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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Andrew Baio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel James Wascovich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Stanley Ott, Iv, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gordon David Luk, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nathanael Joe Hayashi, Piedmont, CA (US);
Jonathan James Trevor, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leonard Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Quoc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Baio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel James Wascovich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Stanley Ott, IV, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gordon David Luk, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nathanael Joe Hayashi, Piedmont, CA (US);
Jonathan James Trevor, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leonard Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew Fukuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Quoc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A device, system, and method are directed towards determining a start and/or an end time for a spontaneous event. A mobile device user creates a group for the spontaneous event, and sends the members an invite. During the event, members share media content and/or text messages with other members. Based, in part, on a flow of media content and/or text messages between the members, a determination of a start time and/or end time of the spontaneous event is automatically performed. The start time may be based on when the group is created and/or revised when a flow rate of the media content and/or messages exceed a threshold. The end time may be based on the flow rate being less than another threshold. The location of the spontaneous event may also be determined based on a location of the member's mobile devices during the event.