Method and apparatus of a location-based network service for mutual social notification
First Claim
1. A method of creating a network to facilitate communication as between users of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing for selection of a network location;
registering the user in the network location;
informing the user registered in the network location of the presence of all other registered users in the network location;
allowing the registered user to select other registered users; and
notifying the selecting registered user if the selection is mutual.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a location-based network service and notification system in which registered users are notified of mutual social interest is presented. Users subscribed in a community register in a network location, either by selecting from a stored catalog of locations a fixed network that corresponds to their physical location or by the spontaneous creation of an ad-hoc network based upon users who are all in the same location, and, after the presence of all other users registered in the network location and select information is presented to the user, the user is allowed to select other of the registered users. Once such selection is accomplished, the user is notified if the selection is mutual.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of creating a network to facilitate communication as between users of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing for selection of a network location;
registering the user in the network location;
informing the user registered in the network location of the presence of all other registered users in the network location;
allowing the registered user to select other registered users; and
notifying the selecting registered user if the selection is mutual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of creating a proximity network to facilitate communication as between users of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting if there are users in a proximate location;
registering at least one of the users in the proximate location;
informing the at least one registered user in the proximate location of the presence of all other registered users in the proximate location;
allowing the registered user to select other registered users; and
notifying the selecting registered user if the selection is mutual. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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