Location aware sticky notes

• US 8,935,341 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bosworth, Andrew Garrod, Garcia, David Harry, Lau, Kenneth M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrishamkar, Kaveh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kusyk, Janusz
• Application Number:
  US13/300,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer system creates for a first user a location-triggered note specific for a second user and for a particular location, determines the second user'"'"'s location, and transmits the location-triggered note to the second user if the second user is at the particular location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

by one or more computing devices, creating a location-triggered-note record comprising the first location and the message;

by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

by one or more computing devices, determining whether the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

by one or more computing devices, sending the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user if the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user;

by one or more computing devices, in response to sending the message determining if the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location; and

by one or more computing devices, in response to determining the first user is within the predetermined distance from the first location, sending to the first user a notification indicating that the message of the location-triggered-note record has been sent to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the location-triggered-note record in a data store.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein whether the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user is determined based further on one or more privacy settings defining one or more users having access to the location-triggered-note record.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein one or more of the privacy settings are defined by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user comprises sending to the second user a notification comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the notification further comprises a profile picture of the first user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the notification is an email, a Short Messages Service (SMS) message, an instant message (IM), or a phone call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user comprises:

creating a news-feed entry comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message; and

updating a news feed for the second user with the news-feed entry.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending to the first user a notification indicating that the second user is at or near the first location.

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

receive, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

create a location-triggered-note record comprising the first location and the message;

receive, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

determine whether the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

send the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user if the location-triggered- note record is accessible to the second user;

in response to sending the message, determining if the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location; and

in response to determining the first user is within the predetermined distance from the first location, send to the first user a notification indicating that the message of the location-triggered-note record has been sent to the second user.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the software is further operable when executed to store the location-triggered-note record in a data store.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein whether the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user is determined based further on one or more privacy settings defining one or more users having access to the location-triggered-note record.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein one or more of the privacy settings are defined by the first user.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein sending the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user comprises sending to the second user a notification comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the notification further comprises a profile picture of the first user.

16. The media of claim 14, wherein the notification is an e-mail, a Short Messages Service (SMS) message, an instant message (IM), or a phone call.

17. The media of claim 10, wherein sending the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user comprises:

creating a news-feed entry comprising a user name of the first user, the first location, and the message; and

updating a news feed for the second user with the news-feed entry.

18. The media of claim 10, wherein the software is further operable when executed to send to the first user a notification indicating the second user is at or near the first location.

19. 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;

receive, from a first user, a request to create a location-triggered note comprising a first location of the first user and a message;

create a location-triggered-note record comprising the first location and the message;

receive, from a second user, data indicating a second location of the second user;

determine whether the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user based at least in part on a comparison between the first location and the second location;

send the message of the location-triggered-note record to the second user if the location-triggered-note record is accessible to the second user;

in response to sending the message, determining if the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location; and

in response to determining the first user is within the predetermined distance from the first location, send to the first user a notification indicating that the message of the location-triggered-note record has been sent to the second user.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to store the location-triggered-note record in a data store.