Methods and Systems of Aggregating Information of Social Networks Based on Changing Geographical Locations of a Computing Device Via a Network

• US 20130238658A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Snap Trends, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap Trends, Inc.
• Inventors: Burris, Brandon C.
• Application Number:
  US13/827,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20130238658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2471 Distributed queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

One or more systems, devices, methods, and/or processes described can apply searches and/or filters to data of social networks with respect to one or more geographical locations, geospatial references, location-based contexts, and/or map-based references. A geographical search region can be associated with a computing device of a user and with locations of the computing device, including the ability to track the computing device with the geographical search region along a path of movement of the computing device. Other geographical search regions can be associated with other computing devices that were included within the geographical search region and can be associated with locations of the other computing devices. One or more social networks can be queried with search and/or filter parameters based on the geographical search regions of respective computing devices, and user-provided social network communications and information within the geographical search regions of the respective computing devices can be received based on the queries.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a network interface, coupled to the processor and configured to be coupled to a network; and

a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device stores instructions that are executed by the processor, wherein the system;

receives, via a network, search data from a first computing device;

associates a plurality of geographical search regions with a respective plurality of locations;

generates at least a first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from a plurality of users provided via a plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

provides, via the network, the at least the first query to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least a first result based on the at least the first query and based on the user-provided data provided within the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations to the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least the first result to the first computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of locations are associated with a path.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein a vehicle traverses the path.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the vehicle.

5. The system of claim 3,

wherein the vehicle is associated with at least one of a corporation, an armed service, a country, a service, and an operator of the vehicle;

and

wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least the first query is further based on at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the vehicle includes at least one of an advertising truck, a supply truck, a military vehicle, a law enforcement vehicle, a gasoline truck, a grocery store truck, a container truck, a boat, a ship, a container ship, a cruise ship, an oil tanker ship, a bus, a train, a subway train, an elevated train, and an unmanned vehicle, an autonomous vehicle, a remotely operated vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein, when the system generates the at least the first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from the plurality of users provided via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations, the system generates a plurality of queries, wherein each of the plurality of queries corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of locations and is based on the search data and the at least one social network media data source.

9. The system of claim 8,

wherein each of the plurality of queries is further based on at least an amount of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after the amount of time transpires.

10. The system of claim 8,

wherein the plurality of queries are further based on a respective plurality of at amounts of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after its respective amount of time transpires.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data includes at least one post to the at least one social network service.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from the plurality of users utilizing at least one of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Weibo, a blog, a wiki, Foursquare, Instagram, Flickr, Vimeo, and Yelp.

23. The method of claim 3, wherein the user-provided data includes at least one post to the at least one social network service.

24. The method of claim 3, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from the plurality of users utilizing at least one of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Weibo, a blog, a wiki, Foursquare, Instagram, Flickr, Vimeo, and Yelp.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a network, search data from a first computing device;

associating a plurality of geographical search regions with a respective plurality of locations;

generating at least a first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from a plurality of users provided via a plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

providing, via the network, the at least the first query to the at least one social network media data source;

receiving, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least a first result based on the at least the first query and based on the user-provided data provided within the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations to the at least one social network media data source; and

providing the at least the first result to the first computing device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of locations are associated with a path.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a vehicle traverses the path.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 15,

wherein the vehicle is associated with at least one of a corporation, an armed service, a country, a service, and an operator of the vehicle;

and

wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least the first query is further based on at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the vehicle includes at least one of an advertising truck, a supply truck, a military vehicle, a law enforcement vehicle, a gasoline truck, a grocery store truck, a container truck, a boat, a ship, a container ship, a cruise ship, an oil tanker ship, a bus, a train, a subway train, an elevated train, and an unmanned vehicle, an autonomous vehicle, a remotely operated vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the at least the first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from the plurality of users provided via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations includes generating a plurality of queries, wherein each of the plurality of queries corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of locations and is based on the search data and the at least one social network media data source.

21. The method of claim 20,

wherein each of the plurality of queries is further based on at least an amount of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after the amount of time transpires.

22. The method of claim 20,

wherein the plurality of queries are further based on a respective plurality of at amounts of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after its respective amount of time transpires.

25. A computer readable memory device that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor, the processor:

receives, via a network, search data from a first computing device;

associates a plurality of geographical search regions with a respective plurality of locations;

generates at least a first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from a plurality of users provided via a plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

provides, via the network, the at least the first query to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least a first result based on the at least the first query and based on the user-provided data provided within the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations to the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least the first result to the first computing device.

26. The computer readable memory device of claim 25, wherein the plurality of locations are associated with a path.

27. The computer readable memory device of claim 26, wherein a vehicle traverses the path.

28. The computer readable memory device of claim 27, wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the vehicle.

29. The computer readable memory device of claim 27,

wherein the vehicle is associated with at least one of a corporation, an armed service, a country, a service, and an operator of the vehicle;

and

wherein the at least the first result includes at least a portion of at least one social network data communication that corresponds to the at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

30. The computer readable memory device of claim 29, wherein the at least the first query is further based on at least one of the corporation, the armed service, the country, the service, and the operator of the vehicle.

31. The computer readable memory device of claim 27, wherein the vehicle includes at least one of an advertising truck, a supply truck, a military vehicle, a law enforcement vehicle, a gasoline truck, a grocery store truck, a container truck, a boat, a ship, a container ship, a cruise ship, an oil tanker ship, a bus, a train, a subway train, an elevated train, and an unmanned vehicle, an autonomous vehicle, a remotely operated vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

32. The computer readable memory device of claim 25, wherein, when the processor generates the at least the first query based on the plurality of geographical search regions respectively associated with the plurality of locations, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media source is configured to store user-provided data from the plurality of users provided via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations, the processor generates a plurality of queries, wherein each of the plurality of queries corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of locations and is based on the search data and the at least one social network media data source.

33. The computer readable memory device of claim 32,

wherein each of the plurality of queries is further based on at least an amount of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after the amount of time transpires.

34. The computer readable memory device of claim 32,

wherein the plurality of queries are further based on a respective plurality of at amounts of time transpiring;

and

wherein each of the plurality of queries expires after its respective amount of time transpires.

35. The computer readable memory device of claim 25, wherein the user-provided data includes at least one post to the at least one social network service.

36. The computer readable memory device of claim 25, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from the plurality of users utilizing at least one of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Weibo, a blog, a wiki, Foursquare, Instagram, Flickr, Vimeo, and Yelp.