Facebook, Inc.

Ivan Poliakov

Charles Joseph Hughes

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a client device to access a communication network. One or more of the computing devices is associated with a social-networking system, and the request includes data identifying the client device based on a certificate signed by one or more of the computing devices associated with the social-networking system. The method also includes associating the access request with a user profile of the social-networking system based on the certificate signed by one or more of the computing devices associated with the social-networking system; and granting the client device access to the communication network based at least in part on the association of the access request to the user profile.

Wi-Fi location determination

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for the client device to access a communication network. The request includes data identifying the client device based on an intermediate device certificate signed by one or more of the computing devices. The method also includes associating the request with a user profile of a social-networking system; and granting the client device access to the communication network based at least in part on the association of the request to the user profile.

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London, United Kingdom

Ivan Poliakov