System and method for secure reciprocal exchange of data

• US 9,489,536 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2016
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Boss Logic LLC
• Inventors: Shoemaker, Daniel D., O'Donnell, Lee Thomas, Broder, James P., Shoemaker, Scott D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Hanh
• Application Number:
  US15/048,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20160171232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 263 Days
• Field of Search: 707781-785
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• 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

Abstract

A social media computer system and method for transmission of data between a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone includes a database that is configured to be in network communication with the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone. The database is configured to receive a first set of data input by the first mobile phone and a second set of data input by the second mobile phone. The database is configured to allow the second mobile phone to access at least a portion of the first set of data only after the second mobile phone authorizes the first mobile phone via the database to access the second set of data. The database can include a plurality of privacy levels that are alternately selectable by the first mobile phone to control the amount of the first set of data that is accessible by the second mobile phone. The first set of data can include one or more of video data, audio data, geographic location information, visual data and textual data, input into the database via the first mobile phone.

Claims

1. A social media computer system for transmission of data between a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone, the social media computer system comprising:

a database that is configured to be in network communication with the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone, the database being configured to receive a first set of data input into the database by the first mobile phone and a second set of data input into the database by the second mobile phone, the database being configured to allow the second mobile phone to access at least a portion of the first set of data only after the second mobile phone authorizes the first mobile phone via the database to access the second set of data;

wherein the database includes a plurality of privacy levels that are alternately selectable by the first mobile phone to control the amount of the first set of data that is accessible by the second mobile phone.

2. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes real-time data from a user of the first device.

3. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the database is configured to allow the second mobile phone to access at least a portion of the first set of data from the database only after the first mobile phone authorizes the second user via the database to access the first set of data from the database.

4. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes video data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

5. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes audio data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

6. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes geographic location information input into the database via the first mobile phone.

7. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes visual data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

8. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data includes textual data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

9. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data changes periodically over time, wherein the second mobile phone includes a storage device, and wherein the database is configured to automatically update the storage device of the second mobile phone with the first set of data at regular time intervals.

10. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first set of data changes periodically over time, wherein the second mobile phone includes a storage device, and wherein the database is configured to automatically update the storage device of the second mobile phone with the first set of data upon a modification to the first set of data occurring.

11. A method for transmitting data within a social media computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

configuring a database to be in network communication with a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone;

inputting a first set of data into the database with the first mobile phone;

inputting a second set of data into the database with the second mobile phone;

configuring the database to allow the second mobile phone to access the first set of data only after the second mobile phone authorizes the first mobile phone via the database to access the second set of data; and

controlling the amount of the first set of data that is accessible by the second mobile phone by alternately selecting one of a plurality of privacy levels in the database with the first mobile phone.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes real-time data from a user of the first device.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of configuring the database to allow the second mobile phone to access the first set of data from the database only after the first mobile phone authorizes the second user via the database to access the first set of data from the database.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes video data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes audio data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes geographic location information input into the database via the first mobile phone.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes visual data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data includes textual data input into the database via the first mobile phone.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data changes periodically over time, and further comprising the step of configuring the database to automatically update a storage device of the second mobile phone with the first set of data at regular time intervals.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the first set of data changes periodically over time, and further comprising the step of configuring the database to automatically update a storage device of the second mobile phone with the first set of data upon a modification to the first portion of the first set of data occurring.