Data structures and methods for location-based services...

Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system

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C455S456300, C455S456600

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10325032

ABSTRACT:
A system for providing wireless telecommunications services to mobile or wireless devices includes data structures and related functionality. One data structure includes at least one location-based services data structure for a wireless device or a user of the wireless device. The location-based services data structure includes first and second data structures representing tables of friends. The first data structure represents a table of friends who may receive a location of the user's wireless device, while the second data structure represents a table of friends who have permitted the user to receive a location of wireless devices associated with them. Various other data structures, functionality and systems are disclosed.

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