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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Andrew Garrod Bosworth, San Mateo, CA (US);

David Harry Garcia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kenneth M. Lau, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Garrod Bosworth, San Mateo, CA (US);

David Harry Garcia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kenneth M. Lau, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system maintains a data store of shared space, wherein each shared space comprises one or more content objects, a location, and one or more privacy settings. The geo-social networking system allows a user read-access to a shared space based on privacy settings associated with the shared space. The geo-social networking system allows a user write-access to a shared space if the user is at the location associated with the shared space.


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