Systems for communicating current location information among mobile internet users and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method implemented using an Internet-coupled server computer and a database subsystem that is coupled to the server computer, wherein the server computer is in communication with a plurality of Internet-capable mobile devices, for making personal information concerning mobile system users available over the Internet to, and controlling the sharing with, selected persons within a plurality of the system users, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving, from an Internet-capable mobile device of a first of the system users, personal information manually entered, at a time chosen by the first user, on the first user'"'"'s mobile device through a data entry interface that requests the first user to enter the personal information, wherein the personal information comprises;
(i) activity information indicating a most recently updated activity of the first user, and(ii) location information indicating a most recently updated location of the first user; and
(b) automatically making available the received activity information and the location information to persons identified as connected to the first user, and among the plurality of system users, to only the persons identified as connected to the first user;
(c) wherein the persons identified as connected to the first user are identified by the server computer based, at least in part, using relationship data stored in a database subsystem accessible by the server computer, said relationship data stored in the database subsystem identifying as persons connected to the first user at least one second user of the plurality of system users for whom there has been an agreed-upon connection between the first user and the second user; and
(d) wherein the personal information received by the server computer does not contain an indication of the system users to which the personal information should be made available.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future 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 current or future 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 current or future event involving the user.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method implemented using an Internet-coupled server computer and a database subsystem that is coupled to the server computer, wherein the server computer is in communication with a plurality of Internet-capable mobile devices, for making personal information concerning mobile system users available over the Internet to, and controlling the sharing with, selected persons within a plurality of the system users, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving, from an Internet-capable mobile device of a first of the system users, personal information manually entered, at a time chosen by the first user, on the first user'"'"'s mobile device through a data entry interface that requests the first user to enter the personal information, wherein the personal information comprises; (i) activity information indicating a most recently updated activity of the first user, and (ii) location information indicating a most recently updated location of the first user; and (b) automatically making available the received activity information and the location information to persons identified as connected to the first user, and among the plurality of system users, to only the persons identified as connected to the first user; (c) wherein the persons identified as connected to the first user are identified by the server computer based, at least in part, using relationship data stored in a database subsystem accessible by the server computer, said relationship data stored in the database subsystem identifying as persons connected to the first user at least one second user of the plurality of system users for whom there has been an agreed-upon connection between the first user and the second user; and (d) wherein the personal information received by the server computer does not contain an indication of the system users to which the personal information should be made available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system for making personal information concerning mobile system users available over the Internet to, and controlling the sharing with, selected persons within a plurality of the system users, the computer system comprising:
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(a) a database subsystem storing, for each of the plurality of system users, profile information comprising relationship data indicative of an agreed-upon connection with other system users; and (b) a computer server having an Internet interface, coupled to the database subsystem, and structured and programmed to; (i) receive, from an Internet-capable mobile device of each of the system users, personal information manually entered, at a time chosen by the user, on the user'"'"'s mobile device through a data entry interface that requests the user to enter personal information, wherein the personal information comprises; (A) location information indicating a most recently updated location for the user, and (B) activity information indicating a most recently updated activity for the user, (ii) wherein the personal information received by the server computer does not contain an indication of the system users to which the location information and the activity information should be made available, (iii) store in the database subsystem the personal information received from the mobile devices, and (iv) control access to the personal information of each user to persons identified as connected to the user, and, among the plurality of system users, to only the persons identified as connected to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method, implemented using an Internet-capable mobile device, for making personal information concerning mobile system users available to, and controlling the sharing with, selected persons within a plurality of the system users, the method comprising:
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(a) accepting personal information manually entered by a first of the system users, at a time chosen by the first user, by displaying on the first user'"'"'s Internet-capable mobile device a data entry interface that requests the first user to enter the personal information, wherein the personal information comprises; (i) location information indicating a current physical location of the first user, and (ii) activity information indicating an activity of the first user; and (b) transmitting the personal information to a server computer that is structured and configured; (i) to automatically store, in a database subsystem accessible by the server computer, the personal information, and (ii) to automatically make available the location information and the activity information to persons identified as connected to the first user, and, among the plurality of system users, to only the persons identified as connected to the first user; (c) wherein the persons identified as connected to the first user are identified by the server computer based, at least in part, using relationship data stored in the database subsystem accessible by the server computer, said relationship data stored in the database subsystem identifying as persons connected to the first user at least one second user of the plurality of system users for whom there has been an agreed-upon connection between the first user and the second user; and (d) wherein the personal information transmitted to the server computer does not contain an indication of the system users to which the personal information should be made available. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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