System and method for secure reciprocal exchange of data

• US 10,133,877 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Inventors: Shoemaker, Daniel D., O'Donnell, Lee Thomas, Broder, James P., Shoemaker, Scott D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Hanh B
• Application Number:
  US15/331,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20170039384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 707781-785
• 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 includes a database that is in network communication with a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone. The database receives a first set of data from the first mobile phone and a second set of data from the second mobile phone. The database allows 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. A portion of the first set of data accessed by the second mobile phone can be automatically or manually synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone. A user of the second mobile phone can control the portion of the first set of data synchronized to the second mobile phone. The first set of data can include video, audio, geographic location, visual and textual data. The first mobile phone has a memory, and a portion of the second set of data can be synchronized to the memory of 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 second mobile phone having a memory, the social media computer system comprising:

a database configured to;

be in network communication with the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone,

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,

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

increase probability of having access to current data by selectively synchronizing a portion of the first set of data in the database to the memory of the second mobile phone, the portion of the first set of data accessed by the second mobile phone.

2. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone is automatically synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone.

3. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone is automatically synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone on a periodic basis.

4. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone is automatically synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone at a regular time interval.

5. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone is manually synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone by a user of the second mobile phone.

6. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein all of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone is selectively synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone.

7. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein a user of the second mobile phone can control the specific portion of the first set of data in the database to be synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone.

8. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database is selected from the group consisting of video data, audio data, geographic location data, visual data and textual data.

9. The social media computer system of claim 1 wherein the first mobile phone has a memory, and wherein a portion of the second set of data in the database that is accessed by the first mobile phone is selectively synchronized to the memory of the first mobile phone.

10. The social media computer system of claim 9 wherein the portion of the second set of data in the database is selected from the group consisting of video data, audio data, geographic location data, visual data and textual data.

11. A method for storing 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;

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

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

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

increasing probability of having access to current data by selectively synchronizing to the memory of the second mobile phone a portion of the first set of data in the database, the portion of the first set of data accessed by the second mobile phone.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes automatically synchronizing the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone to the memory of the second mobile phone.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes automatically synchronizing on a periodic basis the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone to the memory of the second mobile phone.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes automatically synchronizing at a regular time interval the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone to the memory of the second mobile phone.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes a user of the second mobile phone manually synchronizing the portion of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone to the memory of the second mobile phone.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes synchronizing all of the first set of data in the database that is accessed by the second mobile phone to the memory of the second mobile phone.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively synchronizing includes a user of the second mobile phone controlling the specific portion of the first set of data in the database to be synchronized to the memory of the second mobile phone.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the portion of the first set of data in the database is selected from the group consisting of video data, audio data, geographic location data, visual data and textual data.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of selectively synchronizing to the memory of the first mobile phone a portion of the second set of data in the database that is accessed by the first mobile phone.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the portion of the second set of data is selected from the group consisting of video data, audio data, geographic location data, visual data and textual data.