Method For Chronicling Legacy Using Social Networks

• US 20140214843A1
• Filed: 01/28/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dana Marie Arvig
• Original Assignee: Dana Marie Arvig
• Inventors: Arvig, Dana Marie
• Application Number:
  US13/752,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/740
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a social networking system aimed at creating a reviewable legacy for users. The described social network allows subscribers and public users to contribute events that previously occurred and discuss the significance of these events to themselves and others. Through the use of a plurality of subscribers and the public alike, the contributed events to the social network will create a searchable history of society. Additionally, the submitted events will include the impressions of the people who experienced them providing a zeitgeist record uncontaminated by subsequent historical impressions.

Claims

1. A method for chronicling personal data over a social network using a database having users comprising:

creating a database for the social network

storing in the database a user profile for the social network system, the user profile being viewable;

entering data into the social network, the data including information about an event in the life of a user and having at least one criteria flag, wherein the at least one criteria flag is a detail pertaining to the event;

cataloging entered data into the database, organized by at least one criteria flag;

searching the database for event data using at least one criteria flag as a search term; and

displaying search results on the social network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile is viewable by a social network user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the social network prompts a user with pre-determined questions directed to eliciting directed data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering subscribers to the social network, wherein subscribers have

greater privileges in searching the database than non-subscribers.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a user profile with a password.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said data includes a user'"'"'s impressions of the given life event.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said cataloguing includes creating a summary of a plurality of user impressions of data that share at least one criteria flag.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying comprises a timeline.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said data includes a photograph.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

verifying entered data by comparing to other event data sharing at least one criteria flag.

11. A method for chronicling personal data over a social network using a database having users comprising:

creating a database for the social network registering subscribers to the social network;

storing in a database a user profile for subscribers of a social network system, the user profile being viewable;

entering data into the social network, the data including information about an event in the life of the subscriber and having at least two criteria flags, wherein at least one criteria flag is a detail pertaining to the event, and one criteria flag is the identity of the subscriber;

cataloging entered data into the database, organized by criteria flag; and

accessing the user profile.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user profile is accessible by a social network user interface.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said accessing is completed by a member of the general public.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said accessing may only be accomplished by actors whom have permission from the subscriber.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein said entering may only be accomplished by actors whom have permission from the subscriber.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the permissions from the subscriber can be granted at multiple levels.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said data includes a photograph.

18. A computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by a processor associated with a computer server to:

store a user profile for a user of a social network system, the user profile being viewable;

enter event data into the social network, the data including information about an event in the life of a user and having at least one criteria flag, wherein the at least one criteria flag is a detail pertaining to the event; and

search for event data using at least one criteria flag as a search term.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 18, further able to:

verify entered data by comparing to other entered data sharing at least one criteria flag.