Neighbor to neighbor relay in a geo-spatial environment

• US 20090069034A1
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj
• Application Number:
  US11/900,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20090069034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and system of neighbor to neighbor relay in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of managing a community network includes obtaining member data associated with a member of the community network, determining a location of the member based on the member data, storing the member data in a member repository, obtaining a number of profiles in the community network corresponding to a number of neighbors of the member based on the member data and the location, generating a neighbor to neighbor introduction using the member data and the profiles by forming a chain between neighbors such that one neighbor introduces a group formed between neighbors in the chain to another neighbor such that a neighbor to neighbor relay is formed in a geo-spatial social network, and facilitating the introduction between the member and a profiles using the neighbor to neighbor relay.

Claims

1. A method of managing a community network, comprising:

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

determining a location of the member based on the member data;

storing the member data in a member repository;

obtaining a plurality of profiles in the community network corresponding to a plurality of neighbors of the member based on the member data and the location;

generating a neighbor to neighbor introduction using the member data and the plurality of profiles by forming a chain between neighbors such that one neighbor introduces a group formed between neighbors in the chain to another neighbor such that a neighbor to neighbor relay is formed in a geo-spatial social network; and

facilitating the introduction between the member and at least one of the plurality of profiles using the neighbor to neighbor relay.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the plurality of profiles and the member data on a geo-spatial map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an introduction request comprising a sending profile and a receiving profile from the member;

sending the introduction request to a first of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the sending profile;

receiving the introduction of the member from the first of the plurality of profiles to a second of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the receiving profile; and

sending the introduction to the receiving profile.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an acceptance of the introduction from the receiving profile; and

creating a connection between the member and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the introduction comprising an introduction profile and a receiving profile from the member; and

sending the introduction of a first of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the introduction profile to a second of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the receiving profile.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an acceptance of the introduction profile from the receiving profile; and

creating a connection between the introduction profile and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the introduction from a first of the plurality of profiles corresponding to a sending profile of a second of the plurality of profiles corresponding to an introduction profile; and

sending the introduction to the member.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving an acceptance of the introduction from the member; and

creating a connection between the introduction profile and the member based on the acceptance.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the introduction comprises an introduction message, a sending profile, an introduction profile, a receiving profile, and an acceptance status.

10. 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.

11. 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, wherein the member data comprises one of the plurality of locations; and

a member introduction module configured to;

obtain a subset of the plurality of members corresponding to a plurality of neighbors of one of the plurality of members based on the member data and the one of the plurality of locations;

generate a neighbor to neighbor relay using the member data and the subset of the plurality of members;

display the neighbor to neighbor relay to the one of the plurality of members; and

facilitate an introduction between the one of the plurality of members and at least one of the subset of the plurality of members using the neighbor to neighbor relay.

12. The community network of claim 11, wherein the geo-spatial repository is configured to display the subset of the plurality of members and the member data on a geo-spatial map.

13. The community network of claim 11, wherein the member introduction module is further configured to:

obtain an introduction request comprising a sending profile and a receiving profile from the one of the plurality of members;

send the introduction request to a first of the subset corresponding to the sending profile;

receive the introduction of the member from the first of the subset to a second of the subset corresponding to the receiving profile;

send the introduction to the receiving profile;

receive an acceptance of the introduction from the receiving profile; and

create a connection between the one of the plurality of members and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

14. The community network of claim 11, wherein the member introduction module is further configured to:

obtain the introduction comprising an introduction profile and a receiving profile from the one of the plurality of members;

send the introduction of a first of the subset corresponding to the introduction profile to a second of the subset corresponding to the receiving profile;

receive an acceptance of the introduction from the receiving profile; and

create a connection between the introduction profile and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

15. The community network of claim 11, wherein the member introduction module is further configured to:

obtain the introduction from a first of the subset corresponding to a sending profile of a second of the subset corresponding to an introduction profile;

send the introduction to the one of the plurality of members;

receive an acceptance of the introduction from the one of the plurality of members; and

create a connection between the introduction profile and the one of the plurality of members based on the acceptance.

16. The community network of claim 11, wherein the introduction comprises an introduction message, a sending profile, an introduction profile, a receiving profile, and an acceptance status.

17. A method of managing a community network, comprising:

obtaining a neighborhood in the community network;

obtaining a location of the neighborhood;

obtaining a neighborhood boundary corresponding to the neighborhood;

determining a plurality of profiles in the community network corresponding to the neighborhood based on the location and the neighborhood boundary;

obtaining a plurality of connections corresponding to the plurality of profiles;

generating a neighbor to neighbor relay using the plurality of profiles and the plurality of connections; and

facilitating introductions between the plurality of profiles using the neighbor to neighbor relay.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving an introduction request comprising a sending profile and a receiving profile from a first of the plurality of profiles;

sending the introduction request to a second of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the sending profile;

receiving the introduction of the first of the plurality of profiles from the sending profile to a third of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the receiving profile;

sending the introduction to the receiving profile;

receiving an acceptance of the introduction from the receiving profile; and

creating a connection between the first of the plurality of profiles and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

obtaining the introduction comprising an introduction profile and a receiving profile from a first of the plurality of profiles;

sending the introduction of a second of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the introduction profile to a third of the plurality of profiles corresponding to the receiving profile;

receiving an acceptance of the introduction from the receiving profile; and

creating a connection between the introduction profile and the receiving profile based on the acceptance.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the introduction comprises an introduction message, a sending profile, an introduction profile, a receiving profile, and an acceptance status.