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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:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kristopher T. Frazier, Frisco, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Donald H. Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a content posting from a device associated with a first user, the content posting including data representative of a content instance and an associated geographic location; determining that a second user is associated with the geographic location; and enabling communications associated with the content instance between a client device associated with the first user and a client device associated with the second user.