U.S. Patent number 7,809,805, "Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members," was awarded to Facebook yesterday. It gives the company broad ownership over location-based social networking updates, and is likely to make Gowalla, Foursquare, and other competitors weep.
New patent makes Facebook the mayor of location updates
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