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Mobile ad hoc networking

  • US 10,142,281 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2017
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a social networking system, a first message from a mobile device application on a first-user mobile device associated with a first user, the message comprising a first-user identifier corresponding to a first-user account maintained for the first user by the social networking system;

    determining, by the social networking system, a location of the first-user mobile device;

    determining, by the social networking system, that a plurality of mobile devices are within a local RF range for direct connectivity with the first-user mobile device, each of the plurality of mobile devices being associated with a user identifier corresponding to a user account maintained by the social networking system;

    transmitting, by the social networking system, a second message to the first-user mobile device, the second message enabling the first user to create a group within the social-networking system;

    receiving, by the social-networking system, a request to create the group including the first user and each of a plurality of users being associated with the plurality of mobile devices within the local RF range for direct connectivity with the first-user mobile device; and

    creating and storing a record of the group in social graph information.

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