System and method for enabling social interactive wireless communications

• US 8,010,131 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2008
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AI-CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Parostall Network LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu; Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hong; Dung
• Application Number:
  US12/283,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20100069058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4143, 4554561-457, 455/459
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices is presented. In particular, the system and method comprises affiliating and/or synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network. Further, the present invention comprises associating at least one first social interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, and associating at least one second social interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device. Upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a physical and/or geographic proximity to one another, the present invention further comprises determining whether the first and second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another, and establishing a communication channel between the first and second mobile devices for communication therebetween.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for enabling interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices, the method comprising:

affiliating at least one first mobile device and at least one second mobile device with an interactive network comprising a plurality of members associated therewith,

associating at least one first interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, wherein the first interactive pairing criterion corresponds to at least one prospective wireless match,

associating at least one second interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device,

determining whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another upon determining, using at least one global positioning system, the first and second mobile devices are disposed in a geographic proximity to one another,

establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device for communication therebetween; and

upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in the geographic proximity to one another, automatically querying the second mobile device to determine whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another;

providing a series of successive automatic queries to the second mobile device to determine whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another; and

graphically displaying on the first mobile device a location of a plurality of second mobile devices disposed in a proximate relation thereto.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising

synchronizing the first mobile device and the second mobile device with the interactive network.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein synchronizing the first and second mobile devices with the interactive network comprises virtually linking the first mobile device with a first profile associated with the interactive network, and virtually linking the second mobile device with a second profile associated with the interactive network.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising

associating a user of the first mobile device with the first profile, and

associating a user of the second mobile device with the second profile.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein

the first interactive pairing criterion includes at least one selective characteristic of a user associated with the prospective wireless match.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 wherein

the second interactive pairing criterion includes a pre-established profile.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising

determining whether the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device coincides with the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 wherein

the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device includes at least one physical characteristic of the user associated with the prospective wireless match.

9. The method as recited in claim 7 further comprising

communicating the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device to the first mobile device upon the determination that the at least one selective characteristic and the pre-established profile coincide with one another.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising

establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device upon selective confirmation via a user at the first mobile device and a user at the second mobile device.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising

defining the communication channel as comprising direct communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

12. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising

establishing the communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device via a peer-to-peer network.

13. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising

communicating digital media between the first and second mobile devices.

14. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising

determining whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another via direct peer-to-peer communication therebetween.

15. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising

establishing at least one communication channel between the first mobile device and a plurality of second mobile devices for communication between the first mobile device and each of the plurality of second mobile devices.

16. A computer-implemented method for enabling interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices, the method comprising:

affiliating at least one first mobile device and at least one second mobile device with an interactive network comprising a plurality of members associated therewith,

associating a first interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, the first interactive pairing criterion corresponds to at least one prospective wireless match,

associating a second interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device,

determining, using at least one global positioning system, that the first and second mobile devices are disposed in a geographic proximity to one another,

upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in the geographic proximity to one another, providing a series of successive automatic queries to the second mobile device to determine whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another,

causing, on the first mobile device, a location of a plurality of second mobile devices disposed in a proximate relation to the first mobile device to be graphically displayed, and

causing a communication channel to be established between the first mobile device and the second mobile device for communication therebetween, wherein

the first mobile device is virtually linked with a first profile associated with the interactive network,

the second mobile device is virtually linked with a second profile associated with the interactive network, and

the interactive network comprises a social networking website accessible via the interactive computer network.

17. The method as recited in claim 16 wherein

the first interactive pairing criterion includes an identification of at least one social contact associated with the first profile.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein

the second interactive pairing criterion includes an identification of at least one social contact associated with the second profile.

19. The method as recited in claim 18 further comprising

determining whether the first profile is virtually connected with the second profile via the social networking website.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising

defining the first profile as being virtually connected with the second profile via the social networking website upon

the identification of at least one social contact associated with the first profile corresponds to the second profile, and

the identification of at least one social contact associated with the second profile corresponds to the first profile.

21. A method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices, the method comprising:

synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network,

associating at least one selective characteristic with the first mobile device, wherein the at least one selective characteristic corresponds to at least one prospective wireless match,

associating at least one pre-established profile with a second mobile device, upon determining, using at least one global positioning system, the first and second mobile devices are disposed in a geographic proximity to one another,

upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in the geographic proximity to one another, providing a series of successive automatic queries to the second mobile device to determine whether the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device and the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device coincide with one another,

establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device for direct communication therebetween; and

graphically displaying, on the first mobile device, a location of a plurality of second mobile devices disposed in a proximate relation to the first mobile device.

22. The method as recited in claim 21 further comprising

updating the at least one selective characteristic in real-time via the first mobile device.

23. The method as recited in claim 21 further comprising

updating the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device in real-time via the second mobile device.

24. The method as recited in claim 21 further comprising

defining the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device as comprising at least one physical characteristic associated with a prospective wireless match.