Patent ID: 9088816
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: an access device located at a commercial venue, the access device being communicatively coupled via a local area network with a mobile communication device located at the commercial venue; and a communication node communicatively coupled to the access device via a wide area network, the communication node to provide a social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to a user of the mobile communication device, the social networking service being made available by the communication node to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device via the local area network; the access device to exchange information between the communication node and the mobile communication device, the information relating to the social networking service; the social networking service comprising access to a social network, the communication node to receive at least one of a location and a current status of the user from the mobile communication device via the access device, the communication node to forward the at least one of the location and the current status of the user to other mobile communication devices located at the commercial venue via the access device in response to receiving the at least one of the location and the current status of the user.