Location-based content aggregation and distribution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10334061-B2
Application number	US-201816218354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2008
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes storing one or more content postings, where each content posting is associated with one or more first users and each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting. The method also includes selectively sending one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, where the access device is associated with a second user, and for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
storing, by one or more computing devices of a content-aggregation-and-distribution system, one or more content postings, wherein
each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting by one or more access devices;

selectively sending, by one or more computing devices, one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, wherein,
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device and is further requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, a second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system comprises:
the second user and one or more of the first users being members of a same group;
the second user being subscribed to a profile or content posting associated with one or more of the first users;
the second user having communicated with one or more of the first users through the content-aggregation-and-distribution system;
the second user and one or more of the first users being associated with one or more content postings associated with a same geographic location;
the second user having a business relationship with one or more of the first users; or
the second user being a recipient of services provided by one or more of the first users.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each annotation associated with the content posting comprises at least one of a comment about the content posting, a rating of the content posting, or an edit to the content posting.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, by one or more computing devices, sending in response to user input at the access device, a content instance that data comprised by a content posting selectively sent for display on the access device are representative of.

6. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the processors, cause at least one of the processors to:
store, by one or more computing devices of a content-aggregation-and-distribution system, one or more content postings, wherein
each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting by one or more access devices;

selectively send, by one or more computing devices, one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, wherein,
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device and is further requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein, for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, a second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system comprises:
the second user and one or more of the first users being members of a same group;
the second user being subscribed to a profile or content posting associated with one or more of the first users;
the second user having communicated with one or more of the first users through the content-aggregation-and-distribution system;
the second user and one or more of the first users being associated with one or more content postings associated with a same geographic location;
the second user having a business relationship with one or more of the first users; or
the second user being a recipient of services provided by one or more of the first users.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein each annotation associated with the content posting comprises at least one of a comment about the content posting, a rating of the content posting, or an edit to the content posting.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one of the processors, cause at least one of the processors to send in response to user input at the access device, a content instance that data comprised by a content posting selectively sent for display on the access device are representative of.

11. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the computing devices to:
store, by one or more computing devices of a content-aggregation-and-distribution system, one or more content postings, wherein
each content posting is associated with one or more geographic locations corresponding to accessing of the content posting by one or more access devices;

selectively send, by one or more computing devices, one or more of the content postings for display on an access device based on a past or present geographic location of the access device, wherein,
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of the content posting being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device and is further requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein, for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, a second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the second user being associated with one or more first users in the content-aggregation-and-distribution system comprises:
the second user and one or more of the first users being members of a same group;
the second user being subscribed to a profile or content posting associated with one or more of the first users;
the second user having communicated with one or more of the first users through the content-aggregation-and-distribution system;
the second user and one or more of the first users being associated with one or more content postings associated with a same geographic locati

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Frazier Kristopher T
• Roberts Brian F
• Relyea Donald H

Classifications

• G06Q30/0253

  During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions · CPC title

• G06F16/29

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  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• G06F16/487

  using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location · CPC title

• G06Q30/0275

  Auctions · CPC title