SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCATING WEB-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK MEMBERS

摘要

Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network m embers 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 curr ent state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that as sociates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communic ations module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a serve r comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-b ased 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.