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System and method for facilitating interpersonal contacts and social and commercial networking

  • US 9,743,229 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2013
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for notifying at least one user ui of presence of at least one user uk, the computer program product comprising:

  • a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon first program instructions executable by a first processor located on a server to cause the first processor to;

    determine locations of users ui and uk, wherein user ui has at least one electronic device, ei, and user, uk, has at least one electronic device ek;

    generate at least one pre-qualifying list of users uk; and

    send, via a network, the pre-qualifying list to user ui,wherein the pre-qualifying list is generated by the first processor based on criteria ci for user ui, criteria ck for use uk and locations of users ui and uk; and

    a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon second program instructions executable by a second processor located on the electronic device ei to cause the second processor to;

    detect when the user uk is within a close proximity of user ui; and

    notify the user ui when the user uk is within the close proximity of user uiwherein the detecting and notifying are performed by the second processor independently of the network.

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