Neighborhood block communication method and system

• US 20090024740A1
• Filed: 09/05/2007
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj
• Application Number:
  US11/899,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A method and system of neighborhood block communication is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of communication in a neighborhood block includes obtaining member data associated with a first member of the community network, determining a first location associated with the first member based on the member data, storing the member data in a member repository, determining a first number of points associated with the first member, and obtaining a first region of communication for the first member based on the first location and the first number of points. The method may further include displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map. The method may also include bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

Claims

1. A method of communication in a neighborhood block, comprising:

obtaining member data associated with a first member of the community network;

determining a first location associated with the first member based on the member data;

storing the member data in a member repository;

determining a first number of points associated with the first member; and

obtaining a first region of communication for the first member based on the first location and the first number of points.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a second location associated with a second member of the community network;

determining a second number of points associated with the second member;

obtaining a second region of communication for the second member based on the second location and the second number of points; and

bounding the first region of communication by the second region of communication based on an inequality between the first number of points and the second number of points.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first number of points is based on an activity level of the first member.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first region of communication comprises a sphere.

7. 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.

8. A community network, comprising:

a member repository comprising a plurality of members;

a geo-spatial repository comprising a plurality of locations on a geo-spatial map;

a member management module configured to obtain member data associated with each of the plurality of members; and

a block communication module configured to;

determine a first of the plurality of locations associated with a first of the plurality of members based on the member data;

store the member data in the member repository;

determine a first number of points associated with the first of the plurality of members; and

obtain a first region of communication for the first of the plurality of members based on the first of the plurality of locations and the first number of points.

9. The community network of claim 8, wherein the member management module is further configured to:

determine an activity level of each of the plurality of members in the member repository,

wherein the first number of points is based on the activity level of the first of the plurality of members.

10. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication module is further configured to:

display the first region of communication on the geo-spatial map.

11. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication module is further configured to:

bound the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

12. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication module is further configured to:

obtain a second of the plurality of locations associated with a second of the plurality of members;

determine a second number of points associated with the second of the plurality of members;

obtain a second region of communication for the second of the plurality of members based on the second of the plurality of locations and the second number of points; and

bound the first region of communication by the second region of communication based on an inequality between the first number of points and the second number of points.

13. The community network of claim 8, wherein the first region of communication comprises a sphere.

14. The community network of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of locations comprises a latitude and a longitude.

15. A method of configuring a community network for a first user, comprising:

obtaining a location request from the first user;

displaying a first location corresponding to the location request to the first user;

determining a first region of communication based on a first number of points associated with the first user and the first location; and

displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map to the first user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request to increase the first region of communication from the first user;

determining an eligibility of the first user for the increase; and

increasing the first region of communication based on the eligibility and the first number of points.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first user in the first region of communication.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

obtaining a second user of the community network in a vicinity of the first region of communication;

obtaining a second region of communication based on a second number of points associated with the second user and a second location associated with the second user; and

bounding the first region of communication based on the second number of points and the second region of communication.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first number of points is based on an activity level of the first user.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first region of communication comprises a sphere.