DISTRIBUTED ASSOCIATION ENGINE

• US 20140207959A1
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VirtualBeam, Inc.
• Original Assignee: VirtualBeam, Inc.
• Inventors: Kamali, Masoud M., Anooshfar, Dariush
• Granted Patent: US 9,462,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• 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: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for a distributed association engine, comprising searching, by a processor, for one or more objects of interest within a spatial bounded area, identifying, by the processor, the one or more objects of interest responsive to the search, and mapping, by the processor, one or more relationships between a user and the one or more objects of interest in a personal network.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for a distributed association engine, comprising:

searching, by a processor, for one or more objects of interest within a spatially bounded area;

identifying, by the processor, the one or more objects of interest responsive to the search; and

mapping, by the processor, one or more associations between the one or more objects of interest in a personal network.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising storing, by the processor, the one or more objects of interest in a sandbox.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, comprising:

identifying, by the processor, one or more changes to the associations between the user and the one or more objects of interest; and

transmitting, by the processor, the one or more changes to a server.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, comprising generating, by the processor, a super network, wherein one or more nodes within the super network comprise a subset of the personal network and one or more additional networks.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising identifying, by the processor, a n-tuple associated with each of the one or more objects of interest, wherein the n-tuple comprises a plurality of descriptors, and wherein the plurality of descriptors are used to determine if the one or more objects of interest are responsive to the search.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects of interest comprise at least one of a static object, a dynamic object, a virtual object, a virtual association application, or any combination thereof.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein each of the one or more objects of interest comprise a node within the personal network, and wherein the one or more relationships between the user and the one or more objects of interest comprises one of an edge or an arc.

8. A system comprising:

a display screen;

a processor; and

a non-transient memory medium operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory medium is configured to store a plurality of instructions configured to program the processor to;

search for one or more objects of interest within a spatial bounded area;

identify the one or more objects of interest responsive to the search; and

map one or more relationships between a user and the one or more objects of interest in a personal network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to display the map of the one or more relationships on the display screen.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to store the one or more objects of interest in a local memory medium.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to:

identify one or more changes to the associations between the user and the one or more objects of interest; and

transmit the one or more changes to a server.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further programmed to generate a global network one or more nodes representative of a subset of the personal network and one or more additional networks.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to display the global network on the display screen.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to identify a n-tuple associated with each of the one or more objects of interest, wherein the n-tuple comprises a plurality of descriptors, and wherein the plurality of descriptors are used to determine if the one or more objects of interest are responsive to the search.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more objects of interest comprise at least one of a static object, a dynamic object, a virtual object, a virtual association application, or any combination thereof.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the one or more objects of interest comprise a node within the personal network, and wherein the one or more relationships between the user and the one or more objects of interest comprises one of an edge or an arc.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium configured to store instructions thereon that when loaded by a processor cause the processor to:

search for one or more objects of interest within a spatial bounded area;

identify the one or more objects of interest responsive to the search; and

map one or more relationships between a user and the one or more objects of interest in a personal network.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions stored thereon further cause the processor to store the one or more objects of interest in a local memory medium.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions stored thereon further cause the processor to identify a n-tuple associated with each of the one or more objects of interest, wherein the n-tuple comprises a plurality of descriptors, and wherein the plurality of descriptors are used to determine if the one or more objects of interest are responsive to the search.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more objects of interest comprise at least one of a static object, a dynamic object, a virtual object, a virtual association application, or any combination thereof.