SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZING NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A system for location-based social media interaction between a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
- a server device including a processing element and associated memory element, the processing element configured to execute a server application stored in the memory element, the server application including;
a code segment for receiving a plurality of user profiles for a plurality of participating users;
a code segment for associating two or more of the participating users with each other, such that participant devices of the participating users associated with each other may access at least some information from each other'"'"'s user profiles;
a code segment for receiving geographic coordinates corresponding to geographic locations of the participating users from geolocation devices of the participant devices of the participating users; and
a code segment for sending map information to at least some of the participant devices, wherein the map information is configured to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of a plurality of the participating users.
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Abstract
A system, computer program, and method for location-based social media interaction between a plurality of participants. The system may receive and store user profiles for participating users and associate two or more participating users with each other allowing sharing of user profile and location information. The system may receive geographic coordinates of the participating users and send map information to participant devices of the participating users. The map information may be used to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of some or all of the participating users. The system may also receive a selection of one of the icons on the map from a first participant device and provide directions to a second participant device associated with the selected one of the icons on the map, or directions to a waypoint between the first and second participant devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for location-based social media interaction between a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
a server device including a processing element and associated memory element, the processing element configured to execute a server application stored in the memory element, the server application including; a code segment for receiving a plurality of user profiles for a plurality of participating users; a code segment for associating two or more of the participating users with each other, such that participant devices of the participating users associated with each other may access at least some information from each other'"'"'s user profiles; a code segment for receiving geographic coordinates corresponding to geographic locations of the participating users from geolocation devices of the participant devices of the participating users; and a code segment for sending map information to at least some of the participant devices, wherein the map information is configured to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of a plurality of the participating users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for location-based social media interaction between a plurality of participants, wherein the program comprises:
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a code segment for receiving a plurality of user profiles for a plurality of participating users; a code segment for associating two or more of the participating users with each other, such that participant devices of the participating users associated with each other may access at least some information from each other'"'"'s user profiles; a code segment for receiving geographic coordinates corresponding to geographic locations of the participating users from geolocation devices of the participant devices of the participating users; a code segment for sending map information to at least some of the participant devices, wherein the map information is configured to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of a plurality of the participating users; and a code segment for receiving a selection of one of the icons on the map from a first one of the participant devices of a first one of the participating users, wherein the selected one of the icons corresponds with a second one of the participating users having a second one of the participant devices; and a code segment for sending to the first one of the participant devices route directions for traveling from the first one of the participant devices to the second one of the participant devices or to a waypoint between the first one of the participant devices and the second one of the participant devices. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer-implemented method for location-based social media interaction, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, with a server, a plurality of user profiles for a plurality of participating users; associating, with the server, two or more of the participating users with each other, such that participant devices of the participating users associated with each other may access at least some information from each other'"'"'s user profiles; receiving, with the server, geographic coordinates corresponding to geographic locations of the participating users from geolocation devices of the participant devices of the participating users; sending, with the server, map information to at least some of the participant devices, wherein the map information is configured to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of a plurality of the participating users; and receiving, with the server, a selection of one of the icons on the map from a first one of the participant devices of a first one of the participating users, wherein the selected one of the icons corresponds with a second one of the participating users having a second one of the participant devices; determining, automatically with the server, a location of a waypoint between the first participant device and the second participant device, wherein the location of the waypoint is;
equidistance between the first and second participant devices, a point along a route for traveling between the first and second participant devices that provides equal traveling time for the first and second participating users, or at a type of geographic location selected by the first or second participating users and closest to a mid-way point along the route between the first and second participant devices; andsending, with the server, to the first one of the participant devices, turn-by-turn directions for the route for traveling between the first and second participant devices or turn-by-turn directions to the waypoint.
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