Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location based service (LBS) system and method for creating a social network
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Application No.: US14230538Application Date: 2014-03-31
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Publication No.: US09402156B2Publication Date: 2016-07-26
- Inventor: Jack Steenstra , Kirk Steven Taylor , Liren Chen , Alexander Gantman
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Fariba Yadegar-Bandari; Satheesh K. Karra
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W4/18 ; H04W4/20 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q50/00 ; H04W8/18

Abstract:
A system and method for providing a location based service to create a social network, comprising activating a feature from a wireless terminal, registering from the wireless terminal with a location based service associated with the feature, creating a profile of a user of the feature, and displaying candidates based on the profile and based on the geographic location of the candidates. A Global Positioning System (GPS) may be used to geographically locate active users of a feature. An activity map may be associated with a feature, the activity map displaying active users of the feature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140213303A1 LOCATION BASED SERVICE (LBS) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SOCIAL NETWORK Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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