Filed in February 2007 Facebook has been granted a patent as of October 5th, to what appears on the face of it to cover all location based services. This is the full Patent filing. Here are the elements of the patent that certainly make it look as though the world of Social Location Sharing belongs [...]
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October 7, 2010 By simonsalt
Has Facebook Locked Up Location Services with their Patent?
Filed Under: Facebook, Marketing, Observations, Social Location Sharing, Technology Tagged With: Facebook Location Patent, Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla, Location Services, SCVNGR, Social Location Services, Yelp


