INNER-CIRCLE SOCIAL SOURCING
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
- obtaining geographic position information and user profile information associated with each user of a plurality of mobile devices;
providing a viewer environment for presentation via a graphical user interface, the viewer environment including the user profile information, and including icons representing a geographic position for each of the users of the plurality of mobile devices based on the received geographic position information;
obtaining user input via the viewer environment from a third party user, the user input including commentary regarding a target user of the plurality of mobile devices and indicating a subject user of the plurality of mobile devices that is to receive the commentary; and
providing the commentary to the mobile device of the subject user as a private message, the private message identifying the target user.
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Abstract
A social networking environment supporting collaborative social interaction is disclosed. The social networking environment may be implemented by a computing system including a number of client computing devices and a server system that communicate with each other via a communications network. User profile and geographic location information associated with users of the social networking environment may be shared with each other. Users may request commentary from other users regarding a target user. Users may receive and fulfill requests for commentary to facilitate social interactions between two or more other users. Users may define an inner-circle of users from which commentary may be requested by that user.
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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obtaining geographic position information and user profile information associated with each user of a plurality of mobile devices; providing a viewer environment for presentation via a graphical user interface, the viewer environment including the user profile information, and including icons representing a geographic position for each of the users of the plurality of mobile devices based on the received geographic position information; obtaining user input via the viewer environment from a third party user, the user input including commentary regarding a target user of the plurality of mobile devices and indicating a subject user of the plurality of mobile devices that is to receive the commentary; and providing the commentary to the mobile device of the subject user as a private message, the private message identifying the target user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article, comprising:
a storage system having instructions stored thereon executable by a computing device to; send geographic position information of the computing device to a server system via a wide area network; present a viewer environment via a graphical user interface of the computing device, the viewer environment indicating a geographic position each user of a plurality of mobile devices, and further indicating profile information associated with each user; receive a user input from a subject user at the computing device, the user input directed at a target user of an individual mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; send a request for commentary regarding the target user to the server system via the wide area network responsive to the user input from the subject user directed at the target user; and receive commentary regarding the target user provided by a third party user from the server system via the wide area network, the commentary being received as a private message directed at the subject user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article, comprising:
a computing device configured to; present a viewer environment via a graphical user interface of the computing device, the viewer environment indicating a geographic position of each user of a plurality of mobile devices, and further indicating profile information associated with each user; receive one or more user inputs at the computing device, the one or more user inputs establishing a link between a target user of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices and a subject user of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; receive commentary at the computing device, the commentary regarding target user; and send the commentary regarding the target user to a server system via a wide area network for delivery to the subject user, the commentary being delivered to the subject user by the server system as a private message directed at the subject user.
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