Location Aware Sticky Notes

• US 20130132488A1
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bosworth, Andrew Garrod, Garcia, David Harry, Lau, Kenneth M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,935,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer system creates for a first user a location-triggered note specific for a second user and for a particular location, determines the second user'"'"'s location, and transmits the location-triggered note to the second user if the second user is at the particular location.

Claims

1. A method, by one or more computing devices, comprising:

receiving, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

creating a location-triggered note record comprising the first location and the message;

receiving, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

determining whether the location-triggered note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

and

transmitting the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the location-triggered note record is a data store.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the location-triggered note record is accessible to the second user is further based on one or more privacy settings defining one or more users having access to the location-triggered note record.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more privacy settings are defined by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user comprises:

transmitting to the second user a notification comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the notification further comprises a profile picture of the first user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the notification is an email, an SMS message, an instant message, or a phone call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user comprises:

creating a news feed entry comprising a user name of the first user, the first location and the message; and

updating a news feed for the second user'"'"'s profile page with the news feed entry.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting to the first user a notification indicating the second user is at or near the first location.

14. The media of claim 1, wherein to transmit the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user, further comprises software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

transmit to the second user a notification comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the notification further comprises a profile picture of the first user.

16. The media of claim 14, wherein the notification is an email, an SMS message, an instant message, or a phone call.

10. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

receive, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

create a location-triggered note record comprising the first location and the message;

receive, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

determine whether the location-triggered note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

and

transmit the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user.

11. The media of claim 10, further comprising software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

store the location-triggered note record is a data store.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein to determine whether the location-triggered note record is accessible to the second user is further based on one or more privacy settings defining one or more users having access to the location-triggered note record.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the one or more privacy settings are defined by the first user.

17. The media of claim 10, wherein to transmit the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user, further comprises software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

create a news feed entry comprising a user name of the first user, the first location and the message; and

update a news feed for the second user'"'"'s profile page with the news feed entry.

18. The media of claim 10, further comprising software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

transmit to the first user a notification indicating the second user is at or near the first location.

19. A system comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory storage medium storing computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to;

receive, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

create a location-triggered note record comprising the first location and the message;

receive, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

determine whether the location-triggered note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

and

transmit the message of the location-triggered note record to the second user if the note is accessible to the second user.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to:

store the location-triggered note record is a data store.