FACILITATING USERS TO SHARE PHYSICAL LOCATIONS

• US 20170269073A1
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hrishikesh Samant
• Original Assignee: Hrishikesh Samant
• Inventors: Samant, Hrishikesh
• Application Number:
  US15/613,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20170269073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 15/34 Size selective separation, e.g. size exclusion chromatography, gel filtration, permeation
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2200/0647 Handling flowable solids, e.g. microscopic beads, cells, particles
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2200/0668 Trapping microscopic beads
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0681 Filter
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0816 Cards, e.g. flat sample carriers usually with flow in two horizontal directions
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0825 Test strips
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/5023 with a sample being transported to, and subsequently stored in an absorbent for analysis
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/502753 characterised by bulk separation arrangements on lab-on-a-chip devices, e.g. for filtration or centrifugation separation in general B01D; microapparatus for analysis using electrophoresis G01N27/44791; sample preparation G01N1/28
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/502761 specially adapted for handling suspended solids or molecules independently from the bulk fluid flow, e.g. for trapping or sorting beads, for physically stretching molecules investigating characteristics of particles G01N15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/5302 Apparatus specially adapted for immunological test procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/538 by sorbent column, particles or resin strip , i.e. sorbent materials
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54313 the carrier being characterised by its particulate form
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54366 Apparatus specially adapted for solid-phase testing
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54373 involving physiochemical end-point determination, e.g. wave-guides, FETS, gratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 435/97 Test strip or test slide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 435/971 Capture of complex after antigen-antibody reaction

Abstract

According to an aspect, a server receives first and second transient (changing with time) locations of an entity, the first transient location being associated with a time instance until which the entity is physically present at the first transient location. The server accordingly provides the first transient location as the physical location of the entity prior to the time instance, and the second transient location as the physical location after the time instance. According to another aspect, a client device identifies that a search text (received from a user) is directed to searching for physical locations in view of the search text including an affix. The client device then parses the search text to determine an identifier, sends a location request containing the identifier, receives a response containing a transient location associated with the identifier, and then provides the transient location to the user as the response to the search.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating users to share physical locations, said method comprising:

receiving, from a first user, a first transient location and a second transient location of a first entity, said first transient location being associated with a first time instance until which said first entity is physically present at said first transient location; and

providing said first transient location as the physical location of said first entity prior to said first time instance, and said second transient location as the physical location of said first entity after said first time instance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing further comprises:

receiving, from a second user, a first location request and a second location request for said first entity;

determining that said first location request is received prior to said first time instance and said second location request is received after said first time instance; and

sending said first transient location as a response to said first location request, and said second transient location as a response to said second location request.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said receiving from said first user also receives a first identifier of said first entity,

wherein each of first location request and said second location request contains said first identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

searching, by said second user, for a text comprising an affix and said first identifier,

wherein said first location request and said second location request is received in response to said searching by said second user at different time instances.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said affix is a pre-defined text that is prefixed to said first identifier, wherein said first identifier is a well-known identifier of said first entity.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said well-known identifier is one of a phone number, an email address, a URL (uniform resource locator) associated with said first entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said first time instance is specified as an expiry date associated with said first transient location.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein each of said first transient location and said second transient location comprises one of a geographical coordinates of said first entity, a postal address of said first entity, a set of directions to reach said first entity from a well-known location.