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Method of deducing mobile user locations and user activities

  • US 10,506,382 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2018
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining locations and/or activities of a user participating in a social networking service, the method executed by a computer system and comprising:

  • automatically receiving location information through a location module of an electronic device at each of a plurality of locations as the electronic device travels to the locations;

    automatically placing the location module into a sleep mode between the locations, wherein the location module goes into the sleep mode;

    after automatically determining location information, and during extended travel upon an automatically determined rate of travel exceeding a predetermined threshold;

    automatically awakening the location module at each of the locations upon receipt of a location transmission;

    automatically deducing as user information a location type and user activity at each of a plurality of locations; and

    automatically sharing the user information in the social networking service.

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