Dynamic computer systems and uses thereof

• US 10,305,748 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2017
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Harrison Tretter Auerbach
• Original Assignee: The Michael Harrison Tretter Auerbach Trust
• Inventors: Auerbach, Michael H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Naoreen, Nazia
• Application Number:
  US15/667,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20170359224A1
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 709203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2230/00 Voting or election arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/328 in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]

Abstract

The invention concerns computer systems that are specially adapted to propagate content over a dynamic network, substantially in real time, by virtue of the locational proximity of network-joined Client Computers. Preferably, the content will also be weighting (for example, proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, segment-weighting, etc.). The invention particularly concerns such computer systems that employ more than one such weighting. The invention particularly concerns such computer systems that operate using, or through, mobile devices, particularly for distributed computing applications, including social media applications and communications applications conducted over Restricted Computer Networks.

Claims

1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said computer system comprises:

a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II) digitally interconnected with one another directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s) to form a distributed communications network;

wherein;

(A) said content-providing Client Computer (I) is adapted to transmit a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image and/or tonal data to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network;

(B) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is adapted to receive at least a subset of the transmitted signal of said content-providing Client Computer (I) and to present at least a subset of said received data to a user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II);

wherein the content of said received or presented data adjusts in response to changes in;

(i) a Favorability Value assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) a weighting preference assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), a Favorability Value assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

thereby disseminating content across said distributed network;

and wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more Favorability Parameter(s), with the proviso that when selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s).

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system stores received content in a Content Stack memory;

wherein content stored in said Content Stack memory rises in response to increases in Favorability Value of the content, and/or falls in the Content Stack memory in response to decreases in Favorability Value, such that the number or amount of content stored in the Content Stack memory remains within available processing and bandwidth parameters.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system presents a subset of said stored received content to its user, wherein said presented content is stored in a Presentation Stack memory;

wherein content stored in said Presentation Stack memory;

(A) rises in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) increased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) increases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s); and

/or

(3) changes in weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that increase its user'"'"'s desire for such content; and

/or

(B) falls in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) decreased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) decreases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that decrease its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

such that the number or amount of content stored in the Presentation Stack memory of Client Computer (II) remains within user-selected parameters.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein said presented content is weighed based on one or more weighting preference(s) selected from the group consisting of:

proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, and segment-weighting.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said Favorability Parameter(s) comprise one or more of the Favorability Parameter(s):

dissemination, distance, hop-distance, and premium.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said Client Computer-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters comprise two or more of the Favorability Parameters:

vote, dissemination, distance, hop-distance and premium.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein a Client Computer of said computer system votes to favor or disfavor a received content, or provides related content, and provides said vote or said related content to another Client Computer.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said network additionally comprises a Content-Monitoring Computer.

10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said network comprises a Restricted Computer Network.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) presents said received data to said user using a graphical user interface.

12. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I) is additionally adapted to receive at least a subset of a textual, image and/or tonal data signal transmitted from another Client Computer, and wherein at least a subset of said data received by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) directly or indirectly from said content-providing Client Computer (I), and presented to the user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II), was received by said content-providing Client Computer (I) from said other Client Computer.

13. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is additionally adapted to transmit a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image and/or tonal data to another Client Computer either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network.

14. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I), and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are a smartphone, laptop, tablet, smartwatch or head-mounted display mobile device.

15. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a vehicle, watercraft or aircraft.

16. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a non-mobile structure.

17. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a drone or unattended device.

8. The computer system of 1, wherein said Client Computer-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters comprise two or more of the Favorability Parameters:

dissemination, distance, hop-distance, time and premium.

18. A computer-implemented method for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said method enables the digital interconnection of a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II), directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s), to thereby form a distributed communications network, wherein:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I) transmits a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image or tonal data signal to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network; and

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) receives at least a subset of said data signal and presents at least a subset of said received data to a user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II);

wherein the content of said received or presented data adjusts in response to changes in;

(i) a Favorability Value assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) a weighting preference assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), a Favorability Value assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

thereby disseminating content across said distributed network;

and wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more Favorability Parameter(s), with the proviso that when selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s).

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system to store received content in a Content Stack memory;

wherein said method permits content stored in said Content Stack memory to rise in response to increases in Favorability Value of the content, and/or to fall in the Content Stack memory in response to decreases in Favorability Value, such that the number or amount of content stored in the Content Stack memory remains within available processing and bandwidth parameters.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein said method permits said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system to present a subset of said stored content to its user, wherein said presented content is stored in a Presentation Stack memory;

wherein said method permits content stored in said Presentation Stack memory;

(A) to rise in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) increased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) increases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in the weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that increase its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

and/or

(B) to fall in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) decreased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) decreases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in the weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that decrease its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

such that the number or amount of content stored in the Presentation Stack memory of the Client Computer remains within user-selected parameters.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein said method permits said presented content to be weighted based on one or more weighting preference(s) selected from the group consisting of:

proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, and segment-weighting.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said Client Computer-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters to comprise one or more of the Favorability Parameter(s):

dissemination, distance, hop-distance and premium.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said Client Computer-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters to comprise two or more of the Favorability Parameters:

vote, dissemination, distance, hop-distance and premium.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 23, wherein said method permits a Client Computer of said computer system to:

(A) (1) vote to favor or disfavor a received content, or

(2) contribute related content, and

(B) provide said vote or said related content to another Client Computer.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said Client Computer-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters to comprise two or more of the Favorability Parameters:

dissemination, distance, hop-distance, time and premium.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said network to additionally comprise a Content-Monitoring Computer.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said network to comprise a Restricted Computer Network.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) presents said received data to said user using a graphical user interface.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I) additionally receives at least a subset of a textual, image and/or tonal data signal transmitted from another Client Computer, and wherein at least a subset of said data received by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) directly or indirectly from said content-providing Client Computer (I), and presented to the user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II), was received by said content-providing Client Computer (I) from said other Client Computer.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) additionally transmits a textual, image and/or tonal data signal to another Client Computer either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are a smartphone, laptop, tablet, smartwatch or head-mounted display mobile device.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a vehicle, watercraft or aircraft.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a non-mobile structure.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I), said content-receiving Client Computer (II), or both said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is/are installed in a drone or unattended device.