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Friend location sharing mechanism for social media platforms

US11556221B2 · kind B2 · utility

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230References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SNAP INC. · US

Inventors

Daniel Amitay · New York, US
Jonathan Brody · Santa Monica, US
Leonid Gorkin · Chappaqua, US
Jeffrey Arthur Johnson · Frisco, US
Andrew Lin · Manhattan, US
Walton Lin · Chatham, US
Nayana Samaranayake · New York, US
Evan Spiegel · Los Angeles, US
Marcel M. Moti Yung · New York, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2018
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 18, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2200/24
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A server system for a map-based social media platform maintains user location information to enable the rendering of friend icons on a map at a corresponding display locations. The system maintains a per user access control list (ACL) that lists all users whose icons can be viewed by a requesting user. The ACL can include a designation of respective display granularity levels for different friend users.

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