Patent ID: 8863090

Claim:
A method implemented by an information handling system comprising: receiving a fake check-in event at a software application, the fake check-in event corresponding to a user of the software application; and in response to receiving the fake check-in event, posting, by the software application, a set of fake check-in entries on behalf of the user, wherein the posted fake check-in entries are visible by other users of the software application, and wherein the posting further comprises: generating a time-of-day and a day-of-week corresponding to each of the set of fake check-in entries, wherein the generated time-of-day and day-of-week are based on a check-in history corresponding to the user; and periodically posting individual fake check-in entries from the set of fake check-in entries based upon the time-of-day and day-of-week that corresponds to the posted individual fake check-in entries.