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System and method for requesting an updated user location

  • US 9,325,797 B2
  • Filed: 02/29/2012
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable media including instructions that, when executed, perform a method for requesting a user to provide a point of interest associated with a current location, the method comprising:

  • providing for display at the user interface for a first computing device associated with a first subscribed user of a social network, selectable group of one or more second subscribed users of the social networks;

    receiving, at the user interface for the first computing device, a selection corresponding to one of the one or more second subscribed users, the first subscribed user being different than the second subscribed user;

    sending, from the first computing device to a second computing device, a request originating from the first subscribed user of the social network for an identifiable point of interest corresponding to a second subscribed user'"'"'s current geographic location of the second subscribed user, the second computing device being associated with the second subscribed user;

    receiving, from the second computing device and in response to the request, an identifiable point of interest associated with the second subscribed user'"'"'s current geographic location, wherein the point of interest is selected by the second subscribed user at the second computing device; and

    providing, for display at a user interface for the social network associated with one or more interested users including the first subscribed user, a representation of the second subscribed user at the current geographic location of the second subscribed user on an interactive map and the received identifiable point of interest associated with the second subscribed user'"'"'s current geographic location on the interactive map.

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