String And Methods of Generating Strings

• US 20120284281A1
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: gopogo, LLC
• Original Assignee: gopogo, LLC
• Inventors: Meyer, Charles A., Snyder, Jason A., Gunther, Kerry F., Peak, Patrick G.
• Application Number:
  US13/274,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/743
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for generating a string based upon a plurality of places and a relationship between two or more of those places. Of the plurality of places used in any given string, at least one of the places does not have associated entity related information (e.g., business hours, description of services, etc.). The strings represent an authentic user experience of a quality, character, and/or feel intended by the string author. The user experience can be further enhanced or guided through a narrative accompanying the string or places, written by the string author, that describes or invokes the quality, character or feel of the experience intended by the author.

Claims

1. A geolocation place string building system for use with a computing device, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium including a database;

a geolocation module configured to permit a user to select coordinates within said database representative of a place;

an input module coupled to said geolocation module, wherein said input module initiates the recording of said coordinates responsive to a command from the user; and

a string module configured to record a relationship between a plurality of said places identified by the user.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising an correlation engine configured to identify at least one additional place correlated to at least one of said plurality of places based on a frequency of strings containing the at least one additional place and the least one of said plurality of places.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said geolocation module is configured to permit a user to select coordinates using a computer executable mapping program.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said geolocation module is configured to permit a user to select coordinates by searching for the place in a first string, wherein the first string is previously recorded in the database.

7. A method according to claim 3, wherein said generating a relationship includes a correlation.

5. A method of linking activities into a string presentable to a user using a computing device, the method comprising:

identifying a first place having geolocation coordinates, the first place having a first window;

recording the geolocation coordinates of the first place using a computing device;

recording a characterization of the first place using the computing device, wherein said characterization includes a description of the first place;

identifying a second place having geolocation coordinates that do not have related entity information, the second place having a second window, said first window and said second window selected to create an authentic user experience;

recording the geolocation coordinates of the second place using the computing device;

recording a characterization of the second place using the computing device, wherein said characterization includes a description of the second place; and

generating a relationship between the first place and the second place using the computing device.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said generating a relationship includes geographic proximity.

8. A method according to claim 5, wherein said generating a relationship includes visiting the first place within the first window and visiting the second place within the second window, wherein the first window and the second window are selected to create an authentic user experience.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said generating a relationship includes performing the string within a time frame.

10. A method according to claim 5, wherein said generating a relationship includes a user provided narrative describing a connection between the first place and the second place.

11. A method according to claim 5, wherein the first place and the second place are identified using at least one taxonomic term.

12. A method according to claim 5, wherein the first place and the second place are identified using at least one folksonomic term.

13. A method of linking activities into a string presentable to a user using a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a geolocation coordinate of a first place through an information network, the first place having a first window;

recording a characterization of the first place provided through the information network, wherein said characterization includes a description of the first place;

receiving a geolocation coordinate of a second place through the information network, wherein the second places does not have related entity information, the second place having a second window, and further wherein the first window and the second window are selected to create an authentic user experience;

recording a characterization of the second place provided through the information network, wherein said characterization includes a description of the second place; and

generating a relationship between the first place and the second place using the computing device.

14. A method of linking activities into a string presentable to a user using a computing device, the method comprising:

identifying a first place having geolocation coordinates;

recording the geolocation coordinates of the first place with a computing device by using at least one of a computer executable map program or a search of a searchable database that includes at least one string having the first place;

recording a characterization of the first place using the computing device, wherein said characterization includes a description of the first place available;

identifying a second place having geolocation coordinates that do not have related entity information;

recording the geolocation coordinates of the second place with a computing device by using at least one of a computer executable map program or a search of a searchable database that includes at least one string having the second place;

recording a characterization of the second place using the computing device, wherein said characterization includes a description of the second place; and

generating a relationship between the first place and the second place using the computing device.