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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kristopher T. Frazier, Frisco, TX (US);

Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);

Donald H. Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 17/30041 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0253 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes storing one or more content postings, where each content posting is associated with one or more first users and each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting. The method also includes selectively sending one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, where the access device is associated with a second user, and for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.


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