NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20140236946A1
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Original Assignee: Raj Abhyanker
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj
• Application Number:
  US14/262,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20140236946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• 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 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• 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 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A method and system of communication in a neighborhood block includes obtaining member data associated with a first member of the community network and determining a first location associated with the first member based on the member data, where the first location is a neighborhood address. The method and system further include storing the member data in a member repository, determining a first number of points associated with the first member, wherein points are connections of members with each other through social links, and obtaining a first region of communication for the first member based on the first location and the first number of points. The method and system may include displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map and/or bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

Claims

1. A method of communication in a neighborhood block, comprising:

obtaining member data associated with a first member of the community network;

determining a first location associated with the first member based on the member data, wherein the first location is a neighborhood address;

storing the member data in a member repository;

determining a first number of points associated with the first member, wherein points are connections of members with each other through social links; and

obtaining a first region of communication for the first member based on the first location and the first number of points.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a second location associated with a second member of the community network;

determining a second number of points associated with the second member;

obtaining a second region of communication for the second member based on the second location and the second number of points; and

bounding the first region of communication by the second region of communication based on an inequality between the first number of points and the second number of points.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first number of points is based on an activity level of the first member.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first region of communication comprises a radial boundary around a constrained neighborhood.

7. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

8. A community network, comprising:

a member repository comprising a plurality of members;

a geo-spatial repository comprising a plurality of locations on a geo-spatial map;

a member management algorithm configured to obtain member data associated with

each of the plurality of members; and

a block communication algorithm configured to;

determine a first of the plurality of locations associated with a first of the plurality of members based on the member data, wherein the first of the plurality of locations is a neighborhood address;

store the member data in the member repository;

determine a first number of points associated with the first of the plurality of members, wherein points are connections of members with each other through social links; and

obtain a first region of communication for the first of the plurality of members based on the first of the plurality of locations and the first number of points.

9. The community network of claim 8, wherein the member management algorithm is further configured to:

determine an activity level of each of the plurality of members in the member repository,

wherein the first number of points is based on the activity level of the first of the plurality of members.

10. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication algorithm is further configured to:

display the first region of communication on the geo-spatial map.

11. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication algorithm is further configured to:

bound the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first member in the first region of communication.

12. The community network of claim 8, wherein the block communication algorithm is further configured to:

obtain a second of the plurality of locations associated with a second of the plurality of members;

determine a second number of points associated with the second of the plurality of members;

obtain a second region of communication for the second of the plurality of members based on the second of the plurality of locations and the second number of points; and

bound the first region of communication by the second region of communication based on an inequality between the first number of points and the second number of points.

13. The community network of claim 8, wherein the first region of communication comprises a radial boundary around a constrained neighborhood.

14. The community network of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of locations comprises a latitude and a longitude.

15. A method of configuring a community network for a first user, comprising:

obtaining a location request from the first user;

displaying a first location corresponding to the location request to the first user, wherein the first location is a neighborhood address;

determining a first region of communication based on an activity frequency associated with the first user and the first location, wherein the activity frequency are connections of members with each other through social links; and

displaying the first region of communication on a geo-spatial map to the first user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request to increase the first region of communication from the first user;

determining an eligibility of the first user for the increase; and

increasing the first region of communication based on the eligibility and the first number of points.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

bounding the first region of communication based on a connectedness of the first user in the first region of communication.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

obtaining a second user of the community network in a vicinity of the first region of communication;

obtaining a second region of communication based on a second number of activity frequency associated with the second user and a second location associated with the second user; and

bounding the first region of communication based on the second number of activity frequency and the second region of communication.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first number of points is based on an activity level of the first user.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first region of communication comprises a radial boundary around a constrained neighborhood.