SHARING OF LOCATION-BASED CONTENT ITEM IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
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10. A method comprising:
- receiving location information for a communication device associated with a respective user;
for each respective user, determining a list of distinct locations where the respective user is likely to be located based on the received location information;
for each respective user, sending the list of distinct locations to the communication device;
from each respective user, receiving a location selected by the respective user on the communication device among the list of distinct locations to indicate the location of the respective user;
retrieving information about public transport traveling from or through the selected location;
determining an updated location of the respective user based on the selected location and the information about the public transport;
determining whether to make the updated location available to a requesting user; and
making the updated location available to the requesting user.
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Abstract
A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving location information for a communication device associated with a respective user; for each respective user, determining a list of distinct locations where the respective user is likely to be located based on the received location information; for each respective user, sending the list of distinct locations to the communication device; from each respective user, receiving a location selected by the respective user on the communication device among the list of distinct locations to indicate the location of the respective user; retrieving information about public transport traveling from or through the selected location; determining an updated location of the respective user based on the selected location and the information about the public transport; determining whether to make the updated location available to a requesting user; and making the updated location available to the requesting user. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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13-1. The method of claim 10, further comprising further comprising receiving a signal from the communication device indicating that the respective user is taking the public transport, the updated location determined responsive to receiving the signal.
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18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor in a computing device, cause the processor to:
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receiving location information of a first user of a social networking service; determining a list of distinct locations where a first user is likely to be located based on the received location information; sending the list of distinct locations to a communication device of the first user; receiving, from the communication device, a location selected by the first user among the list of distinct locations to indicate the location of the first user; retrieving information about public transport traveling from or through the selected location of the first user; determining an updated location of the first user based on the selected location and the information about the public transport; and making the updated location available to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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