Patent ID: 9521105
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a target geographical location of a computing device; parsing a message for one or more keywords associated with the target geographical location of the computing device; comparing one or more keywords of the message to subjects associated with a plurality of predefined rules; based on the comparison, selecting one of the predefined rules that is associated with a subject corresponding to the one or more keywords; identifying boundaries of a vicinity based on the target geographical location, the boundaries of the vicinity being defined by the selected one of the predefined rules; creating a group comprising names of one or more locations that are within the boundaries of the vicinity; using the group to identify a set of contacts from the contacts in the social network of the user, the set of contacts excluding one or more contacts in the social network of the user that are not associated with locations within the group; creating a contact list, the contact list comprising contacts, from the set of contacts, that have commented on topics that relate to the message; and sending the message to members of the contact list, the message relating to the target geographical location.