Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members
First Claim
1. A method of sharing locations of users participating in a social networking service at a geographic location, the method executed by a computer system and comprising:
- receiving location information and status information from a mobile device of a first user of the social networking service, the location information representing a geographic location of the first user, the status information manually provided by the first user on an input module of the mobile device;
associating the location information with the status information of the first user in a database; and
sending the status information and the location information of the first user to a second user for display.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of sharing locations of users participating in a social networking service at a geographic location, the method executed by a computer system and comprising:
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receiving location information and status information from a mobile device of a first user of the social networking service, the location information representing a geographic location of the first user, the status information manually provided by the first user on an input module of the mobile device; associating the location information with the status information of the first user in a database; and sending the status information and the location information of the first user to a second user for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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3. A computer server for providing a social networking service, comprising:
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a database module configured to store location information in association with status information of a first user in a database responsive to receiving the location information and the status information from a mobile device of the first user, the location information representing a geographic location of the first user, the status information manually provided by the first user on an input module of the mobile device; and a communication module configured to; receive the location information and the status information associated with the first user from the mobile device; and send the location information and the status information of the first user to a second user for display. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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8. A method of sharing locations of users of a social networking service, the method executed by a computer system and comprising:
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receiving location information and entered information from a first user, the location information representing a geographic location of a first user of the social networking service from a mobile device of the first user, the entered information manually provided by the first provider on an input module of the mobile device; associating the location information with the entered information of the first user in a database; receiving a request from a second user for information associated with the geographic location; querying the database to retrieve the entered information of the first user associated with the location information of the geographic location responsive to receiving the request; and sending the entered information of the first user retrieved from the database to the second user for display on a computing device of the second user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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21. A method of sharing locations of users participating in a social networking service at a geographic location, the method executed by a computer system and comprising:
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receiving location information and status information from a device of a first user of the social networking service, the location information representing a geographic location of the first user, the status information manually provided by the first user on an input module of the device; associating the location information with the status information of the first user in a database; and sending the status information and the location information of the first user to a second user for display.
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