Systems and methods to support sharing and exchanging in a network

• US 9,083,728 B1
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tal Lavian, Zvi Or-Bach
• Original Assignee: Tal Lavian, Zvi Or-Bach
• Inventors: Lavian, Tal, Or-Bach, Zvi
• Primary Examiner(s): YI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/412,619
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/207
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide for providing support for sharing and exchanging in a network. The system includes a memory coupled to a processor. The memory includes a database comprising information corresponding to first users and the second users. Each of the first users and the second users are facilitated for sharing or exchanging activity, service or product, based on one or more conditions corresponding thereto. Further, the memory includes one or more instructions executable by the processor to match each of the first users to at least one of the second users. Furthermore, the instructions may inform each of the first users about the match with the at least one of the second users when all the conditions are met by the at least one second user based on the information corresponding to each of the second users.

Claims

1. A system for sharing and exchanging in a network, the system comprising:

(a) a processor;

(b) a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

(1) a database comprising;

(i) information corresponding to first users, each of the first users being facilitated for announcing sharable activity, service or product, and one or more conditions corresponding thereto, the sharable activity, service or product being announced for inviting one or more second users there for;

(ii) information corresponding to the one or more second users, the second users being facilitated for accepting at least one of the announced sharable activity, service or product;

(2) instructions executable by the processor to match each of the first users to at least one of the second users; and

(3) instructions executable by the processor to inform each of the first users about the match with the at least one of the second users, wherein each of the first users matches with at least one of the second users when all the one or more conditions are met by the at least one second user based on the information corresponding to each of the second users;

(4) instructions, executable by the processor, to send a notification for crediting at least one first user and debiting at least one second user with pre-set number of points, based on sharing at least one of activity, service or product between the at least one first user and the at least one second user, wherein the credited points being utilized, by the first user, for one of share or exchange of at least one of sharable activity, service or product announced by one or more other first users;

(5) instructions, executable by the processor, for receiving rating from at least one of the first users or at least one of the second users from at least one of the second users or the at least one of the first user respectively, based on the accepted at least one of sharable activity, service or product.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein one of the sharable activity, service or product comprise share of one of ride in said first user vehicle, sport activity or share of a personal item.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the announced sharable activity, service or product being accepted to share the at least one of the announced sharable activity, service or product from the first users, the at least one of the announced sharable activity, service or product being accepted based on the one or more conditions.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions comprise at least one of type, time, location, compensation, security collateral or required skill level corresponding to the sharable activity, service or product.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprising instructions, executable by the processor, to send a reminder to the at least one of the first users and at least one of the second users for providing rating to the at least one of the second users and the at least one of the first user respectively, based on the accepted at least one of sharable activity, service or product.

6. A system to support sharing and exchanging in a network, the system comprising:

(a) a processor;

(b) a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

(1) a database comprising;

(i) List of first users, each of the first users willing to provide share of at least one of activity, service or product, and one or more conditions corresponding thereto;

(ii) List of second users, the second users facilitated to accept the share of activity, service or product; and

(2) instructions executable by the processor to match each of the first users to at least one of the second users, wherein each of the first users matches with at least one of the second users when the one or more conditions are met by information corresponding to the at least one of the second users;

(3) instructions executable by the processor to send an email to the first user for credit of pre-set number of points; and

(4) instructions executable by the processor to send an email to the at least one of the second users for debit of the pre-set number of points;

wherein the pre-set number of points being credited and debited based on sharing at least one of activity, service or product with the at least one of the second users;

wherein the memory further comprising instructions executable by the processor to enable the first user to utilize the credited points for one of share or exchange of at least one of sharable activity, service or product announced by one or more other users;

(5) instructions, executable by the processor, for receiving rating from at least one of the first users or at least one of the second users from at least one of the second users or the at least one of the first user respectively, based on the accepted at least one of sharable activity, service or product.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the memory further comprising instructions executable by the processor to inform each of the first users about the match with the at least one of the second users.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein said share of at least one of activity, service or product comprises one of share of ride in vehicle corresponding to the first user, share of one of sport activity or a personal item.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein each of the first users willing to offer exchange of at least one of the service or the product, the second users facilitated to accept the exchange of the at least one of the service or the product.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein the one or more conditions comprise at least one of type, time, location, compensation, security collateral and required skill level corresponding to the at least one of activity, service or product.

11. A system to support sharing and exchanging in a network, the system comprising:

(a) a processor;

(b) a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

(1) a database comprising;

(i) List of first users, each of the first users willing to provide share of at least one of activity, service or product, and one or more conditions corresponding thereto;

(ii) List of second users, the second users facilitated to accept the share of activity, service or product; and

(2) instructions executable by the processor to match each of the first users to at least one of the second users, wherein each of the first users matches with at least one of the second users when the one or more conditions are met by information corresponding to the at least one of the second users; and

(3) instructions executable by the processor for sending notification to the first user and the at least one second user for corresponding credit and debit of pre-set number of points based on sharing of the activity, the service or the product, the pre-set number of points being credit or debited based on accepting the announced sharable activity, service or product;

wherein the memory further comprising instructions executable by the processor to enable the first user to utilize the credited points for one of share or exchange of at least one of sharable activity, service or product announced by one or more other users;

(4) instructions executable by the processor for receiving rating from at least one of the first users or at least one of the second users from at least one of the second users or the at least one of the first user respectively, based on the accepted at least one of sharable activity, service or product;

(5) instructions executable by the processor to send a notification to the first user to provide review for the at least one of the second user; and

(6) instructions executable by the processor to send a notification to the at least one of the second users to provide review for the at least one of the first user.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein of the one or more conditions comprise at least one of type, date, time, maximum time window, maximum time window, location, compensation, security collateral, and required skill level corresponding to the share of activity, service or product.