Apple's US patent 8,989,773: tracking people

The first claim

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1. A method comprising: on a first device executing a first instance of a location application, receiving first location data describing a path traveled by the first device, the first location data received from a location system of the first device, and the first location data including a plurality of locations of the first device; receiving destination data describing a destination specified by a user of the first device; receiving a request for a second device to receive the first location data describing the bath traveled by the first device; receiving second location data indicating a location of the second device, the second location data enabling the display, on a user interface of the first device, of the location of the second device; after the location of the second device has been displayed on the user interface of the first device, receiving an authorization to transmit the first location data to the second device, the authorization being based on data specified by the user of the first device; and transmitting the location data and destination data in a form usable to enable a user interface of a second instance of a location application executing on a second device to indicate the path traveled by the first device and to indicate directions to the destination specified by the user of the first
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Inventors: Sandel; Eran (Kiryat Ono, IL), Harush; Elad (Tel-Aviv, IL), Guy; Roman (Ashkelon, IL)


--(from Israel)