SOCIAL NETWORKING COMMUNICATION INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120023124A1
• Filed: 07/20/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James Gerard Millaway, Tobin Biolchini
• Original Assignee: James Gerard Millaway, Tobin Biolchini
• Inventors: BIOLCHINI, TOBIN, MILLAWAY, JAMES GERARD
• Application Number:
  US12/840,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A communications system includes a central server that communicates with a plurality of query servers for exchanging queries and receiving query responses. The system also includes a querying device that communicates with the central server to send queries thereto and receive query responses therefrom. The querying device sends a query to the central server that posts the query to each of the plurality of query servers. At least one third party provides a query response to the query on at least one of the plurality of query servers. The central server receives the response to the query from the at least one of the plurality of query servers and provides the response to the querying device.

Claims

1. A communications system comprising:

a central server that communicates with a plurality of query servers for exchanging queries and receiving query responses; and

a querying device that communicates with the central server to send queries thereto and receive query responses therefrom;

wherein the querying device sends a query to the central server that posts the query to each of the plurality of query servers;

wherein at least one third party provides a query response to the query on at least one of the plurality of query servers; and

wherein the central server receives the response to the query from the at least one of the plurality of query servers and provides the response to the querying device.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the central server obtains location data from the querying device when receiving the query.

3. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the central server provides the location data as a part of the query posted to the plurality of query servers.

4. The communication system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of query servers is a social networking server.

5. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the querying device is a mobile computing device.

6. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the querying device is a stationary computing device.

7. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the querying device communicates with the central server via a mobile phone network.

8. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the querying device communicates with the central server via the Internet.

9. The communication system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of query servers receives login credentials from the central server corresponding to a user issuing the query from the querying device.

10. The communications system of claim 1, wherein the querying device supplies a reply to at least one response, and the central server receives the reply and sends it to the plurality of query servers.

11. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the reply contains a second query.

12. A communication system comprising:

a central server in communication with a mobile computing device and a plurality of social networking servers;

wherein the central server obtains authentication credentials from a mobile device user via the mobile device and supplies the credentials to the social networking servers to access a user profile associated with the mobile device user on the social networking servers;

wherein the central server obtains a query from the mobile device user and posts the query to the user'"'"'s profile on each of the plurality of social networking servers; and

wherein the central server monitors for responses to the queries on the social networking sites and returns the responses to the mobile computing device.

13. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the central server obtains location data from the mobile computing device when receiving a query and provides the location data to the social network site.

14. The communication system of claim 13, wherein the central server retains responses to the query along with the location data and provides the retained information to a second user in response to a second similar query when the second user'"'"'s location data indicates a predetermined proximity to the first user'"'"'s location.

15. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the mobile computing device communicates with the central server via a mobile phone network.

16. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the mobile computing device is a smart phone.

17. A method of querying social networking sites comprising:

receiving at a central server a query from a user;

providing the query to a plurality of social networking sites under a profile associated with the user;

receiving responses to the query from the plurality of social networking servers, the queries being provided by contacts associated with the users profile; and

returning the query response to the user.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the user provides the query via a mobile computing device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising obtaining location data corresponding to the user and providing the data to the social networking servers.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving at the central server response to the reply from the user and providing the reply to the plurality of social networking sites under the profile associated with the user.