Patent ID: 9483770
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: using one or more computers, obtaining a first set of information providing an indication that each of a set of users is within a specified area, wherein at least some of the set of users are mobile electronic device users; using one or more computers, obtaining a second set of information providing an indication that at least some of the set of users are at a particular event or gathering; using one or more computers, facilitating communications between users of the set of users, based at least in part on the particular event or gathering; and using one or more computers, forming a virtual grouping of users in the specified area, and utilizing the grouping in facilitating text or chat communications between mobile devices of at least some of the set of users and utilizing the grouping in facilitating providing advertisements to at least some of the set of users, wherein users determined to enter the specified area after formation of the grouping can be invited to join the grouping, and wherein users leaving the specified area can be removed from the grouping, and wherein the grouping is removed if fewer than a specified number of users are determined to be in the specified area.