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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.
Publication number 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, 13 More »
Inventors Jed Stremel, TS Ramakrishnan, Mark Slee
Original Assignee Facebook, Inc.
Export Citation BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (67), Non-Patent Citations (38), Referenced by (114),Classifications (36), Legal Events (2)
 
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacene
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