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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Kao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory Paul Whalin, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Tal Shumski, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04W 12/00503 (2019.01); H04W 12/00508 (2019.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the user. The method includes accessing information about one or more places corresponding to a location of the user and automatically generating a check-in to one of the one or more places for the user. The method includes automatically associating the check-in with the content.