Social networking system which provides notification of user location based on distance
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1. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
- determining a first location associated with a first user;
identifying a user-supplied label associated with the first location;
deter wining a second location associated with a second user;
determining if the second user is within a predetermined distance of the first user; and
providing the user-supplied label to the second user based, at least in part, on determining that the second user is within the predetermined distance of the first user.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus and software have been discovered for use by individual users to monitor the geographic location of other people or assets with some relationship to the user. Once some manner of location information is determined, users have the ability to describe that location in various ways and control how that information is shared with other users.
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1. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
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determining a first location associated with a first user; identifying a user-supplied label associated with the first location; deter wining a second location associated with a second user; determining if the second user is within a predetermined distance of the first user; and providing the user-supplied label to the second user based, at least in part, on determining that the second user is within the predetermined distance of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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determining a first location associated with a first user; identifying a user-supplied label associated with the first location; determining a second location associated with a second user, determining if the second user is within a predetermined distance of the first user; and providing a user-supplied label to the second user based, at least in part, on determining that the second user is within the predetermined distance of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
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a processing device; and a computer accessible non-transitory memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising; determining a first location associated with a first user; determining a second location associated with a second user; identifying a user-supplied label associated with the second location; determining if the second user is within a predetermined distance of the first user; and selectively displaying the user-supplied label based, at least in part, on determining that the second user is within the predetermined distance of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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