Location-Based Social Software for Mobile Devices
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDennis P. Crowley, Alexander M. Rainert
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Abstract
A method for communicating location information to a device includes receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user; associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user; and sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information.
Claims19
A method for communicating location information to a device, comprising:
- receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user;
- associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user;
- and
- sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information.
One or more tangible machine-readable media having recorded thereon instructions, that when executed by one or more computer processors, perform operations comprises:
- receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user;
- associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user;
- and
- sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.