Method, apparatus and system for social networking
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1. A system for social networking comprising:
- a server connected to a network;
a plurality of mobile devices;
wherein each of said mobile devices is configured to connect to said server via said network using a first communication protocol,wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to be connectable directly to each other using a second communication protocol,wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to maintain in memory of each said mobile device data representing a profile of a user of said mobile device,wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to send said profile to said server using said first communication protocol in response to a determination that at least one of said other mobile devices is directly connectable thereto using said second communication protocol;
wherein said server is configured to use a weighted algorithm to generate a first set of matches between said profiles received from each of said mobile devices; and
wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to display a social map of said mobile devices, said social map representing each of said mobile devices as a node separated from each other node by a conceptual distance based on a function of said first set of matches.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for social networking is provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of mobile devices that can directly connect to each other via a peer-to-peer connection. The devices can additionally connect a server. The server maintains a profile schema which can be used to generate profiles for users for each of the mobile devices.
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1. A system for social networking comprising:
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a server connected to a network; a plurality of mobile devices; wherein each of said mobile devices is configured to connect to said server via said network using a first communication protocol, wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to be connectable directly to each other using a second communication protocol, wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to maintain in memory of each said mobile device data representing a profile of a user of said mobile device, wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to send said profile to said server using said first communication protocol in response to a determination that at least one of said other mobile devices is directly connectable thereto using said second communication protocol; wherein said server is configured to use a weighted algorithm to generate a first set of matches between said profiles received from each of said mobile devices; and wherein each of said mobile devices is further configured to display a social map of said mobile devices, said social map representing each of said mobile devices as a node separated from each other node by a conceptual distance based on a function of said first set of matches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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