SOCIAL NETWORKING WITH AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
First Claim
1. A social internet network comprising:
- a plurality of human participants of the network;
a plurality of non-human participants of the network; and
a server storing information about the human and non-human participants, and providing a communications link between the participants that allows the human participants to contact the non-human participants.
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Abstract
A system and method that allow non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social internet network. The system defines the autonomous agent by a standard email address, website address, or other such identification, that allows human participants of the social network to contact the non-human autonomous agent to perform some operation through the Internet. In one non-limiting example, the non-human autonomous agent is a vehicle that allows the vehicle owner, or user, to contact the vehicle through the social network to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors, and allow authorized participants of the social network to see the vehicle as a participant of the network to gain information therefrom, such as the location of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A social internet network comprising:
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a plurality of human participants of the network; a plurality of non-human participants of the network; and a server storing information about the human and non-human participants, and providing a communications link between the participants that allows the human participants to contact the non-human participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A social internet network comprising:
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a plurality of human participants of the network; a plurality of non-human participants of the network including at least one vehicle, said vehicle being a participant of the network that is controlled by human participant of the network; and a server storing information about the human and non-human participants, and providing a communications link between the participants that allows the human participants to contact the non-human participants, said vehicle providing information to the network relating to the vehicle'"'"'s location, the vehicle'"'"'s estimated time of arrival at a destination and the ability to unlock the vehicle'"'"'s doors. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for operating a social internet network, said method comprising:
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allowing a plurality of human participants to join the network; allowing a plurality of non-human participants to join the network; providing a server that stores information about the human and non-human participants;
anproviding a communications link between the participants that allows the human participants to contact the non-human participants. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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