COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SYSTEM AND SERVICE PROVIDER

• US 20090313299A1
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bonev
• Original Assignee: Smooth Productions Inc.
• Inventors: BONEV, Robert, PALAHNUK, Samuel Louis
• Granted Patent: US 8,341,184 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

In order to help system users organize the user data and communications, a service provider system organizes the user data according to a specific system data architecture using W⁴ technology to facilitate organization of user communications, content, and data. The system provides a data structure that organizes data using the human metaphor and provides a user interface to access and manipulate the data using a human metaphor. As a result, users may intuitively interact with, manipulate, and create data without having to learn specific rules and steps based on of file-size, format, and directory structures, among others. In addition, the service provider system provides a single, intuitive to manipulate interface to manage all user communications.

Claims

1. A memory for storing data according to the human metaphor for access by an application program being executed on a data processing system, comprising:

a data structure stored in said memory, said data structure including information resident in a database used by said application program provided and including;

a primary user data set to organizes data into one or more of four primary categories including a Who data lists, a What data lists, a Where data list, and a When data list,

wherein each data list identifies data items stored in a corresponding Who database, What database, Where database, and When database.

2. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the who data lists includes one or more of a people lozenge and a group lozenge.

3. The data structure of claim 1 wherein the what data lists includes one or more of an activity lozenge, a to-do lozenge, and shopping lozenge group lozenge.

4. The data structure of claim 1 wherein the where data list includes a locations lozenge.

5. The data structure of claim 1 wherein the who data list includes a calendar lozenge.

6. The data structure of claim 1 implemented by a service provider system to provide a user interface to present data items to a user device, wherein the user interface divides the information according to the four categories of the data structure.