Location suggestion based upon social networking post content

• US 9,584,606 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kodovsky, Jan, Kao, Wayne, Whalin, Gregory Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, JONATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/292,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350349A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input associated with a social networking system user account. The input includes content to be published to the social networking system. In response to the received input, one or more location suggestions are identified based upon the content. The one or more identified location suggestions are transmitted to a user device associated with the user account. Selection of a location suggestion is received. The content and selected location is published as a post within the social networking system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving input associated with a user account, the input including content to be published on a communications system, the input not including location data;

identifying, in response to the received input, one or more location suggestions based upon an action being performed by a user indicated by the input;

transmitting, to a user device associated with the user account, the one or more identified location suggestions;

receiving a selection of one of the one or more identified location suggestions; and

publishing the content and selected location as a post within the communications system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the user device, a composition window including the content and selected location; and

receiving a command to publish the content and selected location.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more location suggestions are further based upon the location data associated with the user device or the user account.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the location data includes a location previously published in a post by the user account.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the location data includes a geospatial position of the user device within a window of time when the input is received.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the location data includes an indication that the user device was stationary at the geospatial position for a threshold period of time.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more location suggestions are further based upon positive feedback received by the communications system with respect to locations.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the positive feedback includes the communications system receiving selection of one or more of the locations in response to transmitting the one or more locations as location suggestions.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more location suggestions are further based upon a time when the input is received.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the user device in response to the received selection of the location, a recommendation to join an online conversation of users of the communications system that also selected the location.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, in response to the received selection of the location, that a user device associated with the user account published a photograph to the communications system taken within a threshold period of time of the publication of the content and selected location; and

transmitting, to the user device, a request to associate the photograph with the location within the communications system.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the one or more location suggestions further comprises:

evaluating text of the content to determine a category of location suggestions, the one or more locations suggestions being selected from the determined category of location suggestions.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors in a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving input associated with a user account, the input including content to be published on a communications system, the input not including location data;

identifying, in response to the received input, one or more location suggestions based upon an action being performed by a user indicated by the input;

transmitting, to a user device associated with the user account, the one or more identified location suggestions;

receiving a selection of one of the one or more identified location suggestions; and

publishing the content and selected location as a post within the communications system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the user device, a composition window including the content and selected location; and

receiving a command to publish the content and selected location.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more location suggestions are further based upon the location data associated with the user device or the user account.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the location data includes a location previously published in a post by the user account.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the location data includes a geospatial position of the user device within a window of time when the input is received.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the location data includes an indication that the user device was stationary at the geospatial position for a threshold period of time.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more location suggestions are further based upon positive feedback received by the communications system with respect to locations.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the positive feedback includes the communications system receiving selection of one or more of the locations in response to transmitting the one or more locations as location suggestions.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a device comprising a proccesor, wherein the processor executes instructions that cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising;

receiving input associated with a user account, the input including content to be published on a communications system, the content input not including location data;

identifying, in response to the received input, one or more location suggestions based upon an action being performed by a user indicated by the content input;

transmitting, to a user device associated with the user account, the one or more identified location suggestions;

receiving a selection of one of the one or more identified location suggestions; and

publishing the content and selected location as a post within the communications system.