US RE45,543 C1 (12,756th)
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 Tena Technology, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to IKORONGO TEXAS, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,814, Jul. 27, 2021.
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,059, Feb. 15, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Reissue Patent Re. 45,543, issued Jun. 2, 2015, Appl. No. 13/894,009, May 14, 2013.
Application 90/014,814 is a continuation of application No. 12/820,579, filed on Jun. 22, 2010, granted, now RE44324.
Application 12/820,579 is a continuation of application No. 12/172,518, filed on Jul. 14, 2008, granted, now RE41450.
Application 12/172,518 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139.
Application 90/014,814 is a reissue of application No. 09/841,475, filed on Apr. 24, 2001, granted, now 7,080,139, issued on Jul. 18, 2006.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Oct. 25, 2024.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 32, 36, 38-39, 43-49, 51, 54, 56-57, 63-64, 66, 68-70, 72-73 and 75 are cancelled.
Claims 1-31, 33-35, 37, 40-42, 50, 52-53, 55, 58-62, 65, 67, 71, 74 and 76 were not reexamined.
32. A computer-implemented method of sharing computer user usage experiences, including:
registering sending registration information of a user with to a registration server to collect and share visited geographic location data using a client-side application collected while visiting a location geographic locations with a location-aware device that records the visited location geographic locations using a satellite-based location fixing protocol;
accessing enabling access to one or more of the user's messaging buddy lists of the user to identify one or more buddies with whom the tracking data visited geographic location data may be shared;
defining enabling definition of rights of the one or more buddies to access the visited geographic location data; and
posting sending information indicating at least a portion of the user's visited geographic location data for the buddies to access according to their defined rights to a tracking server to enable sharing of the information with the one or more buddies in accordance with the defined rights.