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Sharing of location-based content item in social networking service

Eyal Michael Sharon, +5 more
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In this article, a method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social network service.
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A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.

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System for providing a service to venues where people aggregate

James F. Kramer, +1 more
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