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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2012
Applicants:

Jacob Andrew Brill, San Francisco, CA (US);

Neel Ishwar Murarka, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jacob Andrew Brill, San Francisco, CA (US);

Neel Ishwar Murarka, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a mobile device of a user configuration data of the mobile device. The configuration data identifies one or more characteristics of the mobile device. The method also includes determining a group of users of the social-networking system based at least in part on the configuration data. Each user in the group of users uses a mobile device having similar configuration data as the mobile device of the user. The method also includes providing user-assistance information associated with the group of users to the user.


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