SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVACY-ENABLED MOBILE LOCATOR SERVICES WITH DYNAMIC ENCOUNTER HORIZON

摘要

A method and system for managing awareness information relating to a mobile device's visibility with respect to other buddy devices, the system comprising; the mobile device, a mobile application listing one or more buddies, an application listener which tracks the one or more buddies zoom operations and radar zoom factors, and a server, the server comprising an encounter manager, an approach manager and a notification marshalling system.