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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Waldeck Technology, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Kenneth Jennings, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

WALDECK TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/20 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06F 17/30144 (2013.01); G06F 17/30185 (2013.01); G06F 17/30206 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring hashtags in micro-blog posts, or status updates, from users to provide one or more crowd-based features. In one embodiment, a micro-blog post of a user in a crowd of users is obtained. The crowd of users is a group of users within a predefined spatial proximity to one another. A hashtag in the micro-blog post is then obtained, and a crowd-based feature is provided based on the hashtag.


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