MEDIA AND LOCATION BASED SOCIAL NETWORK

• US 20130311452A1
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motormouth, LLC
• Original Assignee: Motormouth, LLC
• Inventors: JACOBY, DANIEL
• Granted Patent: US 9,305,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

The present invention is directed to recording and providing media files based on a location. Such systems and methods maybe transacted by a client application or a processor in communication with one or more electronic devices. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, methods may include receiving from a first device: a media file; data comprising information identifying a location associated with the media file; storing the media file and data in a database; receiving from a second device information identifying a location of the second device; determining a geographic radius of the second device based upon user selection; determining if one or more media files stored in the database are associated with a location in the geographic radius of the second device; and sending the one or more media files to the second device.

Claims

1. A client application executable on a mobile computing device to provide media and location based social network services, the client application operable to:

receive log in information from a user;

determine a current location of the device;

record media comments made by the user;

transmit the recorded comments and a current time and the current location to a server database; and

when the user enters an area defined by a radius selected by the user, receive from the server database and play media on the mobile computing device received from other users and associated with the area defined by the radius.

2. The client application of claim 1, wherein the current location of the device is determined based upon a longitude and latitude of the device.

3. The client application of claim 1, wherein the media comments made by the user comprise audio files.

4. The client application of claim 1, wherein the client application is further configured to:

receive from the user selections of criteria that must be met for the media comments to be shared with other users.

5. The client application of claim 1, wherein the current location of the device periodically determined.

6. The client application of claim 1, wherein the device is a selected from the group consisting of:

a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a navigation system, a digital music player, and an electronic reader.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of receiving from a second electronic device information sufficient to identify a location of the second electronic device is performed periodically.

7. A method of recording and providing media files based on a location associated with the media files, the method transacted amongst a processor and one or more mobile devices, the method comprising:

receiving from a first electronic device;

a media file;

data comprising information sufficient to identify a location associated with the media file;

storing the media file and data in a database;

receiving from a second electronic device information sufficient to identify a location of the second electronic device;

determining a geographic radius of the second electronic device based upon user selection;

determining if one or more media files stored in the database are associated with a location in the geographic radius of the second electronic device; and

sending the one or more media files stored in the database that are associated with a location in the geographic radius of the second electronic device to the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first electronic device is a selected from the group consisting of:

a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a navigation system, a digital music player, and an electronic reader.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the media file is an audio file.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the data comprising information sufficient to identify a location associated with the media file comprises a longitude and latitude of the location.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of sending the one or more media files stored in the database comprises:

ordering, by the processor, the media files according to criteria; and

sending the media files sequentially to the second electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the criteria comprise geographic proximity to the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the processor sends the media files sequentially until a request is received from the second electronic device to stop the media files.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining a geographic radius of the second electronic device based upon user selection comprises:

determining the geographic location of the second electronic device at a first time;

determining the geographic location of the second electronic device at a second time;

determining the direction and rate of speed of the second electronic device;

modifying the geographic radius of the second electronic device based upon the direction and rate of speed of the second electronic device.