1.0Omni Legal Group Bloghttps://omnilegalgroup.com/blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Vkyq5XW6WD"><a href="https://omnilegalgroup.com/blog/facebook-patent-predicts-location/">Facebook Patents Method of Predicting User’s Future Geographical Location</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://omnilegalgroup.com/blog/facebook-patent-predicts-location/embed/#?secret=Vkyq5XW6WD" width="600" height="338" title="“Facebook Patents Method of Predicting User’s Future Geographical Location” — Omni Legal Group Blog" data-secret="Vkyq5XW6WD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://omnilegalgroup.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://omnilegalgroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Facebook-1.png225225  The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published a patent application, owned by Facebook, which could predict the future geographical locations of users. Titled “Offline Trajectories,” the application gathers a user’s previous location data as well as that of others in order to make predictions as to where the user may be traveling next. For example, if the user typically goes to the gym after work and the application determines that the user is currently at their office, it could then infer that the user is likely to go to the gym at a certain time. More...