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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:
Oct. 25, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Nathanael Joe Hayashi, Piedmont, CA (US);

E. Stanley Ott, Iv, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Audrey Y. Tsang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dan Wascovich, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Quoc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nathanael Joe Hayashi, Piedmont, CA (US);

E. Stanley Ott, IV, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Audrey Y. Tsang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dan Wascovich, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Quoc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards sharing multimedia information on a mobile device based at least in part on vitality information and other social networking information. Multimedia information may be received and/or synchronized on the mobile device based on a relationship between vitality information of members of a social network. The relationship may comprise a common membership in a group, a common multimedia usage behavior, a geographical proximity of members of the social network, a degree of separation of members of the social network, a common search behavior, or the like. Multimedia information captured on the mobile device may be manually and/or automatically annotated and shared with members of the social network. The multimedia information may be displayed in an integrated live view in conjunction with other social networking information.


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