Local event overlays to global social media network

• US 9,160,801 B1
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anuvu IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (Scisco Parent, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wise, Robert M
• Primary Examiner(s): LAZARO, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US14/043,819
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/218, 709/202, 709/207
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A system includes a local social media context server aboard a vehicle, the local social media context server including logic to implement a local social media context for a passenger aboard the vehicle, the local social media context being configured with a duration commensurate with a duration of a trip by the passenger on the vehicle; an antenna coupled to the local social media context server; and logic to prioritize content posted to the local social media context by the person for promotion to the person'"'"'s global social media context.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a local social media context server aboard a vehicle, the local social media context server comprising logic to implement a local social media context for a passenger aboard the vehicle, the local social media context being configured with a local social media context duration commensurate with a trip duration for a trip by the passenger aboard the vehicle;

an antenna coupled to the local social media context server;

logic to promote aboard the vehicle from a network external to the vehicle, via the antenna, a configurable subset of a global social media context for the passenger aboard the vehicle;

logic to overlay content of the local social media context onto a display comprising the global social media context; and

logic to configure a merge set of the local social media context and to cause the merge set to merge into the global social media context at a conclusion of the trip by the passenger aboard the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to configure a subset of the local social media context to promote, via the antenna, to the network external to the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to set the local social media context duration to persist through vehicle stops and passenger disembarcations from the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context according to a configurable set of rules.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context selectively according to a location of the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context selectively according to available bandwidth between the vehicle and the network external to the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context at set milestones of the trip by the passenger aboard the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context prioritizing content for one or more of close friends, family, or co-workers.

9. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context prioritizing content for identified events local to the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context by applying a filter to exclude from promotion content for specific people or events of the global social media context.

11. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context prioritizing specified content types.

12. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context prioritizing specified types of posts.

13. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

logic to synchronize the local social media context into the global social media context by converting large content into representative smaller content.