SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING LOCATION-DEPENDENT VALUE EXCHANGE AND OBJECT OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATION

• US 20090125230A1
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Todd Frederic Sullivan
• Original Assignee: Todd Frederic Sullivan
• Inventors: Sullivan, Todd Frederic
• Application Number:
  US12/271,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0072 Transmission between mobile stations, e.g. anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A system and method for enhancing the value of social networking is disclosed wherein information broadcast/disclosed by a social network member includes information about a social network member'"'"'s temporal geographic location or availability to facilitate, for example, value exchange and object of interest location.

Claims

11. A method for value exchange based on location comprising the steps of:

establishing user locations through a computer-aided positioning system;

enabling anonymity for the users;

anonymously identifying a first user to a second user based on common of the user locations and common of a desire for a value exchange;

enabling user-controlled relinquishing of the anonymity; and

enabling the value exchange between the first user and the second user.

12. A system for identifying in real-time the location of an observed object of interest comprising:

a motion processor continuously and automatically establishing user locations through a computer-aided positioning system;

an anonymity processor enabling anonymity for the users;

an artifact processor executing in conjunction with a positioning system and an input/output processor enabling the users to identify said observed object of interest proximate to said user locations;

a preference processor enabling the users to establish a preference for receiving observed object of interest information about said observed object of interest when the users are proximate to said observed object of interest; and

a communications network enabling the users to communicate with each other regarding said observed object of interest location based on said preferences.

13. The system as in claim 12 wherein said motion processor enables the users to prepare updates to said observed object of interest location and said artifact processor enables the users to submit said updates to said observed object of interest information.

14. The system as in claim 13 wherein said motion processor verifies said observed object of interest location based on said updates.

15. The system as in claim 12 wherein said artifact processor accesses a pre-stored artifact potentially associated with said observed object of interest, and verifies an observed object of interest identity by comparing said pre-stored artifact with a potential artifact 87 associated with said observed object of interest.

16. The system as in claim 12 wherein said anonymity processor enables user-controlled relinquishing of said anonymity.

17. The system as in claim 12 wherein said motion processor detects when the user is in motion and disables said computer-aided positioning system when said motion reaches a pre-determined threshold.

18. The system as in claim 12 wherein said communications network enables said observed object of interest to communicate with the users.

19. The system as in claim 12 wherein said anonymity processor enables said observed object of interest to maintain said anonymity from the users.

20. The system as in claim 12 wherein said artifact processor enables an object to be recognized as said observed object of interest.

22-1. A computer-readable medium having instructions for carrying out the method of claim 1.