Patent ID: 9532188
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by a first device, a second device via a proximity detection technique, the first device associated with a first user, the second device associated with a second user; sending, by the first device, group data including a first user identifier to the second device, the first user identifier associated with the first user, the group data including an ordered list of user identifiers having a beginning and an end; receiving, by the second device, the group data; responsive to receiving the group data, modifying, by the second device, the group data to include a second user identifier, the second user identifier associated with the second user by appending the second user identifier to the end of the ordered list; determining that a completion pattern exists, wherein the completion pattern exists when it is determined that a user identifier at the beginning of the ordered list and a user identifier at the end of the ordered list are the same; and creating an online social networking group responsive to existence of the completion pattern, the online social networking group including a plurality of users associated with the user identifiers in the group data.