Dynamic computer systems and uses thereof
First Claim
1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected client computers, wherein said computer system comprises three or more client computers digitally interconnected with one another to form a distributed communications network, wherein,(A) each of said interconnected client computers comprises:
- a means for inputting data, a means for receiving content provided by another client computer, a means for providing content to another client computer, a means for presenting content to a user, a computer-addressable memory for storing content and programming instructions and a processor for processing data and for implementing said programming instructions;
(B) said client computers are interconnected to one another directly or through one or more other client computers; and
(C) each of said interconnected client computers receives content from and/or provides content to another of said interconnected client computers, wherein said provided content adjusts in response to changes in Favorability Value assigned by interconnected client content-providing computers and in response to a Favorability Value assigned to such content by interconnected client content-receiving computers, thereby disseminating such content across said distributed network;
wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more client-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameter(s);
with the proviso that when said selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s).
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Abstract
The invention concerns computer systems that are specially adapted to propagate content over a dynamic network, substantially in real time, by virtue of the locational proximity of network joined client computers. Preferably, the content will also be proximity-weighted, and more preferably also rank-weighted, topic-weighted, time-weighted, query-weighted, vote-weighted, and/or location-weighted. The invention particularly concerns such computer systems that employ more than one such weighting. The invention particularly concerns such computer systems that operate using, or through, mobile devices, particularly for distributed computing applications, including social media applications and communications applications conducted over Restricted Computer Networks.
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1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected client computers, wherein said computer system comprises three or more client computers digitally interconnected with one another to form a distributed communications network, wherein,
(A) each of said interconnected client computers comprises: - a means for inputting data, a means for receiving content provided by another client computer, a means for providing content to another client computer, a means for presenting content to a user, a computer-addressable memory for storing content and programming instructions and a processor for processing data and for implementing said programming instructions;
(B) said client computers are interconnected to one another directly or through one or more other client computers; and (C) each of said interconnected client computers receives content from and/or provides content to another of said interconnected client computers, wherein said provided content adjusts in response to changes in Favorability Value assigned by interconnected client content-providing computers and in response to a Favorability Value assigned to such content by interconnected client content-receiving computers, thereby disseminating such content across said distributed network;
wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more client-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameter(s);
with the proviso that when said selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
- a means for inputting data, a means for receiving content provided by another client computer, a means for providing content to another client computer, a means for presenting content to a user, a computer-addressable memory for storing content and programming instructions and a processor for processing data and for implementing said programming instructions;
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8. The computer system of 1, wherein said client-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameters comprise two or more of the Favorability Parameters:
- dissemination, distance, hop-distance, time and premium.
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12. A computer-implemented method for disseminating content among interconnected client computers, wherein said method:
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(A) enables the digital interconnection of three or more client computers to form a distributed communications network, wherein, (1) each of said interconnected client computers comprises;
a means for inputting data, a means for receiving content provided by another client computer, a means for providing content to another client computer, a means for presenting content to a user, a computer-addressable memory for storing content and programming instructions, and a processor for processing data and for implementing said programming instructions;(2) wherein said client computers of said distributed communications network are interconnected to one another directly or through one or more other client computers, so that content received from, and/or provided to, one of said interconnected client computers is provided to another interconnected client computer of said distributed network, wherein said provided content adjusts in response to changes in Favorability Value assigned by interconnected client content-providing computers and in response to a Favorability Value assigned to such content by interconnected client content-receiving computers;
wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more client-selected or network-selected Favorability Parameter(s);
with the proviso that when said selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s);and (B) permits a client computer of said distributed communications network to provide content to another of said interconnected client computers, and permits said distributed communications network to disseminate such content across said network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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