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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mateusz Marek Niewczas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system at a first location, an audio input from an unknown user; identifying a first user of the online social network who is proximate to the first location; identifying the unknown user as a second user of the online social network based on a comparison of the audio input to one or more voiceprints of one or more candidate users stored by the online social network, respectively, wherein each voiceprint comprises audio data for auditory identification of a unique user of the online social network, and wherein each candidate user is within a threshold degree of separation of the first user within the online social network; and sending customized content to one or more of the first user or the second user based on their social-networking information.