Patents by Inventor Tyler J. C. Potter

Tyler J. C. Potter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SENDING COMMUNICATIONS TO CONTACTS ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20130254309
    Abstract: Sending communications to contacts on a social networking service includes receiving a target geographical location of a computing device, identifying a vicinity based on the target geographical location, using the vicinity to identify a set of contacts associated with an account on a social networking service, where the set of contacts are used to produce a contact list that excludes one or more contacts that are not associated with locations within the vicinity, and sending a communication to members of the contact list, where the communication relates to the target geographical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dean K. Jackson, Tyler J. C. Potter