Method of deducing mobile user locations and user activities
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user'"'"'s mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities.
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20 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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