MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING ASSEMBLY AND EFFICIENT DATA EXCHANGE THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A social networking assembly for a local user having a local mobile telephone, the social networking assembly comprising:
- a transceiving sub-assembly having a first module operative to communicate with one or more remote social networking assemblies of respective remote users;
a storage sub-assembly operative to store personal profiles describing attributes of the local and remote users and search profiles describing attributes that the local and remote users seek; and
a processing sub-assembly operative (1) to prepare personal profile data and search profile data for broadcast through the first module of the transceiving sub-assembly to the one or more remote social networking assemblies, (2) to receive broadcasted personal profile data and search profile data through the first module of the transceiving sub-assembly from the one or more remote social networking assemblies, and (3) to determine the degree to which data from a personal profile of one social networking assembly match data of a search profile of another social networking assembly.
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Abstract
The present mobile social networking assembly establishes new connections between users within the network of proximity created by the assembly and while the users mutually match the each others'"'"' data. The assembly implements a broadcast-based efficient/fast data exchange using minimal power via Dynamic Human Mobile Broadcast Networking without infrastructure demands. Implemented within a mobile telephone or as a stand-alone unit (10) for use with a mobile telephone (18), the assembly efficiently exchanges user data with other social networking assemblies and notifies users of data matches via existing mobile telephone networks (30). Power saving mechanisms include minimizing redundant data transfer and synchronizing the data exchange between users to allow broadcast sleep mode usage. In addition to social networking, the present efficient data broadcast and exchange mechanisms are useful, for example, for advertisements to potential customers in a shopping center and disseminating road hazard information to motorists.
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19 Claims
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1. A social networking assembly for a local user having a local mobile telephone, the social networking assembly comprising:
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a transceiving sub-assembly having a first module operative to communicate with one or more remote social networking assemblies of respective remote users; a storage sub-assembly operative to store personal profiles describing attributes of the local and remote users and search profiles describing attributes that the local and remote users seek; and a processing sub-assembly operative (1) to prepare personal profile data and search profile data for broadcast through the first module of the transceiving sub-assembly to the one or more remote social networking assemblies, (2) to receive broadcasted personal profile data and search profile data through the first module of the transceiving sub-assembly from the one or more remote social networking assemblies, and (3) to determine the degree to which data from a personal profile of one social networking assembly match data of a search profile of another social networking assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19)
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12. A method of broadcasting data from a sender to at least one recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving a broadcasted notification indicating the presence of a potential data recipient; determining from the notification whether the sender has data that the potential data recipient lacks and designating any such lacking data as candidate data for broadcast; monitoring incoming broadcasts for data that are the same as any data designated for broadcast and removing that designation for the same data; and broadcasting any data that remain designated for broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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