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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:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2019
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 ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
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 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); 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, by one or more computing devices of a content-aggregation-and-distribution system, one or more content postings. Each content posting is associated on creation with one or more geographic locations related to accessing the content posting. The method includes selectively providing, by one or more computing devices of the content-aggregation-and-distribution system, one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a geographic location associated with the access device. For each content posting selectively provided for display, the geographic location associated with the access device being within a predefined proximity of a geographic location of the one or more geographic locations related to accessing the content posting is requisite to the content posting being selectively provided for display.


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