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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Yuntao Jia, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mukund Narasimhan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jonathan Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Joshua Redstone, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yuntao Jia, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mukund Narasimhan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jonathan Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Joshua Redstone, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes calculating a first mean of check-in locations associated with a place; selecting a subset of the check-in locations based on distances between the first mean and the check-in locations; and determining a central location and at least a portion of a perimeter of the place based on the subset of the check-in locations.


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