Systems And Methods For Automatically Locating Web-Based Social Network Members
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
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21. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving location information of a device accessed by a first user of a social networking service at a geographic location, the location information representing the geographic location of the first user; associating the location information with the first user in a database of the social networking service responsive to receiving the location information; and sending a communication generated based on the location information for display to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer system, comprising:
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a database module configured to associate location information with a first user of a social networking service responsive to receiving the location information of the first user in a database, the location information representing the geographic location of the first user; and a communication module configured to receive the location information of the first user from a device accessed by the first user at the geographic location, and to send a communication generated based on the location information to a second user for display. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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