System and method for providing an event-based and shared page connectivity platform

• US 8,965,988 B1
• Filed: 02/14/2013
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beamsmart, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Beamsmart, Inc.
• Inventors: Negahban, Mehrdad, Alexandropoulos, Andreas, Kay, Allen Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Dailey, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/767,450
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The invention relates providing an event-based connectivity platform that creates and communicates shared pages based on location and other information obtained from devices that automatically provide the location and other information. A system may include a page server that creates an event-centric shared page responsive to a single button press or other indication. Once created, the page server may invite other users to access the shared page. User devices that have access to the shared page, including the user device that cause the shared page to be created and/or other user devices, may automatically provide updates to the page server. The devices may automatically provide the updates at various times without intervention by the user. The automatically provided updates may include location information. Users may also provide other information such as image, audio, and text for updating the event-centric shared page.

Claims

1. A page sharing server configured to create event-specific shared pages based on automatically updated information from various devices, the page sharing server comprising:

one or more processors programmed by one or more computer program instructions to;

process a request, from a first user device, to create an event-specific shared page;

determine whether a pre-stored template that was previously created by a user of the first user device from which the request to create the event-specific shared page is received should be used to create the event-specific shared page;

obtain the pre-stored template responsive to a determination that the pre-stored template should be used;

create, responsive to the processed request, the event-specific shared page based on the pre-stored template, wherein the pre-stored template (i) is predefined, and (ii) includes one or more parameters used to create the event-specific shared page;

identify a second user device with which the event-specific shared page should be shared;

provide the event-specific shared page to the first user device and the second user device;

obtain first location information from the first user device from which the request to create the event-specific shared page is received, wherein the first location information indicates a location of the first user device at a first time;

update the event-specific shared page based on the first location information;

provide the updated event-specific shared page based on the first location information to the first user device and the second user device;

obtain second location information from the first user device, wherein the second location information indicates a location of the first user device at a second time different from the first time, and wherein the first location information and the second location information are obtained automatically from the first user device without intervention by a user of the first device;

update the shared page based on the second location information; and

provide the updated event-specific shared page based on the second location information to the first user device and the second user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain third location information from the second user device at a third time and fourth location information from the second user device at a fourth time different from the third time, wherein the third location information and the fourth location information are obtained automatically from the second user device without intervention by a second user of the second user device;

update the event-specific shared page based on the third location information; and

update the event-specific shared page based on the fourth location information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain audio from the first user device, the second user device, or both the first user device and the second user device, wherein the shared page includes the obtained audio or information related to the obtained audio.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain an image or video from the first user device, the second user device, or both the first user device and the second user device, wherein the shared page includes the obtained image or video or information related to the obtained image or video.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

determine that the first user device is at a particular location based on the first location information; and

generate an alert based on the determination that the first user device is at the particular location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the alert is based on a geo-fenced alert configured by the user of the first user device.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the alert is based on a broadcast alert.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

receive an indication that a first user interface member of the first user device has been manipulated, wherein the first user interface member is associated with the event-specified shared page such that the event-specified shared page is created based on the indication.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

receive an indication that a second user interface member of the first user device has been manipulated, wherein the second user interface member is associated with a second event-specific shared page; and

create the second event-specific shared page based on the indication that the second user interface member has been manipulated.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

determine that the first user device is at a particular location based on the first location information;

identify one or more fixed assets based on the particular location;

obtain information related to the one or more fixed assets; and

include the obtained information related to the one or more fixed assets in the event-specific shared page.

18. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, an indication that a first user interface member of the first user device has been manipulated, wherein the first user interface member is associated with the event-specific shared page such that the event-specific shared page is created based on the indication.

19. The method of claim 18, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, an indication that a second user interface member of the first user device has been manipulated, wherein the second user interface member is associated with a second event-specific shared page; and

creating, by the one or more processors, the second event-specific shared page based on the indication that the second user interface member has been manipulated.

20. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, that the first user device is at a particular location based on the first location information;

identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more fixed assets based on the particular location;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, information related to the one or more fixed assets; and

including, by the one or more processors, the obtained information related to the one or more fixed assets in the event-specific shared page.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

receive an indication from the first user device or the second user device to share the event-specific shared page with a third user or third user device; and

provide the updated event-specific shared page based on the second location information to the third user or the third user device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain third location information from the third user device;

update the event-specific shared page based on the third location information; and

provide the event-specific shared page to the first user device, the second user device, and the third user device.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain third location information from the second user device;

update the event-specific shared page based on the third location information; and

provide the event-specific shared page to the first user device, the second user device, and the third user device.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

identify the second user device based on an indication from the first user device.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein, to identify the second user device, the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain an indication that the second user device is within a geofence location that is related to an event associated with the event-specific shared page; and

determine that the second user device should be provided with the event-specific shared page based on the indication that the second user device is within the geofence location.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein, to identify the second user device, the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain a user profile of a second user, wherein the user profile includes information that indicates an interest by the second user in an event associated with the event-specific shared page; and

determine that the second user device should be provided with the shared page based on the user profile of the second user that indicates an interest by the second user in the event associated with the event-specific shared page.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the event-specific shared page is associated with an expiration, and wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

no longer receive updates after the expiration or no longer provide the event-specific shared page after the expiration.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

receive one or more parameters from the first user device; and

create the event-specific shared page based on the one or more parameters.

11. A method of creating event-centric shared pages based on automatically updated information from various devices, the method being implemented on one or more computing devices having one or more processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions, the method comprising:

processing, by the one or more processors, a request to create a shared page from a first user device;

determining, by the one or more processors, whether a pre-stored template that was previously created by a user of the first user device from which the request to create the event-specific shared page is received should be used to create the event-specific shared page;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, the pre-stored template responsive to a determination that the pre-stored template should be used;

creating, by the one or more processors, responsive to the processed request, the shared page based on the pre-stored template, wherein the pre-stored template (i) is predefined, and (ii) includes one or more parameters used to create the event-specific shared page;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a second user device with which the page should be shared;

providing, by the one or more processors, the event-specific shared page to the first user device and the second user device;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, first location information from the first user device from which the request to create the shared page is received at a first time;

updating, by the one or more processors, the event-specific shared page based on the first location information;

providing, by the one or more processors, the updated event-specific shared page based on the first location information to the first user device and the second user device;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, second location information from the first user device, wherein the second location information indicates a location of the first user device at a second time different from the first time, and wherein the first location information and the second location information are obtained automatically from the first user device without intervention by a user of the first device;

updating, by the one or more processors, the event-specific shared page based on the second location information; and

providing, by the one or more processors, the updated event-specific shared page based on the second location information to the first user device and the second user device.

12. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors, third location information from the second user device at a third time and fourth location information from the second user device at a fourth time different from the third time, wherein the third location information and the fourth location information are obtained automatically from the second user device without intervention by a second user of the second user device;

updating, by the one or more processors, the updated event-specific shared page based on the third location information; and

updating, by the one or more processors, the updated event-specific shared page based the fourth location information.

13. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors, audio from the first user device, the second user device, or both the first user device and the second user device, wherein the shared page includes the obtained audio or information related to the obtained audio.

14. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors, an image or video from the first user device, the second user device, or both the first user device and the second user device, wherein the shared page includes the obtained image or video or information related to the obtained image or video.

15. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, that the first user device is at a particular location based on the first location information; and

generating, by the alert module, an alert based on the determination that the first user device is at the particular location.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the alert is based on a geo-fenced alert configured by the user of the first user device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the alert is based on a broadcast alert.