Method of Displaying a Location Associated with a User

• US 20160019222A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Farouk Al-Shorafa
• Original Assignee: Farouk Al-Shorafa
• Inventors: Al-Shorafa, Farouk
• Application Number:
  US13/846,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20160019222A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method having the steps of receiving a user name associated with a profile on a social networking service; receiving user information associated with a user name; receiving public information associated with a user name; determining, by one or more processors, a user match; identifying a location that matches the location associated with the user name; and providing the location associated with a user name for display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a user name associated with a profile on a social networking service;

receiving, by one or more processors, user information associated with a user name;

receiving, by one or more processors, public information associated with a user name;

determining, by one or more processors, a user match;

identifying, by one or more processors, a location that matches the location associated with the user name; and

providing, by the one or more processors, the location associated with a user name for display.

2. A method of claim 1, the determining a user match further comprising:

comparing, by one or more processors, the public information to the user information.

3. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, a user name for display;

4. A method of claim 3, the determining a user name for display further comprising:

filtering, by one or more processors, a list of user names by the desired piece of characteristic information.

5. A method of claim 1 further comprising:

verifying, by one or more processors, an identified location by comparing the identified location against a storage database of known locations.

6. A method of claim 1, the identifying a location that matches the location associated with the user name further comprising:

parsing, by one or more processors, user information and/or public information.

7. A device comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors to;

receive a user name associated with a profile on a social networking service;

receive user information associated with a user name;

receive public information associated with a user name;

determine a user match;

identify a location that matches the location associated with the user name; and

provide the location associated with a user name for display.

8. A device of claim 7, the one or more processors, when determining a user match, being further to:

compare the public information to the user information.

9. A device of claim 7, the one or more processors are further to determine a user name for display.

10. A device of claim 9, the one or more processors, when determining a user name for display, being further to:

filter a list of user names by the desired piece of characteristic information.

11. A device of claim 7, the one or more processors are further to verify an identified location by comparing the identified location against a storage database of known locations.

12. A device of claim 7, the one or more processors, when identifying a location that matches the location associated with the user name, are further to:

parse user information and/or public information.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a user name associated with a profile on a social networking service;

receive user information associated with a user name;

receive public information associated with a user name;

determine a user match;

identify a location that matches the location associated with the user name; and

provide the location associated with a user name for display.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when causing the one or more processors to determine a user match, cause the one or more processors to;

compare the public information to the user information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine a user name for display.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when causing the one or more processors to determine a user name for display, cause the one or more processors to;

filter a list of user names by the desired piece of characteristic information.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to verify an identified location by comparing the identified location against a storage database of known locations.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when causing the one or more processors to identify a location that matches the location associated with the user name, cause the one or more processors to;

parse user information and/or public information.