Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile internet users and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of presenting advertisements related to an activity proposed electronically by a user to other persons connected to that user, the method comprising:
- a) receiving at a server computer, from a first user'"'"'s Internet-capable device, information indicating a desired activity of the first user; and
b) thereafter, automatically formatting for simultaneous display on the first user'"'"'s Internet-capable device, (i) information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user and (ii) at least one commercial offering;
c) wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user;
d) wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons; and
e) wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the desired activity received from the first user'"'"'s device.
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Abstract
The invention relates, in one embodiment to a computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating an activity between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving activity information pertaining to the event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The activity pertains to an activity occurring during a time period that overlaps the time the activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the event involving the user.
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29 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of presenting advertisements related to an activity proposed electronically by a user to other persons connected to that user, the method comprising:
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a) receiving at a server computer, from a first user'"'"'s Internet-capable device, information indicating a desired activity of the first user; and b) thereafter, automatically formatting for simultaneous display on the first user'"'"'s Internet-capable device, (i) information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user and (ii) at least one commercial offering; c) wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user; d) wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons; and e) wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the desired activity received from the first user'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable non-transitory data storage medium storing indicia of instructions for a processor to perform a method of presenting advertisements related to an activity proposed electronically by a user to other persons connected to that user, the method comprising:
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a) receiving at the server computer, from a first user'"'"'s Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a desired activity of the first user; and b) thereafter, automatically formatting for simultaneous display on the first user'"'"'s Internet-capable mobile device, (i) information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user and (ii) at least one commercial offering; c) wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user; d) wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons; and e) wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the desired activity received from the first user'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer system for presenting advertisements related to an activity proposed electronically by a user to other persons connected to that user, the system comprising:
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a) a database storing entries indicative of an agreed-upon connection between pairs of the users; and b) a computer having an Internet interface, coupled to the database, and structured and programmed; (i) to receive, from a first user'"'"'s Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a desired activity; and (ii) in response to receipt of the activity information, to select at least one commercial offering based, at least in part, on the desired activity and to format for simultaneous display, on the first user'"'"'s Internet-capable mobile device, (A) the at least one commercial offering and (B) information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user, which second user is selected based, at least in part, on said entries stored in the database associated with the first user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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