Prefetching Places

• US 20160150032A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kao, Wayne, Shumski, Tal
• Granted Patent: US 10,397,346 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes automatically determining, in response to user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user. The social network has a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, and at least one node corresponds to the user. The method includes sending, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location from a client computing device of the user to an external server computing device and receiving from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a client computing device, automatically determining, in response to a user input comprising an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user, the social network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, at least one node corresponding to the user;

by the client computing device, sending, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location to an external server computing device; and

by the client computing device, receiving from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises a check-in.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user input comprises initiating a process to check-in.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more places corresponding to the location are within a predetermined distance of the location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising by the client computing device, providing one or more of the places corresponding to the location for presentation to the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising by a computing device, ranking the one or more places corresponding to the location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein ranking the one or more places comprising ranking the one or more places based at least in part on a check-in history for the user.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein ranking the one or more places comprising ranking the one or more places based at least in part on a time of day.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein ranking the one or more places comprising ranking the one or more places based at least in part on a velocity of the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more places corresponding to the location comprise one or more places corresponding to the location and the velocity of the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the location comprises accessing a previously determined location.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the previously determined location corresponds to a location of a user during a time relevant to the content.

13. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

automatically determine, in response to user input comprising an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user, the social network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, at least one node corresponding to the user;

send, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location to an external server computing device; and

receive from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the content comprises a check-in.

15. The media of claim 13, wherein the software is further operable when executed to rank the one or more places corresponding to the location.

16. The media of claim 13, wherein the software that is operable when executed to determine the location comprises software that is operable when executed to access a previously determined location.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

automatically determine, in response to user input comprising an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user, the social network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, at least one node corresponding to the user;

send, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location to an external server computing device; and

receive from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the content comprises a check-in.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to rank the one or more places corresponding to the location.

20. The system of claim 17, the processors that are operable when executing the instructions to determine the location further comprises processors that are operable when executing the instructions to access a previously determined location