Patent ID: 11882088
Assignee: VNP SOFTWARE, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A data processing computer system facilitating communications between users, the system comprising:
at least one computer processor; and
computer memory storing computer-executable instructions for:
receiving one or more first watch area attributes;
defining a first watch area based on the one or more first watch area attributes, the first watch area being associated with a first user;
receiving, from a second user, a message and an indication that the message should be associated with a particular location;
determining whether the particular location is within the first watch area; and
in response to determining that the particular location is within the first watch area, communicating the message to the first user, wherein:
the computer memory further stores computer-executable instructions for determining a volume of messages posted within the first watch area and, at least partially in response to the volume of messages satisfying one or more particular criteria, automatically adjusting a size of the first watch area.