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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:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2016
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

Sanjay Macwan, Marlboro, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for location-based, just in time social networking. In one embodiment, a method for providing a social network includes receiving a request from a first user of the social network to provide information from a location of interest specified by the first user, and locating a group comprising at least one other user of the social network, where each of the at least one other user is currently at the location of interest and has volunteered to provide information from the location of interest, wherein the group is selected from a larger group of other users who are at a plurality of locations of interest.


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