Creating a projection of a situational network

• US 8,332,454 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SitNet LLC
• Original Assignee: Resource Consortium Limited
• Inventors: Cona, Thomas, Igoe, Patrick T., Kravets, Leonid
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US13/274,712
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/223, 345/473
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method of creating a projection of a situational network includes creating, by an event node server, an event node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, where the event node corresponds to a situation. A projection of nodes of the situational network is formed using geographic locations of a plurality of devices corresponding to nodes in the multi-dimensional personal information network. An invitation is transmitted to establish a link with the event node server to the devices corresponding to each node in the projection. A response is received from at least one of the devices accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server. A link with each device accepting the invitation is established.

Claims

1. A method of creating a projection of a situational network, the method comprising:

(a) creating, by an event node server, an event node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, the event node corresponding to a situation;

(b) forming a projection of nodes of the situational network using geographic locations of a plurality of devices corresponding to nodes in the multi-dimensional personal information network;

(c) transmitting an invitation to establish a link with the event node server to the devices corresponding to each node in the projection formed in step (b);

(d) receiving a response from at least one of the devices from step (c) accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server; and

(e) establishing a link with each device accepting the invitation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event node is created in response to identification of the situation by a situation authority.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(f) providing the projection formed in step (b) to each device corresponding to the nodes in the projection that has established a link with the event node server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(f) providing a first set of information about the situation to each device corresponding to the nodes in the projection that has established a link with the event node server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of information in step (f) includes targeted advertisements.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

(f) receiving additional sets of information about the situation from at least one of the devices corresponding to the nodes in the projection that have established a link with the event node server; and

(g) distributing updated information about the situation based on the additional sets of information to the devices corresponding to the nodes in the projection that have established a link with the event node server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the event node server forms one or more different projections of the nodes, each of the one or more projections receiving geographically relevant information from the event node server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a personal information aggregator.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the situation is a weather phenomenon.

10. A method of creating a projection of a situational network, the method comprising:

(a) receiving, by a first device corresponding to a node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, an invitation to establish a link with an event node server in response to the first device being included in a projection of nodes of the multi-dimensional personal information network;

(b) transmitting a response accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server;

(c) establishing a link with the event node server; and

(d) receiving information about the situation from the event node server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the invitation is received based on a geographic proximity of the first device with other devices in the multi-dimensional personal information network.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the event node server corresponds to an event node of the situational network created in response to identification of the situation by a situation authority.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

(e) receiving the projection of the nodes of the situational network from step (a) from the event node server.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

(f) inviting at least one other device included in the projection to establish a link with the first device;

(g) connecting to the at least one other device from step (e) accepting the invitation; and

(h) sharing information related to the situation with the at least one other device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the connections established in step (g) have an order of separation of one.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the connections established in step (g) are multi-dimensional.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the dimensions corresponds to the situation.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the dimension corresponding to the situation includes an affinity greater than affinity included along the other dimensions.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

(e) providing information about the situation to the event node server.

20. A system for creating a projection of a situational network, the system comprising:

an event node server, corresponding to a situation authority, configured to create an event node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, the event node corresponding to a situation, form a projection of nodes of the situational network using geographic locations of a plurality of devices corresponding to nodes in the multi-dimensional personal information network, transmit an invitation to establish a link with the event node server to the device corresponding to each node in the projection, receive a response from at least one of the devices accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server, and establish a link with each device accepting the invitation; and

a plurality of devices configured to receive an invitation to establish a link with an event node server in response being included in a projection of nodes of the multi-dimensional personal information network, transmit a response accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server, and receive information about the situation from the event node server.