Kiosk-based automatic update of online social networking sites

A computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:

• identifying a current user location of a user based on a known location of an electronic device when said user interacts with said electronic device, using a computerized processor that is operatively connected to said electronic device;
• automatically creating a user status data file using said computerized processor based on said known location, said user status data file comprising data identifying that said user is currently at said known location;
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• automatically uploading said user status data file to a social networking web site associated with said user as an activity post associated with said user, using said computerized processor.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying a current user location of a user based on a known location of an electronic device when said user interacts with said electronic device, using a computerized processor that is operatively connected to said electronic device;
• maintaining, within a computer-readable storage medium operatively connected to said computerized processor, at least one textual data file comprising predetermined textual descriptions of said known location;
• automatically creating a user status data file using said computerized processor based on said known location, said user status data file comprising data identifying that said user is currently at said known location;
• automatically merging said predetermined textual descriptions of said known location with an identification of said user using said computerized processor to produce a unique string of text describing said user at said known location, said creating of said user status data file automatically adding said unique string of text to said user status data file;
• and
• automatically uploading said user status data file to a social networking web site associated with said user as an activity post associated with said user, using said computerized processor.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying a current user location of a user based on a known location of an electronic device when said user interacts with said electronic device, using a computerized processor that is operatively connected to said electronic device;
• maintaining, within a computer-readable storage medium operatively connected to said computerized processor, at least one textual data file comprising predetermined textual descriptions of said known location;
• automatically creating a user status data file using said computerized processor based on said known location, said user status data file comprising data identifying that said user is currently at said known location;
• automatically merging said predetermined textual descriptions of said known location with an identification of said user using said computerized processor to produce a unique string of text describing said user at said known location, said creating of said user status data file automatically adding said unique string of text to said user status data file;
• and
• automatically uploading said user status data file to a cloud storage site associated with said user, using said computerized processor.