Opinion ID: 6112121
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Heading: Bautista

Text: Entitled “Mobile Social Networking Systems and Methods,” U.S. Patent Application No. 11/055,340 (“Bautista”) “generally relates to social networking, and more particularly to social networking systems allowing location-aware, anonymous communication between communication devices.” S.A. 475; see S.A. 470–81 (Bautista). Bautista discloses “systems and methods for communicating with others in a defined geographic area,” which “may be through location-aware text messaging.” S.A. 475. Bautista explains that “[c]ommunications from [a] first communication device may be relayed to a second communication device” through “a text message from the first communication device.” S.A. 475. Specifically, Bautista explains that a user will set up an account and that “the social networking server receives [the] mobile phone number associated with the user.” S.A. 476. “[T]he social networking server . . . generate[s] a user passcode” that “may be a random alphanumeric character” and is “sent to the user in the form of an SMS text message that the user can receive on [a] mobile communication device.” S.A. 477. To complete the account set up, the user enters the passcode at the social networking website. S.A. 477. After setting up the account, the user can create a profile and input demographic information that is “stored in a database associated with [the] social networking server.” S.A. 477. The user can then use the social network to find “individuals that the user might be interested in meeting” that are “within close proximity.” S.A. 477. For example, the user will send a SMS text code to the social networking server “that identifies the user’s geographical location.” S.A. 477. The database can be searched to match the user’s profile with similar profiles of Case: 21-1848 Document: 23 Page: 5 Filed: 01/18/2022 IN RE: GAMBLE 5 other users. S.A. 478. Search parameters can comprise keywords used to query the database. S.A. 478.