PATH PROJECTION TO FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system that encourages engagement based upon future path projections, comprising:
- a communication component that receives location information associated with a first entity;
a projection component that constructs or updates a path tree for the first entity based on associated location information, the path tree includes a set of branches with each branch from the set of branches indicative of a possible future path of the first entity;
a logistics component that compares the path tree for the first entity to a path tree for a second entity in order to identify a possible intersection between the first entity and the second entity, the logistics component constructs or updates an intersection notification that identifies information associated with the possible intersection; and
the communication component transmits the intersection notification to one or both of the first entity or the second entity.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can encourage ad hoc or impromptu engagements between entities as well as simplify or facilitate planning engagements between those entities, all potentially based upon projected routes or paths of the entities. In particular, the architecture can receive location information associated with an entity and can further employ the location information for constructing or updating a path tree for the entity, with each branch of the path tree indicative of a possible or likely future path. Additionally, the architecture can compare the path tree for the entity with a path tree for a disparate entity in order to identify a possible or likely intersection. Moreover, the architecture can generate an intersection notification with details relating to the possible or likely intersection, and provide the intersection notification to one or more entities.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system that encourages engagement based upon future path projections, comprising:
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a communication component that receives location information associated with a first entity; a projection component that constructs or updates a path tree for the first entity based on associated location information, the path tree includes a set of branches with each branch from the set of branches indicative of a possible future path of the first entity; a logistics component that compares the path tree for the first entity to a path tree for a second entity in order to identify a possible intersection between the first entity and the second entity, the logistics component constructs or updates an intersection notification that identifies information associated with the possible intersection; and the communication component transmits the intersection notification to one or both of the first entity or the second entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16)
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14. The system of claim 14, the permissions component selects the first and the second entity based on permissions defined by the first entity, the second entity, or combinations thereof, and the logistics component compares associated path trees for selected entities.
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17. A method for facilitating engagements based upon future path projections, comprising:
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receiving location information associated with a first entity; updating or creating a path grid for the first entity based on the location information, the path grid including representations of possible or likely future paths of the first entity; employing a processor for correlating the path grid for the first entity with a path grid for a second entity; identifying possible or likely intersections between the first entity and the second entity; updating or creating an intersection notification that identifies relevant information in connection with the possible or likely intersection; and presenting the intersection notification to one or both the first entity or the second entity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer implemented system that encourages engagement based upon future path projections, comprising:
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a communication component that receives location information associated with a first entity, and that updates an associated profile with the location information; a projection component that constructs or updates a path tree for the first entity based on the location information, the path tree includes a set of branches with each branch from the set of branches indicative of a likely future path of the first entity determined based upon information included in the profile; a permissions component that monitors or manages a social graph for the first entity based upon the profile, and that further selects a second entity based upon the social graph; and a logistics component that compares the path tree for the first entity to a path tree for the second entity in order to identify a possible intersection between the first entity and the second entity, the logistics component constructs or updates an intersection notification that identifies information associated with the likely intersection.
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