Mobile Social Networking Systems and Methods

• US 20110055340A1
• Filed: 07/27/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jay Christopher Bautista
• Original Assignee: Jay Christopher Bautista
• Inventors: Bautista, Jay Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/844,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055340A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a system and method for locating and communicating with a desired individual. The method includes receiving location information from a first communication device associated with a first user. A database is queried based on the received location information, and a result of the query is communicated to the first communication device. The result may be information associated with a second user. Communications from the first communication device may be relayed to a second communication device associated with the second user such that a first identifier associated with the first communication device is concealed from the second communication device. The location information may be a text message from the first communication device.

Claims

1. A method of social networking using a communication device:

receiving location information from a first communication device associated with a first user;

querying a database based on the received location information;

sending a result of the query to the first communication device, the result being information associated with a second user;

relaying a communication from the first communication device to a second communication device associated with the second user such that a first identifier associated with the first communication device is concealed from the second communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises a text message from the first communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a geographic coordinate based on the location information;

storing the geographic coordinate in the database; and

wherein the result of the query is at least partially based on the geographic coordinate.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the result of the query to the first communication device comprises communicating a text message including the result to the first communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the first identifier associated with the first communication device;

receiving the second identifier associated with the second communication device; and

storing the first identifier and the second identifier in the database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein querying the database based on the received location information comprises querying the database for a geographic coordinate indicating that a second location associated with the second user is a predetermined distance from a first location associated with the location information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a text message including a keyword from the first user; and

querying the database based on the received keyword.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a first message from a device associated with a short code to the first communication device;

sending a second message from the device associated with the short code to the second communication device;

wherein the first communication device communicates with the second communication device through the device associated with the short code; and

wherein the short code is transparent to the first communication device and the second communication device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a contextually relevant advertisement to the first communication device, the contextually relevant advertisement being based on criteria selected from the group consisting of:

the location information, demographic information of the user, or a sending time of the contextually relevant advertisement.

10. A social networking system, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory module, the processor being programmed to;

receive location information from a first communication device associated with a first user;

query a database based on the received location information, a result of the query being information associated with a second user; and

relay a communication from the first communication device to a second communication device associated with the second user such that a first identifier associated with the first communication device is concealed from the second communication device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the location information comprises a text message from the first communication device;

the processor further operable to;

receive a geographic coordinate based on the location information;

store the geographic coordinate in the database; and

wherein the result of the query is at least partially based on the geographic coordinate.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to communicate the result of the query as a text message including the result to the first communication device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to:

receive the first identifier associated with the first communication device;

receive a second identifier associated with the second communication device; and

store the first identifier and the second identifier in the database.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to query the database for a geographic coordinate indicating that a second location associated with the second user is a predetermined distance from a first location associated with the location information.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to:

receive a text message including a keyword from the first user; and

query the database based on the received keyword.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to:

send a first message from a device associated with a short code to the first communication device;

send a second message from the device associated with the short code to the second communication device;

wherein the first communication device communicates with the second communication device through the device associated with the short code; and

wherein the short code is transparent to the first communication device and the second communication device.

17. The system of claim 10, where in the processor is further operable to send a contextually relevant advertisement to the first communication device, the contextually relevant advertisement being based on criteria selected from the group consisting of:

the location information, demographic information of the user, or a sending time of the contextually relevant advertisement.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving location information from a first communication device associated with a first user;

querying a database based on the received location information;

communicating a result of the query to the first communication device, the result being information associated with a second user; and

relaying a communication from the first communication device to a second communication device associated with the second user such that a first identifier associated with the first communication device is concealed from the second communication device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the location information comprises a text message from the first communication device;

and

wherein the program instructs the processor to perform operations further comprising;

receiving a geographic coordinate based on the location information;

storing the geographic coordinate in the database; and

wherein the result of the query is at least partially based on the geographic coordinate.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the program instructs the processor to perform operations further comprising:

sending a first message from a device associated with a short code to the first communication device;

sending a second message from the device associated with the short code to the second communication device;

wherein the first communication device communicates with the second communication device through the device associated with the short code; and

wherein the short code is transparent to the first communication device and the second communication device.