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Adaptable broker for location based second degree social networking

  • US 10,003,662 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/2017
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for adaptably brokering location based second degree social networking comprising:

  • receiving in a broker executing in memory of a computer from a mobile computing device from over a computer communications network, a request indicating a geo-location of the mobile computing device, an identification of a social networking member, and a listing of one or more social networks in a set of social networks;

    querying each social network in the set on behalf of the social networking member to identify first degree contacts of the social networking member and additionally querying each social network in the set on behalf of the social networking member to identify second degree contacts of the social networking member;

    geo-locating the second degree contacts; and

    ,on condition that one of the second degree contacts is determined to be geographically proximate to the geo-location of the mobile computing device, retrieving from one or more of the social networks in the set a profile for the one of the second degree contacts and transmitting the profile to the mobile computing device.

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