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Patent No.:

US 12112013 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2022

Location privacy management on map-based social media platforms

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daniel Amitay, New York, 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, Chatham, NJ (US);

John Rauser, Seattle, WA (US);

Amer Shahnawaz, New York, NY (US);

Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US);

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

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Shawnchoy Rahman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); 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 50/00 (2012.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (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); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A map-based graphical user interface for a social media application displays to special social media activity information based on submission of geo-tagged social media items to the platform. For users and or submitted items that need predefined location fuzzing criteria, such activity is represented in the graphical user interface at an intentionally inaccurate position.

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