Travel arrangements through buddy lists in a geosocial environment
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles to include an associated specific geographic location;
associating a user with a first user profile in the plurality of user profiles;
selecting a second user profile in the plurality of user profiles;
determining a mode of physical communication; and
generating a physical communication plan of physical communication between a first specific geographic location associated with the first user profile in the plurality of user profiles and a second specific geographic location associated with the second user profile in the plurality of user profiles, wherein the physical communication plan is based on the determined mode of physical communication.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system of travel arrangement using buddy lists in a geosocial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a plurality of user profiles, each profile in the plurality of user profiles to include an associated specific geographic location, associating a user with a first user profile in the plurality of user profiles, selecting a second user profile in the plurality of user profiles, determining a mode of physical communication, and generating a physical communication plan of physical communication between a first specific geographic location associated with the first user profile in the plurality of user profiles and a second specific geographic location associated with the second user profile in the plurality of user profiles. The method may also include providing a plurality of modes of physical communication.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles to include an associated specific geographic location; associating a user with a first user profile in the plurality of user profiles; selecting a second user profile in the plurality of user profiles; determining a mode of physical communication; and generating a physical communication plan of physical communication between a first specific geographic location associated with the first user profile in the plurality of user profiles and a second specific geographic location associated with the second user profile in the plurality of user profiles, wherein the physical communication plan is based on the determined mode of physical communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
an integrated geosocial environment; a social network module of the integrated geosocial environment, the social network module to include user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles to include an associated specific geographic location; a map module to include map data of the specific geographic locations of each user profile of the user profiles, the map data to serve as a basis to determine physical communication plans and to render maps modeling at least two orthogonal directions to indicate at least one specific geographic location associated with a selected user profile of the user profiles; a selection module to select a second user profile of the user profiles; a mode determination module to determine a mode of physical communication; and a plan module to generate a physical communication plan to detail a physical communication between a first specific geographic location associated with a first user profile and a second specific geographic location associated with the second user profile. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An integrated geosocial environment, comprising:
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a first instruction set to enable a social network, to include a people database, a businesses database, and a places database, each of the people database, the businesses database, and the places database to include associated user profiles, the social network associated with global map data, in which the social network is associated with specific geographic locations identifiable in the global map data; a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to select a user profile of the user profiles, the user profile to include an associated specific geographic location identifiable in the global map data; and a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to generate a physical communication plan between a predetermined geographic location and the specific geographic location associated with the selected user profile. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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