System for providing information to users sharing a nomadic experience
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1. A system for supporting groups of users during a nomadic experience, the system comprising:
- a first hardware-based server that is operative to maintain association information of each user with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so;
a second server that is operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least a particular group from the first server, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of the particular group based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the particular group based at least upon the current makeup information and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the particular group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members, wherein the second server is operative to receive a trigger from a first member of the particular group requesting information regarding a next place to visit, to locate information called for by the trigger including location information regarding other members of the particular group and provide at least one of the located information to at least the first member of the particular group and a recommendation based on the located information;
an output for transmitting information to an associated client terminal for at least the second server during the nomadic experience; and
an input for receiving information from the associated client terminal for delivery to at least the second server during the nomadic experience.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for providing information to one or more users sharing a nomadic experience. The system comprises client terminals (1071-1075) and a server platform (101). The server platform (101) consists of one or more first servers (103) for maintaining groups of users and one or more second servers (102) for interactively sharing information within a group of users. The system further comprises communication channels providing connectivity between client terminals (1071-1075) and the server platform (101).
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1. A system for supporting groups of users during a nomadic experience, the system comprising:
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a first hardware-based server that is operative to maintain association information of each user with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so; a second server that is operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least a particular group from the first server, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of the particular group based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the particular group based at least upon the current makeup information and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the particular group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members, wherein the second server is operative to receive a trigger from a first member of the particular group requesting information regarding a next place to visit, to locate information called for by the trigger including location information regarding other members of the particular group and provide at least one of the located information to at least the first member of the particular group and a recommendation based on the located information; an output for transmitting information to an associated client terminal for at least the second server during the nomadic experience; and an input for receiving information from the associated client terminal for delivery to at least the second server during the nomadic experience. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A community server, the community server comprising:
a hardware-based server that is operative to maintain association information of each user of a plurality of users of a nomadic experience support system with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group of a plurality of groups of users of the nomadic experience support system, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so, and to send a trigger to an associated cultural grid server, the cultural grid server being operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least one particular group of users of a nomadic experience support system from a group information source, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of a group of the at least one particular group of users of the nomadic experience support system based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the group based at least upon current makeup information of the group and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the group based at least on preference information of the group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members of the group, wherein the cultural grid server is operative to receive the information regarding the current makeup of at least a particular group from the hardware-based server, to receive a trigger from a first member of the particular group requesting information regarding a next place to visit, to locate information called for by the trigger including location information regarding other members of the particular group and provide at least one of the located information to at least the first member of the particular group and a recommendation based on the located information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A cultural grid server, the culture grid comprising:
a hardware-based server that is operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least one particular group of users of a nomadic experience support system from a group information source, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of a group of the at least one particular group of users of the nomadic experience support system based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the group based at least upon current makeup information of the group and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the group based at least on preference information of the group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members of the group, wherein the hardware based server is operative to receive the information regarding a current makeup of at least a particular group from an associated first server that is operative to maintain association information of each user with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so, and wherein the hardware-based server is operative to receive a trigger from a first member of the particular group requesting information regarding a next place to visit, to locate information called for by the trigger including location information regarding other members of the particular group and provide at least one of the located information to at least the first member of the particular group and a recommendation based on the located information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A context server, the context server comprising:
a hardware-based server that is operative to select and/or filter information communicated to at least one member of a particular group of users of an associated nomadic experience support system, the selection and/or filtering being based on a context of the at least one member and to send a trigger to a second server regarding transmission of the selected or filtered information, wherein the nomadic experience support system includes the context server, an associated community server and an associated cultural grid server, the associated cultural grid server being operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of the particular group of users of the nomadic experience support system from a group information source, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of the particular group of users of the nomadic experience support system based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the group based at least upon current makeup information of the group and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the group based at least on preference information of the group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members of the group, and the associated community server being operative to maintain association information of each user of a plurality of users of the nomadic experience support system with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group of a plurality of groups of users of the nomadic experience support system, and to provide the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A client terminal, the client terminal comprising:
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a user interface; an input for receiving information during a nomadic experience from an associated system for supporting particular identified groups of users during nomadic experiences; an output for transmitting information during the nomadic experience to the system for supporting particular identified groups of users during nomadic experiences; a processing unit operative to provide information to a user via the user interface, to receive information from the user via the user interface, to transmit information during the nomadic experience to the system for supporting groups of users during nomadic experiences via the output and to receive information during the nomadic experience from the system for supporting particular identified groups of users during nomadic experiences via the input, wherein the associated system for supporting particular identified groups of users during nomadic experiences comprises a first server that is operative to maintain association information of each user with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so; and a second server that is operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least a particular group from the first server, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of the particular group based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the particular group based at least upon the current makeup information and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the particular group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for supporting groups of users during a nomadic experience, the system comprising:
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a first hardware-based server that is operative to maintain association information of each user with at least one respective group, to maintain information regarding a makeup of each group, and to provide aspects of the maintained information when requested or triggered to do so; a second server that is operative to receive information regarding a current makeup of at least a particular group from the first server, to receive a trigger from a trigger source, to locate information called for by the trigger and provide the located information to at least a first member of the particular group based upon the trigger, to provide group specific information to at least a second member of the particular group based at least upon the current makeup information and to provide information related to a point of interest to at least a third member of the particular group, wherein the first, second and third members may be the same or different members; a third server operative to select and/or filter information communicated to at least one member of at least one group based on a context of the at least one member and to send a trigger to the second server regarding transmission of the selected or filtered information; an output for transmitting information to an associated client terminal for at least the second server during the nomadic experience; and an input for receiving information from the associated client terminal for delivery to at least the second server during the nomadic experience. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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