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System and Method for Proximity-based Social Networking

  • US 20160065629A1
  • Filed: 10/15/2014
  • Published: 03/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for proximity-based social networking comprising:

  • obtaining social media messages associated with users, wherein said social media messages comprise at least one of text content, audio content, video content, and image content created by said users;

    establishing a proximity-based communication network between computing devices operated by said users, wherein a boundary of said proximity-based network is defined by a predetermined proximity of said computing devices;

    making said social media messages available for presentation to said computing devices located within said boundary;

    determining that a current bearing of a first one of said computing devices operated by a first one of said users is aligned with a second one of said computing devices operated by a second one of said users; and

    automatically presenting to said first one of said computing devices one of said social media messages associated with said second one of said users when said first one and said second one of said computing devices are located within said boundary and are aligned.

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