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Mobile social search using physical identifiers

  • US 20070174243A1
  • Filed: 01/20/2006
  • Published: 07/26/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for executing a mobile social search comprising the steps of a. a primary user operating a portable device for machine-reading a physical token associated with a fixed physical location at which the primary user is in proximity in order to obtain a physical token identifier;

  • b. transmitting a query from the portable device to a central server computer, said query comprising i. a primary user identifier, ii. the physical token identifier, and iii. primary user location data indicative of the location of the primary user;

    c. processing the query by the central server computer to obtain secondary user identification of at least one secondary user determined to be proximate to the location of the primary user and having at least one predetermined parameter correlated to a predetermined parameter of the primary user; and

    d. the central server computer transmitting the secondary user identification to the portable device.

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