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Patent No.:

US 11556221 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2018

Friend location sharing mechanism for social media platforms

Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Amitay, New York City, NY (US);

Jonathan Brody, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Leonid Gorkin, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Andrew Lin, Long Island City, NY (US);

Walton Lin, New York, NY (US);

Nayana Samaranayake, New York, NY (US);

Evan Spiegel, Venice, CA (US);

Marcel M. Yung, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Theodore C Parsons

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server system for a map-based social media platform maintains user location information to enable the rendering of friend icons on a map at a corresponding display locations. The system maintains a per user access control list (ACL) that lists all users whose icons can be viewed by a requesting user. The ACL can include a designation of respective display granularity levels for different friend users.

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