Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members
US 7809805 B2
ABSTRACT
Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
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US7809805 B2 |
| Publication type |
Grant |
| Application number |
US 11/713,455 |
| Publication date |
5 Oct 2010 |
| Filing date |
28 Feb 2007 |
| Priority date |
28 Feb 2007 |
| Fee status |
Paid |
| Also published as |
US8312112, 9 More ยป
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| Inventors |
Jed Stremel, TS Ramakrishnan, Mark Slee |
| Original Assignee |
Facebook, Inc. |
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BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
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Patent Citations (67), Non-Patent Citations (38), Referenced by (63),Classifications (34), Legal Events (2)
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External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
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