Experience sharing system and method

• US 8,832,191 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: LeBeau, Michael J., Tse, Alastair
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siddiqi, Emad
• Application Number:
  US13/363,058
• Time in Patent Office: 952 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for the sharing of experiences is provided. The method may include receiving a photograph having image capture data associated therewith and determining one or more places of a plurality of places with which to associate the photograph, wherein the plurality of places each have one or more locations associated therewith, and wherein determining which one or more places of the plurality of places to which to associate the photograph comprises comparing the image capture data associated with the photograph to the locations associated with the plurality of places. The method may further include generating an experience data card based upon, at least in part, the photograph and storing in a data store an association between the experience data card and the determined one or more places, wherein the data store is communicatively coupled to the one or more computing devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, executing on one or more computing devices, comprising:

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a photograph having image capture data associated therewith, the image capture data including location coordinates;

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a first place and a second place of a plurality of places with which to associate the photograph, each of the plurality of places associated with one or more geographical locations and wherein determining which of the plurality of places to associate the photograph with, comprises comparing the location coordinates included in the image capture data associated with the photograph to the geographical locations associated with the plurality of places;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an experience data card for a first user based, at least in part, on the first place determined from the photograph;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a related experience data card for the first user based, at least in part, on the second place determined from the photograph;

associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card with the related experience data card in a hierarchal structure;

storing in a data store, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an association between the experience data card and the first place, an association between the related experience data card and the second place, and an association between the experience data card and the related experience data card, the data store communicatively coupled to the one or more computing devices;

sharing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card generated for the first user with a second user, the second user being directly connected with the first user in a social network;

receiving, from the second user, a modification of the experience data card generated for the first user; and

sharing a proposed experience associated with the photograph within the experience data card, with one or more users located within a predefined distance of the first place or the second place.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the experience data card includes the proposed experience associated with the photograph.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the first user, a notification of the second user collecting the experience data card.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

suggesting one or more additional proposed experiences based, at least in part, on the image capture data associated with the photograph.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

allowing the one or more users to accept the proposed experience.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the image capture data includes at least one of time of day, global positioning system location, and aperture settings.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining occurs at a date later than a date the photograph was generated.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining occurs in a geographical location that differs from the geographical locations of the first and second places.

9. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;

one or more software modules executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the one or more software modules are configured to perform operations including;

receiving, by at least one of one or more computing devices, a photograph having image capture data associated therewith, the image capture data including location coordinates;

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a first place and a second place of a plurality of places with which to associate the photograph, each of the plurality of places associated with one or more geographical locations, and wherein determining which of the plurality of places to associate the photograph with, comprises comparing the location coordinates included in the image capture data associated with the photograph to the geographical locations associated with the plurality of places;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an experience data card for a first user based, at least in part, upon the first place determined from the photograph;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a related experience data card for the first user based, at least in part, on the second place determined from the photograph;

associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card with the related experience data card in a hierarchal structure;

storing in a data store, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an association between the experience data card and the first place, an association between the related experience data card and the second place, and an association between the experience data card and the related experience data card, the data store communicatively coupled to the one or more computing devices;

sharing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card generated for the first user with a second user, the second user being directly connected with the first user in a social network;

receiving, from the second user, a modification of the experience data card generated for the first user; and

sharing a proposed experience associated with the photograph within the experience data card, with one or more users located within a predefined distance of the first place or the second place.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the generated experience data card includes the proposed experience associated with the photograph.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein operations further comprise:

receiving, by the first user, a notification of the second user collecting the experience data card.

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein operations further comprise:

suggesting one or more additional proposed experiences based, at least in part, on the image capture data associated with the photograph.

13. The computing system of claim 9, wherein operations further comprise:

allowing the one or more users to accept the proposed experience.

14. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the image capture data includes at least one of time of day, global positioning system location, and aperture settings.

15. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the determining occurs at a date later than a date the photograph was generated.

16. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the determining occurs in a geographical location that differs from the geographical locations of the first and second places.

17. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a photograph having image capture data associated therewith, the image capture data including location coordinates;

determining, by at least one of one or more computing devices, a first place and a second place of a plurality of places with which to associate the photograph, each of the plurality of places associated with one or more geographical locations or areas, and wherein determining which of the plurality of places to associate the photograph with, comprises comparing the location coordinates included in the image capture data associated with the photograph to the geographical locations or areas associated with the plurality of places;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an experience data card for a first user based, at least in part, on the first place determined from the photograph;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a related experience data card for the first user based, at least in part, on the second place determined from the photograph;

associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card with the related experience data card in a hierarchal structure;

storing in a data store, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an association between the experience data card and the first place, an association between the related experience data card and the second place, and an association between the experience data card and the related experience data card, wherein the data store is communicatively coupled to the one or more computing devices;

sharing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the experience data card generated for the first user with a second user, the second user being directly connected with the first user in a social network;

receiving, from the second user, a modification of the experience data card generated for the first user; and

sharing a proposed experience associated with the photograph within the experience data card generated, with one or more users located within a predefined distance of the first place or the second place.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the generated experience data card includes the proposed experience associated with the photograph.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein operations further comprise:

receiving, by the first user, a notification of the second user collecting the experience data card.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein operations further comprise:

suggesting one or more additional proposed experiences based, at least in part, on the image capture data associated with the photograph.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein operations further comprise:

allowing the one or more users to accept the proposed experience.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the image capture data includes at least one of time of day, global positioning system location, and aperture settings.

23. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the determining occurs at a date later than a date the photograph was generated.

24. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the determining occurs in a geographical location that differs from the geographical locations of the first and second places.