String Searching Systems and Methods Thereof

• US 20120284307A1
• 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:
  US13/274,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284307A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/772
• 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 and for searching among the strings. Crosslinked databases contain information related to the strings, places within the strings, and users and creators of the strings. 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 method of searching strings, comprising:

accessing a searchable database having a plurality of strings, each of which includes a plurality of places, with each place being identified by geolocation coordinates and included in at least one relationship correlating said each place with another place included in the string; and

searching the searchable database for at least one of the plurality of strings using at least one of the relationships as a search term.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one relationship includes relative proximity of places included in the plurality of places, further comprising searching the searchable database with respect to a first one of the plurality of places using its relative proximity to a second one of the plurality of places.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one relationship includes common authors of places included in the plurality of places, further comprising searching the searchable database with respect to the author of at least one of the plurality of places.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one relationship includes a rating of places included in the plurality of places, further comprising searching the searchable database using a rating of at least one of the plurality of places.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising searching the searchable database using geolocation coordinates identifying at least one of the plurality of places.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said searchable database includes a plurality of narratives, each associated with ones of said plurality of strings, said plurality of narratives being provided by a string author.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said plurality of narratives each have a semantic theme, said searching including searching for a semantic theme of the narrative.

8. A system for searching a plurality of strings, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium connectable to a database, said database having a plurality of places stored therein;

a geolocation module configured to record at least one coordinate representative of a position of a place stored in said database;

an input module configured to receive characteristics of said place that are entered by a user;

a string module configured to develop a relationship based upon at least two characteristics of the place, wherein said relationship correlates one of said plurality of places to another one of said plurality of places; and

a search module configured to receive search characteristics from a user and to find at least one relationship matching the search characteristics.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the characteristics of the place entered by a user include a narrative associated with the activity.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein said search module is configured to search for a semantic characteristic of the narrative.

11. A method of searching strings, comprising:

receiving a command to access a searchable database having a plurality of strings stored therein, each of which includes a plurality of places, with each place being identified by geolocation coordinates and included in at least one relationship correlating the each place with another place included in the string; and

searching the searchable database for at least one of the plurality of strings using at least one of the plurality of relationships as a search term.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of strings further includes string metadata and wherein each of the plurality of places further includes place metadata, and wherein the string metadata and the place metadata are crosslinked.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein the searchable database further includes a plurality of users stored therein, each associated with a plurality of strings and a plurality of places.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of users further includes a user metadata associated therewith and wherein the user metadata, string metadata, and place metadata are crosslinked.

15. A method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one relationship includes relative proximity of places included in the plurality of places, further comprising searching the searchable database with respect to a first one of the plurality of places using its relative proximity to a second one of the plurality of places.

16. A method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one relationship includes common users of places included in the plurality of places, further comprising searching the searchable database with respect to a user of at least one of the plurality of places.

17. A method of navigating a database having metadata values, comprising:

receiving a query term;

querying the database based upon the query term;

producing a first results list from the output of an algorithm configured to identify metadata values associable with the query term;

selecting a first metadata value from the first results list;

returning a second results list from the metadata values associated with said selecting; and

selecting a second metadata value from the second results list.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first results list is a list of strings created by a user.

19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the second results list is a list of places associated with said selection of a first metadata value.