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Sharing user information with proximate devices

  • US 10,291,576 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2016
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage storing instructions for being executed by a mobile telephone device, the mobile telephone device, when in operation, being configurable to communicate, at least in part via at least one wireless network, with at least one remote server, at least one social networking service, and at least one other mobile telephone device, the instructions when executed by the mobile telephone device resulting, at least in part, in the mobile telephone device being configured to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, at least in part, user login-related information from a user of the mobile telephone device, the user login information to be used, at least in part, in association with logging into the at least one social networking service;

    receiving, at least in part, user input to select a subset of user information of the user that is desired to be shared, at least in part, via the at least one social networking service with at least one other user of the at least one other mobile telephone device for display, at least in part, at the at least one other mobile telephone device;

    receiving, at least in part, other user input associated, at least in part, with requesting user information sharing with the at least one other user of the at least one other mobile telephone device, the information sharing to be carried out, at least in part, via the at least one social networking service;

    the other user input to be received, at least in part, by the mobile telephone device after the at least one remote server has determined, at least in part, that at least one matching interest exists between the user of the mobile telephone device and the at least one other user of the at least one other mobile telephone device, the at least one matching interest to be determined, at least in part, by the at least one remote server based, at least in part, upon comparison of respective users'"'"' information of the user of the mobile telephone device and the at least one other user of the at least one other mobile telephone device, the respective users'"'"' information to be stored, at least in part, at the at least one social networking service, the respective users'"'"' information being configurable to comprise user education experience, user work information, user friend information, user location information, and user contact information;

    the other user input being associated, at least in part, with at least one request to obtain approval, at least in part, from the at least one other user for the user information sharing;

    wherein;

    the operations also comprise receiving additional information that indicates, at least in part, that the at least one other mobile telephone device is within at least one certain physical proximity range of the mobile telephone device, the additional information to be provided, at least in part, via the at least one social networking service, the additional information to be for display, at least in part, by the mobile telephone device;

    in response, at least in part, to additional user input received at the at least one other mobile telephone device indicating the approval for the information sharing, the at least one remote server is to be used in providing the information sharing;

    the at least one remote server comprises a cloud-based entity for communicating with the mobile telephone device and the at least one other mobile telephone device via the Internet;

    the information sharing is to be based, at least in part, upon common interest identification information to be maintained, at least in part, both locally at the mobile telephone device and at a location remote from the mobile telephone device;

    the mobile telephone device is configurable to display physical range information associated with the additional information, the physical range information indicating physical range between the mobile telephone device and the at least one other mobile telephone device, the physical range information being in addition to user location information of the at least one other user of the at least one other mobile telephone device;

    the at least one request is user reviewable and user editable, at least in part, at the mobile telephone device;

    the at least one request, prior to being permitted to undergo user review and user editing, is to be pre-populated with initial information that indicates user name and the user location information associated with the user of the mobile telephone device;

    prior to generating the at least one request, a determination is to be made as to whether a configuration associated with the at least one other mobile telephone device permits participation in the user information sharing.

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