Patent ID: 9189817
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer accessible non-transitory memory medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: determining a current location associated with a first member of a social network; storing multiple location labels in a memory, wherein each of the location labels corresponds to the determined current location associated with the first member; storing constraint information corresponding to the first member, wherein the constraint information controls dissemination of the location labels to a plurality of second members of the social network, wherein the constraint information specifies provision of different levels of the location labels to different ones of the second members, and wherein the different levels correspond to different degrees of geographic specificity associated with the determined current location; and selecting, in response to determining the current location, two or more labels from the location labels for distribution to two or more of the second members based on the constraint information, wherein at least two of the second members are provided with different labels, wherein the current location associated with the first member is determined at a certain point in time, and wherein each of the different labels separately indicate that the first member is presently located at the determined current location at the certain point in time.