGO TEXAS, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,813, Jul. 27, 2021.
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,061, Feb. 15, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Reissue Patent Re. 47,704, issued Nov. 5, 2019, Appl. No. 14/577,746, Dec. 19, 2014.
Application 09/841,475 is a continuation of application No. 14/550,100, filed on Nov. 21, 2014, granted, now RE48904.
Application 09/841,475 is a continuation of application No. 13/893,992, filed on May 14, 2013, granted, now RE45351.
Application 09/841,475 is a continuation of application No. 12/820,579, filed on Jun. 22, 2010, granted, now RE44324.
Application 09/841,475 is a continuation of application No. 12/172,518, filed on Jul. 14, 2008, granted, now RE41450.
Application 90/014,813 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139, issued on Jul. 18, 2006.
Application 14/550,100 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139.
Application 13/893,992 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139.
Application 12/820,579 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139.
Application 12/172,518 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jul. 14, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99933 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 33-41 and 45-48 is confirmed.
Claims 1-32 were previously cancelled.
Claims 42-44 were not reexamined.
33. A method of operation of a location-aware cellular phone device comprising:
sending registration information to a registration server from the location-aware cellular phone device;
enabling access to one or more lists of other users to identify one or more other users with whom visited geographic location data is to be shared;
enabling definition of access rights for the one or more other users to access the visited geographic location data;
collecting the visited geographic location data for geographic locations visited by the location-aware cellular phone device using a client-side application, the visited geographic location data comprising a plurality of the geographic locations visited by the location-aware cellular phone device, each geographic location visited time-stamped with a time of visit, the geographic locations visited automatically and passively recorded by the location-aware cellular phone device using a satellite-based location-fixing protocol and a detection network directory; and
reporting information indicating the visited geographic location data collected by the location-aware cellular phone device.