Location-based content aggregation and distribution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9294431-B2
Application number	US-201514599320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2008
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes storing one or more content postings that each include data representative of one or more content instances. Each content posting is associated with one or more first users. The method also includes storing one or more data records associating one or more geographic locations with accessing of the content instances. 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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
storing, by one or more computing devices, one or more content postings that each comprise data representative of one or more content instances, wherein each content posting is associated with one or more first users;
storing, by one or more computing devices, one or more data records associating one or more geographic locations with accessing of the content instances; and
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:
the access device is connected by a wireless network;
the access device is associated with a second user; and
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device:
the first users associated with the content posting are members of a group;
the second user is a member of the group;
the second user being a member of the group with the first users associated with the content posting is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device; and
one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is further requisite to 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, the past or present geographic location of the access device being within the predefined proximity of the one or more geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of is requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content instances being sent for display on the access device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each annotation comprises at least one of a comment about one or more of the content instances, a rating of one or more of the content instances, or an edit to one or more of the content instances.

4. 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.

5. 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 one or more data records associating one or more geographic locations with accessing of the content instances; and
selectively send 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:
the access device is connected by a wireless network;
the access device is associated with a second user; and
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device:
the first users associated with the content posting are members of a group;
the second user is a member of the group;
the second user being a member of the group with the first users associated with the content posting is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device; and
one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is further requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein, for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, the past or present geographic location of the access device being within the predefined proximity of the one or more geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of is requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content instances being sent for display on the access device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein each annotation comprises at least one of a comment about one or more of the content instances, a rating of one or more of the content instances, or an edit to one or more of the content instances.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , 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.

9. 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 one or more data records associating one or more geographic locations with accessing of the content instances; and
selectively send 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:
the access device is connected by a wireless network;
the access device is associated with a second user; and
for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device:
the first users associated with the content posting are members of a group;
the second user is a member of the group;
the second user being a member of the group with the first users associated with the content posting is requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device; and
one or more of the geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of being within a predefined proximity of the past or present geographic location of the access device is further requisite to the content posting being sent for display on the access device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein, for each content posting selectively sent for display on the access device, the past or present geographic location of the access device being within the predefined proximity of the one or more geographic locations associated with the accessing of one or more of the content instances that data comprised by the content posting are representative of is requisite to one or more annotations associated with the content instances being sent for display on the access device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein each annotation comprises at least one of a comment about one or more of the content instances, a rating of one or more of the content instances, or an edit to one or more of the content instances.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by one or more of the computing devices, cause at least one of the computing devices 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.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06Q30/0277

  Online advertisement · CPC title

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G06Q30/0275

  Auctions · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G06F9/542

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title