Patent ID: 9336514
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for automatic social messaging in a user communications device, comprising: providing a user interface by which a user can define a plurality of trigger events, each trigger event in the plurality of trigger events being associated with a different application available on the user communications device; receiving, from an application executing on the user communications device, an indication of an occurrence of a predefined trigger event, the predefined trigger event comprising one of a user requesting a location or the user requesting directions; accessing a set of event parameters for the predefined trigger event stored on the user communications device, the set of event parameters including a set of recipients for a notification message associated with the predefined trigger event, and notification update information, the notification update information including an update interval based on distance progressed toward a desired location, the update interval triggering an automatic transmission of a notification update message when the update interval expires to provide continual update information; enabling the user to customize at least one of content or format of the notification message; and automatically transmitting the notification message associated with the predefined trigger event to the set of recipients through a social networking medium.