Dynamic computer systems and uses thereof
First Claim
1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said computer system comprises:
- a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II) digitally interconnected with one another directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s) to form a distributed communications network;
wherein;
(A) said content-providing Client Computer (I) is adapted to transmit a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image and/or tonal data to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network;
(B) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is adapted to receive at least a subset of the transmitted signal of said content-providing Client Computer (I) and to present at least a subset of said received data to a user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II);
wherein the content of said received or presented data adjusts in response to changes in;
(i) a Favorability Value assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and
/or(ii) a weighting preference assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and
/or(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), a Favorability Value assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);
thereby disseminating content across said distributed network;
and wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more Favorability Parameter(s), with the proviso that when 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 weighting (for example, proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, segment-weighting, etc.). 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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34 Claims
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1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said computer system comprises:
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a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II) digitally interconnected with one another directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s) to form a distributed communications network; wherein; (A) said content-providing Client Computer (I) is adapted to transmit a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image and/or tonal data to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network; (B) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is adapted to receive at least a subset of the transmitted signal of said content-providing Client Computer (I) and to present at least a subset of said received data to a user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II);
wherein the content of said received or presented data adjusts in response to changes in;(i) a Favorability Value assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and
/or(ii) a weighting preference assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and
/or(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), a Favorability Value assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s); thereby disseminating content across said distributed network; and wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more Favorability Parameter(s), with the proviso that when 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, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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8. The computer system of 1, wherein said Client Computer-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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18. A computer-implemented method for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said method enables the digital interconnection of a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II), directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s), to thereby form a distributed communications network, wherein:
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(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I) transmits a wireless and/or wired signal of textual, image or tonal data signal to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network; and (2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) receives at least a subset of said data signal and presents at least a subset of said received data to a user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II); wherein the content of said received or presented data adjusts in response to changes in; (i) a Favorability Value assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and
/or(ii) a weighting preference assigned by said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and
/or(iii) where said Client Computers (I) and (II) are interconnected to one another through one or more other Client Computer(s), a Favorability Value assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s); thereby disseminating content across said distributed network; and wherein said Favorability Value is determined by a Favorability Function that considers one or more Favorability Parameter(s), with the proviso that when selected Favorability Parameters include both vote and time, the Favorability Function shall additionally consider one or more additional Favorability Parameter(s). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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