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Visit-bound live context

Live Location Emitter

Live updates occur only during an active Visit. This matters because safety sharing should be intentional, readable, and time-bounded.

StayKnown’s Live Location Emitter is not built as a silent always-on tracker. It is a safety layer that helps trusted contacts understand an active Visit while the user is moving, meeting, traveling, or checking in.

Why this design is intentional
StayKnown avoids passive, unlimited sharing by tying live updates to a Visit. That makes safety sharing explicit, time-bounded, and easier for recipients to interpret correctly. It is safety-first — not passive tracking.
LIVE
Only in Visit
The live posture follows the active safety session.
Boundary
Ends with Visit
When the user ends the Visit, the live posture stops.
Purpose
Trusted context
Designed for safety communication, not public tracking.
Experience by plan
Starter
  • •Live sharing is scoped to an active Visit. The user starts the Visit, the session becomes active, and LIVE context follows that session.
  • •When the Visit ends, the live-sharing posture ends too. This keeps the safety boundary clear.
  • •Trusted recipients can understand the session as a safety update, not a random or confusing location ping.
  • •Starter is best for everyday check-ins, basic movement safety, and users who want simple Visit-based sharing.
Note: Starter focuses on basic Visit-based safety sharing. SOS remains a Pro / ProMax capability.
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Live Location Emitter
Scenario thinking
“I started a Visit. I want someone I trust to understand that I am actively moving, not just guessing where I am.”

That is the role of the Live Location Emitter. It turns an active Visit into a readable safety posture. The app is not trying to create silent, always-on surveillance. It is trying to make a user-started safety session easier for trusted people to follow.

For visitors, this makes StayKnown easier to understand. For investors, it shows the platform is built around intentional safety sessions, not just location dots. For policy and law-enforcement readers, it clarifies that the product is scoped to user safety and anti-abuse boundaries.

Security and anti-abuse posture
The emitter is scoped so safety sharing does not become uncontrolled surveillance.

A user starts a Visit. LIVE becomes active inside that Visit. The session has a clear safety meaning. This is easier to explain to recipients, easier to audit mentally, and easier to distinguish from stalking behavior.

StayKnown should never be used to secretly track another person. It should not be used for coercion, stalking, harassment, or public exposure of someone’s safety status. Users should contact local emergency services immediately in life-threatening situations.

What the emitter does
During a Visit, StayKnown shares live safety context so trusted people can understand the user’s active session in a readable way. It is less about showing a dot and more about explaining the safety posture.
Example: “Visit active — LIVE updates enabled.”
Why it only runs during a Visit
Always-on tracking can be misused. By scoping LIVE to an active Visit, StayKnown keeps sharing intentional, limited, and easier to trust.
Start Visit → LIVE context can begin. End Visit → active sharing stops.
Real-world examples
• Late-night travel: start a Visit so trusted people know your safety session is active.
• First-time meetup: keep the Visit active until the meeting is over.
• Long route: recipients can understand updates as part of one safety session.
Where SOS fits
SOS is the escalation layer for Pro and ProMax. LIVE is the active session context; SOS is the stronger urgent signal when normal safety sharing is no longer enough.
Starter keeps the basic Visit flow. Pro and ProMax add the stronger emergency posture.
Signals the UI makes obvious
StayKnown uses clear state signaling so users understand what is happening instantly: Idle, LIVE, and SOS.
Visual Severity Mode can make these states more distinct visually without changing the underlying behavior.
Law-abiding explanation
The emitter should be understood as user-directed safety sharing. It should not be used to monitor someone secretly or to pressure another person. StayKnown’s policy links should remain visible so expectations are clear.
See Safety & Anti-Stalking, Acceptable Use, and Emergency Disclaimer.
Why investors should care
The Live Location Emitter is a core platform primitive. It anchors Visit sessions, supports SOS escalation, strengthens safety email context, and connects naturally to chat, profile trust, and plan tiers.
This is the type of feature that can create repeat engagement while still staying aligned with safety boundaries.
What recipients need to understand
Recipients need simple language. They should know that a Visit is active, LIVE updates are tied to that Visit, and an ended Visit means the active safety session is no longer running.
Clear recipient communication reduces panic, confusion, and delayed response.
Simple product language
The emitter answers one question: is this user currently in an active safety session?

That is the language visitors understand. It avoids overusing technical terms like “background location,” and focuses on user intent: a Visit is active, LIVE context is active, and trusted people can follow the safety posture.

A user starts a Visit before leaving work late at night.
A family member checks the update and understands the Visit is still active.
A trusted contact sees the session as safety context, not a random location ping.
When the Visit ends, the user’s active LIVE posture ends with it.