GEOCENTRIC CONSUMER AND ORGANIZATION NETWORK

• US 20130085897A1
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michele L. Favoretto
• Original Assignee: Michele L. Favoretto
• Inventors: Favoretto, Michele L.
• Application Number:
  US13/702,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20130085897A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0279 Fundraising management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A disclosed system and method provides for users to purchase and take temporary virtual ownership of any select inch of the earth or ocean. This selection provides the user with unique ownership of the mapped coordinates. To secure virtual ownership of their selected inch, each user pays a small fee, paid and renewed annually. They then select a preferred or featured organization to receive a portion of the fee. The owner is presented with a printable certificate for their virtual inch of the earth/ocean to authenticate their purchase. Their inch is then plotted on a virtual map where they can add personal stories or memorial comments, pictures, and link videos that describe why that inch is significant to them. Users can then invite family and others with common interest to purchase the neighboring inches.

Claims

1. A method of linking users to one or more organizations comprising the steps of:

generating a user interface accessible by at least one of an internet access device and a mobile communication device enabling a selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location by a user;

recording the selection of the coordinate representing a geographic location by the user in a registry;

associating the coordinate selected by the user with one or more organizations selected by the user; and

collecting a fee from the user for maintaining the association between the user and the selected coordinate for a defined time period in the registry.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the coordinate representing a geographic location comprises a latitude and longitude.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, including designating a portion of the collected fee to the organization selected by the user.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the organizations selectable by the user includes a charitable organization and the method comprises designating a portion of the collected fee for payment to the charitable organization.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, including providing a storage location associated with the user and the selected coordinate in which the user may store information.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, including linking at least one of the user, the selected coordinate, and the selected organization with at least one of other users and organizations based on one of the selected coordinate, and the selected organization.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location is linked to selection of an organization such that selection of coordinate representing a geographic location also enables automatic selection of an organization associated with the selected coordinate representing the geographic location.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, including a grouping of coordinates defining a geo-preserve representing a region and associating the geo-preserve with an organization.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein selection of the coordinate representing a geographic location is performed utilizing positioning determining functions of a mobile communication device.

10. A computer system for linking users to one or more organizations comprising:

at least one computer processor and one computer memory;

an application executed by the at least one computer processor for generating a user interface accessible by an internet access device for enabling a selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location by a user;

a registry stored on at least one computer memory for recording the selection of the coordinate representing a geographic location by the user;

a server associating the coordinate selected by the user with one or more organizations selected by the user and storing the association between the user and the selected organization in a database; and

a transaction server for collecting a fee from the user for maintaining the association between the user and the selected coordinate for a defined time period in the registry.

11. The computer system as recited in claim 10, wherein the application for enabling a selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location comprises a representation of the earth and selectable coordinates specified by a latitude and longitude.

12. The computer system as recited in claim 10, wherein the transaction server includes computer executable instructions for designating a portion of the collected fee to the organization selected by the user.

13. The computer system as recited in claim 10, wherein at least one of the organizations selectable by the user includes a charitable organization and the transaction server includes computer executable instructions for sending a portion of the collected fee to the charitable organization.

14. The computer system as recited in claim 10, including a user accessible memory location for storing information generated by the user that is associated with at least one of the user and the selected coordinate.

15. The computer system as recited in claim 14, wherein the server generates a link between at least one of the user, the selected coordinate, and the selected organization with at least one of other users and organizations based on one of the selected coordinate, and the selected organization.

20. The computer system as recited in claim 15, including a user accessible database residing in the computer memory containing links between organizations.

16. A geographic registry for recording coordinates representing a geographic location selected by a user, the geographic registry comprising:

at least one computer processor and one computer memory;

an application executed by the at least one computer processor for generating an interface accessible by an internet access device;

the interface providing for the selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location by a user; and

a database within the computer memory storing the user selected coordinates representing a geographic location and information associating the user with the selected coordinates.

17. The registry as recited in claim 16, wherein the interface provides for selection of a plurality of organizations by the user for association with the selected coordinate and the user.

18. The registry as recited in claim 17, wherein the plurality of organizations comprises a plurality of non-profit organizations.

19. The registry as recited in claim 16, including a mobile access interface utilizing functions present on a mobile communication device for at least selecting a coordinate representing a geographic location based on an immediate location of the user and the mobile communication device.

21. A method of linking users to one or more organizations comprising the steps of:

generating a user interface accessible by at least one of an internet access device and a mobile communication device enabling a selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location by a user, wherein the user does not own the geographic location;

recording the selection of the coordinate representing a geographic location by the user in a registry;

associating the user with one or more organizations selected by the user; and

collecting a fee from the user for maintaining the association between the user, the selected coordinate, and the organization for a defined time period.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the coordinate representing a geographic location comprises a latitude and longitude and is not an ownership interest in the geographic location represented by the coordinate.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the association does not comprise a transaction involving the transfer of an ownership interest in the geographic location represented by the selected coordinates.

24. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the association comprises a charitable organization with no ownership interest in the underlying geographic location represented by the selected coordinates.

25. A computer system for linking users to one or more organizations comprising:

at least one computer processor and one computer memory;

an application executed by the at least one computer processor for generating a user interface accessible by an internet access device for enabling a selection of a coordinate representing a geographic location by a user;

a registry stored on at least one computer memory for recording the selection of the coordinate representing a geographic location by the user;

a server associating the coordinate selected by the user with one or more organizations selected by the user and storing the association between the user and the selected organization in a database; and

a transaction server for collecting a fee from the user for maintaining the association between the user, the selected coordinate and the selected organization for a defined time period.