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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jason Michael Carreiro, Mansfield, MA (US);
Jason Sundram, Somerville, MA (US);
Samuel Riemer Voigt, Medford, MA (US);
Lionel Laurent Reyero, Cambridge, MA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a technique including receiving, from a client system of a user, a first location of the client system. The technique further including receiving, from the client system, an ID of an access point detected by the client system. The technique also including accessing, by the one or more computing devices, an index to determine a second location of the access point based on the ID. The technique further including determining, by the one or more computing devices, a refined location of the client system based on the first location and the second location. The technique also including generating, by the one or more computing devices, a prioritized list of regions based on the refined location and user data. The technique further including transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, information associated with the prioritized list of regions to the client system.