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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Gregory A. Dunko, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Gregory A. Dunko, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, Taoyuan County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/20 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for sharing group status within a social network are provided. A representative system includes a mobile device operative to: designate a set of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices being operative to communicate with others of the mobile devices and being associated with a respective member of a group of members of a social network; automatically generate group status information corresponding to a current status of the group of members; and provide the group status information to the social network.