Multi-point social media geotracker
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving from a content posting recipient content posting location parameters including one or more set distances from a plurality of locations within which content postings must be posted before the content posting can be transmitted to a content posting receiving and viewing device of the content posting recipient wherein the one or more set distances from a plurality of locations include a set distance from a first location and a set distance from a second location;
receiving information about content postings from at least one content storage server wherein the information about content postings is posted by a content poster, and wherein the received information is limited to content postings that are posted from within a set distance of at least one of the first and second locations such that information for at least one excluded content posting is excluded from being received because the excluded content posting was posted farther than the set distance from the first location and the set distance from the second location;
storing the received information in a database;
searching the database for information about content postings that were posted within a first time span set by the content posting recipient to identify a plurality of content postings, wherein a first identified content posting was posted within the set distance of the first location and a second identified posting was posted within the set distance of the second location; and
generating, using a processor, a first web page to be displayed to the content postings recipient, wherein the first web page displays icons for each of the plurality of content postings that were identified during the searching.
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Abstract
A database server stores information about content posted to multiple content storage servers. A client device makes a reading request for information from the database server about content posted to content storage servers within a span of locations selected by a user and within a span of time selected by a user. The database server stores information about content posted to multiple content storage servers in response to a loading request for content posted within a distance of multiple locations.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving from a content posting recipient content posting location parameters including one or more set distances from a plurality of locations within which content postings must be posted before the content posting can be transmitted to a content posting receiving and viewing device of the content posting recipient wherein the one or more set distances from a plurality of locations include a set distance from a first location and a set distance from a second location; receiving information about content postings from at least one content storage server wherein the information about content postings is posted by a content poster, and wherein the received information is limited to content postings that are posted from within a set distance of at least one of the first and second locations such that information for at least one excluded content posting is excluded from being received because the excluded content posting was posted farther than the set distance from the first location and the set distance from the second location; storing the received information in a database; searching the database for information about content postings that were posted within a first time span set by the content posting recipient to identify a plurality of content postings, wherein a first identified content posting was posted within the set distance of the first location and a second identified posting was posted within the set distance of the second location; and generating, using a processor, a first web page to be displayed to the content postings recipient, wherein the first web page displays icons for each of the plurality of content postings that were identified during the searching. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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at least one processor that receives from a content posting recipient content posting location parameters including one or more set distances from a plurality of locations within which content postings must be posted before the content posting can be transmitted to a content posting receiving and viewing device of the content posting recipient wherein the one or more set distances from a plurality of locations include a set distance from a first location and a set distance from a second location; a database server that receives information about content postings from at least one content storage server wherein the information about content postings is posted by a content poster, and wherein the received information is limited to content postings that are posted from within a set distance of at least one of the first and second locations such that information for at least one excluded content posting is excluded from being received because the excluded content posting was posted farther than the set distance from the first location and the set distance from the second location; a content posting recipient device that makes a reading request for information from the database server about content posted to the at least one content storage server with the content posting location parameters set by the content posting recipient and within a span of time selected by the content posting recipient, the content posting recipient device being separate from the data base server, and wherein the span of time is a time period during which the information was posted to the at least one content storage server; and
,the at least one processor, in response to the reading request, searches a database of the database server for information about content postings that were posted within a first time span set by the content posting recipient to identify a plurality of content postings, wherein a first identified content posting was posted within the set distance of the first location and a second identified posting was posted within the set distance of the second location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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providing a database server that stores information about content postings posted to multiple content storage servers from only posting locations that are positioned within a radius of a plurality of preset locations, wherein the radius and the plurality of preset locations are provided by a content posting recipient; providing a content posting recipient device that makes a reading request for information from the database server about content postings posted to the multiple content storage servers within a span of time selected by a content posting recipient, the content posting recipient device being separate from the database server, and wherein the span of time is a time period during which the information was posted to the multiple data base servers, the time period is from a first time to a second time where the first time is a time no earlier than a time of the reading request and the second time is a time prior to the first time; and
,using at least one processor, providing a user interface on the content posting recipient device, the user interface allowing a content posting recipient receiving information about content postings to independently vary each of the following;
(i) the radius of each of the plurality of preset locations; and
(ii) the span of time for a reading request for information within the radius of each of the plurality of preset locations wherein the span of time is a time period during which the content postings must have been posted. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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