LINKING USERS INTO LIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERACTIONS BASED ON THE USERS' ACTIONS RELATIVE TO SIMILAR CONTENT
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1. A method for associating network-linked users with one another based on mutually-expressed indications of interest in device-accessible content, comprising:
- registering a user at a central user registry, the registering including recording at a non-transitory data storage medium information corresponding to an identity of the user;
delivering to the registered user device-executable instructions configured, when executed by processing circuitry of a device network-linked, to the user registry, to enable the user to register content at a central content registry, wherein the registration of the content includes;
storing metadata of the content at a non-transitory data storage medium of the content registry, andassociating with the content a marker comprising coded instructions configured, when executed on a data processing device, to present to the user a graphical user interface (GUI) object which, when selected by the registered user, initiates a network link with another user;
detecting an action of another registered user upon content having metadata;
detecting one or more similarities between metadata of content registered by the user and the metadata of the content acted upon by the other user;
providing an interactive, network-enabled link between the registered user and the other registered user in response to selection by the registered user of the marker displayed at a display device associated with the registered user.
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Abstract
A system and method that uses interne content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social networking, communications, sharing, e-commerce, advertising, search, hosting and registry services, push and pull applications, anonymous communications, and rich presence.
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1. A method for associating network-linked users with one another based on mutually-expressed indications of interest in device-accessible content, comprising:
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registering a user at a central user registry, the registering including recording at a non-transitory data storage medium information corresponding to an identity of the user; delivering to the registered user device-executable instructions configured, when executed by processing circuitry of a device network-linked, to the user registry, to enable the user to register content at a central content registry, wherein the registration of the content includes; storing metadata of the content at a non-transitory data storage medium of the content registry, and associating with the content a marker comprising coded instructions configured, when executed on a data processing device, to present to the user a graphical user interface (GUI) object which, when selected by the registered user, initiates a network link with another user; detecting an action of another registered user upon content having metadata; detecting one or more similarities between metadata of content registered by the user and the metadata of the content acted upon by the other user; providing an interactive, network-enabled link between the registered user and the other registered user in response to selection by the registered user of the marker displayed at a display device associated with the registered user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of marking network-accessible content for network-enabled, content-based interaction between users, comprising:
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receiving via a network connection data indicating a user identity; confirming at a central user registry that the user identity corresponds to a registered user; receiving via the network connection metadata of a selected content item; recording the received metadata at a central content registry; and associating coded instructions with the selected content item, wherein the instructions are configured, when executed on a data processing device, to; insert a user-viewable and selectable icon at a portion of the content item; and in response to selection of the icon by the registered user or another user, to open a persistent client window (PCW) graphical user interface (GUI) at a display device associated with the registered user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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