Systems and Methods to Provide Navigational Assistance Using an Online Social Network
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1. A method implemented in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving user data content tagged with navigational information, from a plurality of users of an online social network;
receiving a request from a first user of the online social network to navigate between a starting location and an ending location; and
in response to the request, calculating a navigation route between the starting location and an ending location using the user data content tagged with the navigational information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to provide navigation assistance and user content sharing via an online social network. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a data processing system, includes: receiving user data content tagged with navigational information, from a plurality of users of an online social network; receiving a request from a first user of the online social network to navigate between a starting location and an ending location; and in response to the request, calculating a navigation route between the starting location and an ending location using the user data content tagged with the navigational information.
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21 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a data processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving user data content tagged with navigational information, from a plurality of users of an online social network; receiving a request from a first user of the online social network to navigate between a starting location and an ending location; and in response to the request, calculating a navigation route between the starting location and an ending location using the user data content tagged with the navigational information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine readable media embodying instructions, the instructions causing a data processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving user data content tagged with navigational information, from a plurality of users of an online social network; receiving a request from a first user of the online social network to navigate between a starting location and an ending location; and in response to the request, calculating a navigation route between the starting location and an ending location using the user data content tagged with the navigational information.
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21. A data processing system, comprising:
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means for receiving user data content tagged with navigational information, from a plurality of users of an online social network; means for receiving a request from a first user of the online social network to navigate between a starting location and an ending location; and means for calculating a navigation route between the starting location and an ending location using the user data content tagged with the navigational information, in response to the request.
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