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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kelly Stonelake, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas Brown, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing local favorites are described. In some embodiments, the method entails receiving an indication from a first user of the social network of a local favorite to add or change on the local favorites page for a particular geographic location, updating the first user's local favorites page based on the received indication and storing the updated page in a database of the social network, and creating and publishing a posting regarding the first user's updated local favorites page on the social network on behalf of the first user of the social network.