Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated check-ins
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Application No.: US14551213Application Date: 2014-11-24
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Publication No.: US10863354B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Wayne Kao , Gregory Paul Whalin , Tal Shumski
- Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; H04W4/21 ; G06F21/62 ; G06F16/958 ; G06F16/9535 ; H04W12/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the user. The method includes accessing information about one or more places corresponding to a location of the user and automatically generating a check-in to one of the one or more places for the user. The method includes automatically associating the check-in with the content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160147839A1 Automated Check-ins Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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