Automatically providing a communication based on location information for a user of a social networking system
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a social networking system, location information for a device associated with a first user of the social networking system;
associating the location information with the first user in a user profile associated with the first user of the social networking system; and
sending, from the social networking system to a second user, a communication generated based at least in part on the location information, the communication including a video associated with the location information.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second user has a social networking connection to the first user over the social networking system.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the location information in a user profile associated with the first user.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein sending the communication generated based at least in part on the location information to the second user comprises:
determining a physical address based at least in part on the location information; and
sending at least the physical address to the second user.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes audio associated with the location information.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes a photograph associated with the location information.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information provides information about a place at a geographic location represented by the location information.
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a client device cause the processor to:
receive, by a social networking system, location information for a device associated with a first user of the social networking system;
associate, by the social networking system, the location information with the first user of the social networking system; and
send, from the social networking system to a second user, a communication
generated based at least in part on the location information, the communication including a video associated with the location information.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the second user has a social networking connection to the first user over the social networking system.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the instructions when executed further causing the processor to store the location information in a user profile associated with the first user.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein sending the communication generated based at least in part on the location information to the second user comprises:
determining a physical address based at least in part on the location information; and
sending at least the physical address to the second user.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes audio associated with the location information.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes a photograph associated with the location information.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information provides information about a place at a geographic location represented by the location information.
15. A social networking system comprising:
a processor for executing instructions;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising:
instructions for receiving, by the social networking system, location information for a device associated with a first user of the social networking system;
instructions for associating, by the social networking system, the location information with the first user in a user profile associated with the first user of the social networking system; and
instructions for sending, from the social networking system to a second user, a communication generated based at least in part on the location information, the communication including a video associated with the location information.
16. The social networking system of claim 15 , wherein sending the communication generated based at least in part on the location information to the second user comprises:
determining a physical address based at least in part on the location information; and
sending at least the physical address to the second user.
17. The social networking system of claim 15 , wherein the second user has a social networking connection to the first user over the social networking system.
18. The social networking system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for storing the location information in a user profile associated with the first user.
19. The social networking system of claim 15 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes audio associated with the location information.
20. The social networking system of claim 15 , wherein the communication generated based at least in part on the location information includes a photograph associated with the location information.