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Location-based communications

  • US 8,725,823 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, from or on behalf of a sender, (a) location criteria indicative of two or more possible locations, and (b) information indicative of content for a communication to be sent from or on behalf of the sender to a recipient who is related to the sender by blood or employment;

    inferring one of the possible locations as an expected future location of the recipient based on a relationship between the location criteria and content of publicly available electronically-accessible resources by or about the sender, the recipient, or both;

    inferring content for the communication based on a relationship between the received information indicative of the content and content of publicly available electronically-accessible resources;

    scheduling delivery of the communication to the recipient based on the inferred expected future location of the recipient;

    detecting an actual location of the recipient, wherein detecting an actual location of the recipient includes detecting GPS coordinates of a computing device associated with the recipient; and

    sending the communication to the recipient when the actual location of the recipient matches the inferred location.

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