Pet commerce and pet groups in a geo-spatial environment

• US 20080306754A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant
• Application Number:
  US11/811,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20080306754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system of pet commerce and pet groups in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile associated with a specific geographic location, procuring preseeded pet data, providing categories of the preseeded pet data, automatically generating, within the community network, groups of user profiles, each group of user profiles based on at least one category of the preseeded pet data, and generating a display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, a first group of user profiles, each user profile of the first group represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view corresponding to the specific geographic location with which each user profile is associated.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location;

procuring preseeded pet data;

providing categories of the preseeded pet data;

automatically generating, within the community network, groups of user profiles, each group of the groups of user profiles based on at least one category of the preseeded pet data; and

generating a display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, a first group of the groups of user profiles, each user profile of the first group represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view corresponding to the specific geographic location with which each user profile is associated.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating pet profiles based on the preseeded pet data, each pet profile of the pet profiles associated with a user profile of the user profiles.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the categories of the preseeded pet data comprise:

a user name, a geographic region, a pet name, a type of pet, at least one of a product and a service.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a first geographic region;

selecting at least one other category of the categories of the preseeded pet data;

identifying a first set of user profiles matching the first geographic region and the at least one other category;

identifying the pet profiles associated with the first set of user profiles; and

automatically generating, in the display view, the first set of user profiles and the pet profiles associated with the first set of user profiles.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting the first geographic region from a group comprising a neighborhood associated with a street address, a city, a county, a state, and a country.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

selecting at least one type of pet;

identifying user profiles associated with the at least one type of pet; and

enabling formation of a pet club group based on the user profiles associated with the at least one type of pet.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating a pet club group communication associated with the pet club group via a communication mode, wherein the pet club group communication includes an invitation, a webpage, a newsletter, and a member directory.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

selecting the communication mode from a group comprising an online communication mode and a physical communication mode.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

scheduling a meeting of the pet club group.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating meeting notification based on the user profiles associated with the at least one type of pet.

11. The method of claim 3, comprising:

selecting at least one of a product and a service;

identifying user profiles associated with the at least one of a product and a service; and

forming a buyers club group based on the user profiles associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a transaction based on the at least one of a product and a service.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

generating a request for bid.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

generating an online order for a bulk quantity of the at least one of a product and a service.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

generating an online payment transaction associated with the online order.

16. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a second geographic region;

identifying a second set of user profiles having a specific geographic location associated with the second geographic region and at least one associated pet profile; and

generating a consumer communication via a communication mode to each user in the second set of user profiles.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

selecting at least one of a type of pet and at least one of a product and a service; and

generating a consumer communication via a communication mode to each user in the second set of user profiles associated with the at least one of the type of pet and the at least one of a product and a service.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

selecting the consumer communication from a group comprising a marketing brochure, a flyer, a coupon, and a frequent shopper offer.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

selecting the communication mode from a group comprising an online communication mode and a physical communication mode.

20. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a third geographic region;

identifying a buyers club group associated with the third geographic region; and

generating a bid transaction associated with the at least one of a product and a service sought by the buyers club group.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

submitting a bid associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

placing a zero bid associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining a reserve price associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

bidding up a price associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

25. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

bidding down a price associated with the at least one of a product and a service.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

accepting a submitted bid;

generating an online order for the at least one of a product and a service; and

generating an online payment transaction associated with the online order.

27. The method of claim 3, wherein the type of pet is selected from a group comprising dogs, cats, birds, horses, farm animals, exotic pets, reptiles, small animals, and fishes.

28. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one of a product and a service is selected from a group comprising a food, a grooming product, a health product, a grooming service, an exercising service, a boarding service, and a care service.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously generating, in the three-dimensional map view, wiki profiles associated with specific geographic locations.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

generating content associated with the wiki profiles.

31. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

36. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a group formation module of the geo-spatial environment to enable formation of a group based on user profiles associated with at least one category of the categories of the preseeded pet data.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the at least one category comprises a type of pet and at least one of a product and a service.

38. The system of claim 37, further comprising:

a pet club module of the geo-spatial environment to enable formation of a pet club group associated with at least one type of pet.

39. The system of claim 38, further comprising:

a meeting module of the geo-spatial environment to schedule meetings associated with the pet club group and to generate meeting notifications associated with the meetings.

40. The system of claim 36, further comprising:

a buyers club group module of the geo-spatial environment to enable formation of a buyers club group based on at least one of a product and a service.

41. The system of claim 40, further comprising:

a buyer transaction module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a business transaction associated with the buyers group.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the business transaction comprises a bulk purchase transaction of the at least one of a product and a service.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the bulk purchase transaction comprises an online purchase transaction.

44. The system of claim 37, further comprising:

a business module of the geo-spatial environment to enable formation of a business group based on at least one of at least one category of the preseeded pet data and at least one buyers club group.

45. The system of claim 44, further comprising:

a marketing module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a consumer communication via a communication mode to each user profile in a group of user profiles.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the consumer communication is selected from a group comprising a marketing brochure, a flyer, a coupon, and a frequent shopper offer.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein the communication mode is selected from a group comprising an online communication mode and a physical communication mode.

48. The system of claim 37, further comprising:

a bidding module of the geo-spatial environment to identify a buyers club group and to generate a bid transaction associated with at least one of a product and a service.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the bid transaction is selected from a group comprising a bid transaction to bid up, a bid transaction to bid down, a bid transaction to place a zero bid, a bid transaction to set a reserve price, a bid transaction to generate a request for bid, and a bid transaction to accept a submitted bid.

50. The system of claim 37, wherein the type of pet is selected from a group comprising dogs, cats, birds, horses, farm animals, exotic pets, reptiles, small animals, and fish.

51. The system of claim 37, wherein the at least one of a product and a service is selected from a group comprising a food, a grooming product, a health product, a grooming service, an exercising service, a boarding service, and a care service.

54. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a search module to generate a search associated with least one of the user profiles and the pet profiles based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded pet data.

32. A system, comprising:

a geo-spatial environment;

a data procurement module of the geo-spatial environment to procure preseeded pet data;

a category module of the geo-spatial environment to provide categories of the preseeded pet data;

a community network module of the geo-spatial environment, to include user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location and at least a portion of the preseeded pet data, and pet profiles, each pet profile associated with a user profile of the user profiles and the at least a portion of the preseeded pet data;

a map module of the geo-spatial environment to include map data of the specific geographic locations associated with each user profile of the user profiles;

a group module of the geo-spatial environment to generate groups of user profiles, each group based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded pet data;

a display module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a display view of a three-dimensional map view embodied by a community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at locations in the three-dimensional map view corresponding with the specific geographic locations of the at least a portion of the user profiles and the pet profiles associated with the at least a portion of the user profiles; and

a communication module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a communication associated with at least one user profile of the user profiles.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the preseeded pet data is procured from a public source.

34. The system of claim 33, further comprising:

a visualization module of the geo-spatial environment to determine a geographic region, to select at least one other category of the categories of the preseeded pet data, and to automatically generate, in the display view, a group of user profiles wherein each specific geographic location of each user profile of the group of user profiles is associated with the geographic region of the geographic regions and the at least one other category of the categories of the preseeded pet data is associated with each user profile of the group of user profiles.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the geographic region is selected from a group comprising a neighborhood associated with a street address, a city, a county, a state, and a country.

52. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

a wiki profile module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a wiki profile associated with at least one representation of a user profile.

53. The system of claim 52, comprising:

an append module of the geo-spatial environment to generate, with the at least one wiki profile, content associated with the at least one wiki profile.

55. A geo-spatial environment, comprising:

a first instruction set to enable a community network, to include a map database associated with map data, a user database associated with user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location identifiable in the map data, and a pet database associated with preseeded pet data and pet profiles, each pet profile associated with a user profile of the user profiles;

a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to generate groups of user profiles, each group of the groups based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded pet data; and

a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction and the second instruction set to display a three-dimensional map view, embodied by the community network, to include representations of a first group of the user profiles and the pet profiles associated with the first group of the user profiles, wherein each representation of a user profile of the first group of user profiles is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional dimensional map view corresponding to the specific geographic location associated with the user profile.

56. The geo-spatial environment of claim 55, further comprising:

a fourth instruction set to display, in the three-dimensional map view, a representation of a pet club group of user profiles based on a type of pet.

57. The geo-spatial environment of claim 55, further comprising:

a fifth instruction set to display in the three-dimensional map view, a representation of a buyers club group of user profiles associated with at least one of a product and a service.

58. The geo-spatial environment of claim 56, further comprising:

a sixth instruction set to display in the three-dimensional map view, a representation of a business group associated with the at least one of a product and a service.