SOCIAL NETWORK ALERT SYSTEM

• US 20110276639A1
• Filed: 11/08/2010
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Whitney Henderson Schrader
• Original Assignee: Whitney Henderson Schrader
• Inventors: Schrader, Whitney Henderson
• Application Number:
  US12/941,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0209 Incentive being awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• 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 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A social network alert system for automatically identifying users with compatible interests has been developed. The system includes a subscriber with identified demographic information that is stored on a mobile electronic device. A server connects wirelessly with the subscriber and receives the demographic information and geographic location. The server then identifies other subscribers with compatible demographic information and sends an automatic notice of the location of the others to the first subscriber.

Claims

1. A social network alert system, comprising:

a first user with identified demographic information that is stored on an electronic readable media in a mobile electronic device;

a server that connects wirelessly with the first user'"'"'s mobile electronic device and receives the first user'"'"'s demographic information and geographic location;

where the server identifies a second user with demographic information that is compatible with the first user and where the second user is located within an identified geographic proximity of the first user; and

where the server sends an automatic notice of the location to the second user to the first user'"'"'s mobile electronic device.

2. The system of claim 1, where the identified demographic information of the first user comprises an electronic list of personal contacts.

3. The system of claim 2, where the compatible demographic information between the first user and the second user comprises common personal contacts.

4. The system of claim 3, where the common personal contacts between the first user and the second user are received by the server from multiple social network software applications.

5. The system of claim 1, where the compatible demographic information between the first user and the second user comprises items for sale.

6. The system of claim 1, where the compatible demographic information between the first user and the second user comprises mutual business interests.

7. The system of claim 1, where the first user can select what identified demographic information is received by the server.

8. The system of claim 1, where identified geographic proximity between the first user and the second user is selected by the first user.

9. The system of claim 1, where the first user selects a time duration for the server to identify a second user within the identified geographic proximity.

10. The system of claim 1, where the geographic location of the first user is pre-identified by the first user before the first user arrives at the geographic location.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

where the server sends an automatic notice of the location to the first user to the second user.

12. The system of claim 1, where the automatic notice of the location of the second user to the first user comprises a text message.

13. The system of claim 1, where the server allows the first user and second user to communication with each other via text message.

14. The system of claim 1, where the demographic information of the first user is periodically updated automatically by the server.

15. The system of claim 1, where the geographic location of the first user is periodically updated automatically by the server.

16. The system of claim 1, where the interface with the first user will contain advertising.

17. The system of claim 1, where the automatic notice of the location of the second user will result in an award of points in an electronic game on the system.

18. A social network alert system, comprising:

a first user with identified demographic information that is stored on an electronic readable media in a mobile electronic device;

means for wirelessly connecting with the first user'"'"'s mobile electronic device and receiving the first user'"'"'s demographic information and geographic location;

means for identifying a second user with demographic information that is compatible with the first user and where the second user is located within an identified geographic proximity of the first user; and

means for sending an automatic notice of the location to the second user to the first user'"'"'s mobile electronic device.