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Systems and methods for creating and participating in ad-hoc virtual communities

  • US 20080126113A1
  • Filed: 11/29/2006
  • Published: 05/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of creating a community of individuals that interact via a plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices including a plurality of mobile communications devices in communication via a stateless messaging protocol, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request from a host to create the community, the host having security privileges for administering the community;

    assigning a unique identifier to the community;

    defining admission criteria for selecting, amongst one or more individuals, a plurality of participants in the community;

    receiving, from one or more individuals, a request to join the community, wherein the request is sent via the stateless messaging protocol, the request including the unique identifier for the community;

    authenticating the request against the admission criteria to determine whether to add the one or more individuals to the plurality of participants in the community;

    enabling the distribution of dynamically generated content from any one of the plurality of participants to the plurality of participants in the community via the messaging protocol.

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