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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:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijay Bhaskar Perumal, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Charles A. Payne, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Garret Polk, Northridge, CA (US);
Charles Trinh, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06F 17/30165 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for sharing data based on user ranking is described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a location of a computing device, identifying a request to share data from the computing device with one or more other computing devices, and ranking potential recipients of the data from the computing device based on at least one of location data, network communication data, and contact information.