System and Method for Proximity-based Social Networking
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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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Abstract
A method for proximity-based social networking may include: (1) identifying a location of a first computing device of a first user, (2) identifying a location of a second computing device of a second user, and (3) displaying, by the first computing device, content associated with the second user if the second computing device is located within a predefined proximity of the first computing device.
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1. A method for proximity-based social networking comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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11. A system for a proximity-based social network comprising:
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computing devices operated by users; and a server in communication with said computing devices, wherein said server is configured to; obtain social media messages associated with said users, wherein said social media messages comprise at least one of text content, audio content, video content, and image content; establish a proximity-based communication network between said computing devices, wherein a boundary of said proximity-based network is defined by a predetermined proximity of said computing devices; make said social media messages available for presentation to said computing devices located within said boundary; determine 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 present one of said social media messages associated with said second one of said users to said first one of said computing devices when said first one and said second one of said computing devices are located within said boundary and are aligned. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to perform operations comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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