GEO-SPATIALLY CONSTRAINED PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL NETWORK

• US 20140195629A1
• Filed: 03/10/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Original Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,328 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• 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 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A method and system of a geo-spatially constrained private neighborhood social network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer server of the global neighborhood to verify that a user lives at a residence associated with a geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment through a social community module of the computer server using a processor and a memory, to create a social network page of each user once verified, to enable the user to limit communications with only neighbors in a neighborhood in a geospatial vicinity of the user, and to distribute a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users using an announce module. The computer server to constrain access in the online community with neighbors of the user based on the residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment.

Claims

1. A system of global neighborhood environment comprising:

a computer server of the global neighborhood;

to verify that a user lives at a residence associated with a geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment through a social community module of the computer server using a processor and a memory,

to create a social network page of each user once verified,

to enable the user to limit communications with only neighbors in a neighborhood in a geospatial vicinity of the user, and

to distribute a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users using an announce module;

a network; and

a global map data made available to the computer server through the network communicatively coupled with the computer server through the network to generate a latitude data and a longitude data associated with the geographic location claimed by the user, and

wherein the computer server to automatically determine a set of access privileges in the online community associated with each user of the online community by constraining access in the online community with neighbors of the user based on the residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment.

2. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1:

wherein the computer server to transform a claimable residential address into the residence upon an occurrence of an event,

wherein the computer server to instantiate the event when the user is associated with the claimable residential address based on a verification of the user as living at the residential address associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment,

wherein the computer server to constrain the user to communicate through the social network only with a set of neighbors having verified addresses using the computer server, and

wherein the computer server to define the set of neighbors as other users of the social community that have each verified their addresses in the global neighborhood environment using the computer server and which have each claimed residential addresses that are in a specified range of distance away from the user verified as living at a residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user.

3. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1:

wherein the computer server to constrain the specified range to be less than a distance of the neighborhood using a Bezier curve algorithm,

wherein the computer server to permit the neighborhood to take on a variety of forms based on at least one of an associated political, cultural, educational, and social boundary, and

wherein the computer server to apply a database of constraints a having a user data, a location data, a zip code data, a profile data, and a neighbors data associated with the neighborhood that are imposed on a map view of the social network when permitting the neighborhood to take on the variety of forms.

4. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1:

wherein the computer server to generate a simplified polygon based representation of the neighborhood in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the neighborhood when the user of the neighborhood verifies the residence using the computer server prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses.

5. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1:

wherein the computer server to filter information to only display messages from a particular neighborhood associated with each verified user, and

wherein the computer server to permit private posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users having verified addresses within the neighborhood.

6. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1 wherein the computer server utilizes a postcard method through which the computer server generates a physical postcard that is postal mailed to verify addresses of requesting users in a particular neighborhood of the social network.

7. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 1 wherein the global neighborhood environment is designed to create private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods.

8. A method comprising:

verifying that a user lives at a residence associated with a geographic location claimed by the user of a global neighborhood environment through a social community module of a computer server using a processor and a memory;

creating a social network page of each user once verified;

enabling the user to limit communications with only neighbors in a neighborhood in a geospatial vicinity of the user;

distributing a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users using an announce module;

generating a latitude data and a longitude data associated with the geographic location claimed by the user; and

automatically determining a set of access privileges in the online community associated with each user of the online community by constraining access in the online community with neighbors of the user based on the residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment.

9. The method of the global neighborhood environment of claim 8:

transforming a claimable residential address into the residence upon an occurrence of an event,

instantiating the event when the user is associated with the claimable residential address based on a verification of the user as living at the residential address associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment,

constraining the user to communicate through the social network only with a set of neighbors having verified addresses using the computer server,

defining the set of neighbors as other users of the social community that have each verified their addresses in the global neighborhood environment using the computer server and which have each claimed residential addresses that are in a specified range of distance away from the user verified as living at a residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user.

10. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 9:

constraining the specified range to be less than a distance of the neighborhood using an algorithm,

permitting the neighborhood to take on a variety of forms based on at least one of an associated political, cultural, educational, and social boundary, and

applying a database of constraints a having a user data, a location data, a zip code data, a profile data, and a neighbors data associated with the neighborhood that are imposed on a map view of the social network when permitting the neighborhood to take on the variety of forms.

11. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 10:

generating a simplified polygon based representation of the neighborhood in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the neighborhood when the user of the neighborhood verifies the residence using the computer server prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses.

12. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 11:

filtering information to only display messages from a particular neighborhood associated with each verified user, and

permitting private posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users having verified addresses within the neighborhood.

13. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 12 utilizing a postcard method through which the computer server generates a physical postcard that is postal mailed to verify addresses of requesting users in the particular neighborhood of the social network.

14. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 13 creating private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods.

15. A system of global neighborhood environment comprising:

a computer server of the global neighborhood;

to verify that a user lives at a residence associated with a geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment through a social community module of the computer server using a processor and a memory,

to create a social network page of each user once verified,

to enable the user to limit communications with only neighbors in a neighborhood in a geospatial vicinity of the user, and

to distribute a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users using an announce module;

a network; and

a global map data made available to the computer server through the network communicatively coupled with the computer server through the network to generate a latitude data and a longitude data associated with the geographic location claimed by the user,

wherein the global neighborhood environment is designed to create private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods, and

wherein the computer server to automatically determine a set of access privileges in the online community associated with each user of the online community by constraining access in the online community with neighbors of the user based on the residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment.

16. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 15:

wherein the computer server to transform a claimable residential address into the residence upon an occurrence of an event,

wherein the computer server to instantiate the event when the user is associated with the claimable residential address based on a verification of the user as living at the residential address associated with the geographic location claimed by the user of the global neighborhood environment,

wherein the computer server to constrain the user to communicate through the social network only with a set of neighbors having verified addresses using the computer server, and

wherein the computer server to define the set of neighbors as other users of the social community that have each verified their addresses in the global neighborhood environment using the computer server and which have each claimed residential addresses that are in a specified range of distance away from the user verified as living at a residence associated with the geographic location claimed by the user.

17. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 15:

wherein the computer server to constrain the specified range to be less than a distance of the neighborhood using a Bezier curve algorithm,

wherein the computer server to permit the neighborhood to take on a variety of forms based on at least one of an associated political, cultural, educational, and social boundary, and

wherein the computer server to apply a database of constraints a having a user data, a location data, a zip code data, a profile data, and a neighbors data associated with the neighborhood that are imposed on a map view of the social network when permitting the neighborhood to take on the variety of forms.

19. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 15:

wherein the computer server to filter information to only display messages from a particular neighborhood associated with each verified user, and

wherein the computer server to permit private posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users having verified addresses within the neighborhood.

20. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 19:

wherein the computer server utilizes a postcard method through which the computer server generates a physical postcard that is postal mailed to verify addresses of requesting users in a particular neighborhood of the social network.

18. The system of the global neighborhood environment of claim 18:

wherein the computer server to generate a simplified polygon based representation of the neighborhood in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the neighborhood when the user of the neighborhood verifies the residence using the computer server prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses.