Like-Minded People Proximity Detection and Interest Matching System
First Claim
1. A system for associating people via devices based on a common interest, the system comprising:
- an association between a first person and the system;
first interest data of the first person stored on the system;
a receiving means;
a sending means;
a federation manager coupled to the receiving means and to the sending means and operable to form a federation of devices including the system; and
a like-minded people (“
LMP”
) board manager coupled to the receiving means and to the sending means and operable to compare second interest data from a device of the federation of devices, the device being associated with a second person, to the first interest data of the first person so as to detect the common interest between the first person and the second person.
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Abstract
Technologies for allowing people or other entities to detect others with common interests, particularly when proximate to one another. A user can configure a mobile device with information about his interests, such as things they wish to buy or sell, the kinds of people they would like to meet, or any other interests. Such a mobile device may federate with other similarly-enabled devices such that interest information is exchanged and interest matches are sought. Such exchanges and/or matching may be limited by physical or geographic proximity, such as when two people are physically close to one another. Upon discovery of a match, the user is typically notified of the match and the user'"'"'s contact information may be forwarded to the other matching user'"'"'s device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for associating people via devices based on a common interest, the system comprising:
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an association between a first person and the system; first interest data of the first person stored on the system; a receiving means; a sending means; a federation manager coupled to the receiving means and to the sending means and operable to form a federation of devices including the system; and a like-minded people (“
LMP”
) board manager coupled to the receiving means and to the sending means and operable to compare second interest data from a device of the federation of devices, the device being associated with a second person, to the first interest data of the first person so as to detect the common interest between the first person and the second person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for associating entities via devices based on a common interest, the method comprising:
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a first device associated with a first entity joining a like-minded people group, the first device including first common interest data; receiving second common interest data from a second device associated with a second entity wherein the second device is a member of the like-mind people group; comparing the first common interest data with the second common interest data; and determining a common interest match, based at least in part on the comparing, between the first entity and the second entity. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for associating entities via devices based on a common interest, the method comprising:
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a first device associated with a first entity joining an ad-hoc federation of devices, the first device including first common interest data; receiving interest types data from a second device associated with a second entity wherein the second device is of the ad-hoc federation of devices; detecting a common interest type in the first common interest data with the interest types data from the second device; receiving interest set data from the second device; detecting a common interest in the first common interest data with the interest set from the second device; determining a common interest match, based at least in part on the detecting a common interest type and the detecting a common interest, between the first entity and the second entity; sending contact information associated with the first entity to the second device; and notifying the first entity via the first device of the common interest match. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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