SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING USER CONNECTIONS IN TRAVEL LOCATIONS

• US 20170064512A1
• Filed: 08/24/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Perry Street Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Perry Street Software, Inc.
• Inventors: Silverberg, Eric, Marchant, Jason
• Application Number:
  US15/246,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064512A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for matching users of a social media platform traveling in the same location is disclosed. The method includes generating a travel database including a plurality of user travel data that corresponds to travel locations of a plurality of users, receiving new location information from a location module, the new location information corresponding to a current location of a user device, comparing the new location information to historical information to determine if the new location is a travel location. The method further includes that when the new location is a travel location, generating a user entry in a travel database, the travel database including user travel data corresponding to the user indicating travel to the current location, accessing the travel database to generate a user match notification corresponding to one or more other users traveling in the current location, and transmitting the user match notification to the user device.

Claims

1. A method for matching users of a social media platform traveling in the same location comprising:

generating a travel database comprising a plurality of user travel data that corresponds to travel locations of a plurality of users;

receiving by a processing element new location information from a location module, the new location information corresponding to a current location of a first user device;

comparing by the processing element the new location information to historical information to determine if the new location is a travel location; and

when the new location is a travel location;

generating by the processing element a first user entry in the travel database in a memory component, the first user entry including first user travel data that corresponds to the first user indicating travel to the current location;

querying the travel database by the processing element to compare the first user travel data to one or more user travel data that corresponds to other users;

generating by the processing element a user match notification that corresponds to one or more users traveling in the current location; and

transmitting by the processing element the user match notification to the first user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing by the processing element the new location to historical information comprises comparing a latitude and a longitude of a historical location to the new location information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user entry in the travel database comprises,

a destination field including a destination location corresponding to the new location information;

and

a trip begin field including a date corresponding to a received data that the processing element received the new location information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing element generates a user match notification when a second user entry corresponding to a travel location matches the current location of the first user travel data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the processing element generates a user match notification if second user entry corresponding to the travel location matches the current location of the first user travel data and a second user entry corresponding to a trip purpose matches the first user entry corresponding to a trip purpose.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user match notification comprises transmitting one or more of the following to the first user device:

a second user name, one or more travel dates of a second user traveling in the current location, or a travel purpose of the second user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical location comprises two or more previous locations of the first user device.

8. A system for matching users of a social media platform traveling in the same location comprising:

a first user device comprising a first location sensor, wherein the first location sensor determines location information of the first user device; and

a server in communication with the first user device, the server configured to;

generate a travel database comprising a plurality of user travel data that corresponds to travel locations of a the plurality of users based on location information from a plurality of user devices;

receive new location information from the first user device corresponding to a current of the first user device;

compare the new location information to historical location information of the first user device to determine if the new location is a travel location; and

when the new location is a travel location;

generate a first user entry in the travel database that corresponds to the first user indicating travel to the current location;

query the travel database to compare the first user travel data to one or more user travel data corresponding to other users;

generate a user match notification that corresponds to one or more users traveling in the current location; and

transmit the user match notification to the first user device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the historical location information comprises two or more previous locations of the first user device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the user match notification comprises user information corresponding to the one or more users traveling in the current location.

11. A system for connecting social media users visiting a destination comprising:

a first user device corresponding to a first user account, the first user device comprising;

a first location module that determines location information;

a first memory component that stores the location information, wherein the location information comprises new location data corresponding to a current location of the first user device and historical data corresponding to two or more previous locations of the first user device;

a first processor in communication with the first location module and the first memory component;

a first display in communication with the first processor; and

a server in communication with the first processor of the first user device, wherein the server performs the following operations;

receive new location data from the first processor;

compare the new location data to historical location data to determine if the current location is a travel location;

if the current location is a travel location, generate a first user travel entry in a travel database, wherein the first user travel entry comprises first user trip data;

dynamically matching the first user travel entry with a second user travel entry having similar characteristics to the first user travel entry; and

transmitting second user information to the first display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first user travel entry comprises at least one of the following:

a travel location corresponding to the current location, one or more travel dates, a first user name, a trip duration, or a trip purpose.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the server dynamically matches the first user travel entry with the second user travel entry when the travel location of the first user entry matches a travel location of the second user entry and the one or more travel dates of the first user entry match the one or more travel dates of the second user entry.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the new location data comprises a new latitude and a new longitude and the historical location data comprises a first historical latitude, a first historical longitude, a second historical latitude, and a second historical longitude.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the current location is determined to be a travel location when

the new latitude is outside a predetermined distance of the first historical latitude and the second historical latitude;

and

the new longitude is outside a predetermined distance of the first historical longitude and the second historical longitude.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the first user travel entry comprises data input by the first user via the first user device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein when the current location is a travel location, the server transmits ambassador data to the first user device corresponding to users living in the travel location that have agreed to provide travel information to traveling users.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server further

determines whether an requesting user is qualified to be an ambassador;

if the user is qualified, transmitting by the processing element an ambassador agreement to a requesting user device; and

upon receiving a consent to the ambassador agreement from the requesting user device, assigns the requesting user to an ambassador role for the travel location.