Method and system governing interaction between URL-possessing elements of a physical web that includes a mobile web

• US 10,565,270 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2019
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shmuel Nemanov, Sholem Weisner
• Original Assignee: Shmuel Nemanov, Sholem Weisner
• Inventors: Weisner, Sholem, Nemanov, Shmuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Recek, Jason D
• Application Number:
  US16/527,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20190354560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 202 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709204, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A personalized way to digitally record a person'"'"'s physical activities over time serves web searching, business advertising, nostalgia, security and object tracing purposes. The chronological digital history of the person'"'"'s physical presence over a time includes (i) digital network entries from other members who hold their portable wireless short range device near the person'"'"'s device and transmit a URL or other key data and (ii) digital member entries such a digital photograph of a store sign. The digital network entries and digital member entries are automatically transmitted to a database located on a telecommunications network at a time of entry. Advertisers can transmit to members when members enter premises of advertiser'"'"'s store. Upon sign-up online, the authentication data uniquely associated with an account is provided and key data they want to transmit is associated with the account. Digital histories can be used to improve web searching and networking opportunities.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method governing interaction between URL-possessing elements of a physical web that includes a mobile web, the method comprising:

maintaining a processing system that is connected to a telecommunications network;

providing an application that configures a handheld mobile communication device of each individual member of a member network who is mobile, the device in communication with a positioning system, to, upon instances of a physical encounter between a pair of the URL-possessing elements, the pair including the individual member and a stationary vendor member, at a physical premises of the stationary vendor member, the physical premises containing two or more transmitting devices, transmit key data of the stationary vendor member and key data of the individual member, to the processing system automatically as a result of a short range communication from one of the two or more transmitting devices to the handheld mobile communication device or from the handheld mobile communication device to the one of the two or more transmitting devices confirming the physical encounter, a location of the individual member at the physical premises determined by the positioning system, the key data of the individual member associated with the individual member before the physical encounter;

the application maintaining a viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device that includes URLs from multiple stationary vendor members; and

maintaining, using the processing system, a database of physical encounter histories of members of the member network whose key data was transmitted to the processing system during the physical encounters,

the two or more transmitting devices including a first transmitting device pre-positioned in a first location of the physical premises and a second transmitting device pre-positioned in a second location of the physical premises,

the key data being a URL or an identifier associated with the URL.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring a nearest transmitting device to the individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device as the one of the two or more transmitting devices that sends or receives the short range communication to or from the handheld mobile communication device of the individual member at a time of the physical encounter.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising

configuring a nearest transmitting device to a first individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device to send or receive the short range communication that confirms a first physical encounter within short range communication of the first location;

and

configuring a nearest transmitting device to a second individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device to send or receive the short range communication that confirms a second physical encounter within short range communication of the second location.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising including in the short range communication a proposal for the key data of the stationary vendor member to be included in the physical encounter history of the individual member.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in order for the physical encounter to be confirmed by the individual member, the individual member reacts to the short range communication or configures the individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device or account to automatically accept the short range communication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein in order for the physical encounter to be confirmed by the individual member, the individual member reacts to the short range communication by accepting the short range communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to provide an account to the individual member that allows the individual member'"'"'s physical encounter history to be accumulated from multiple handheld mobile communication devices of the individual member over time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the short range communication from the stationary vendor member contains the key data of the stationary vendor member.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the application so as to configure the handheld mobile communication device of each individual member of the member network, upon instances of a physical encounter between the individual member and another individual member of the member network, to transmit the key data and location of the individual member and of the other individual member to the processing system automatically as a result of the physical encounter between the two individual members.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a search of a physical encounter history of a particular individual member is available to the particular individual member, upon the particular individual member signing in to an account at the processing system.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device also includes place data for the physical encounters.

12. A system governing interaction between URL-possessing elements of a physical web that includes a mobile web, the system comprising:

a processing system that is connected to a telecommunications network and is configured to provide an account to an individual member of a member network;

an application configured to be downloaded onto handheld mobile communication devices of each individual member of the member network, the applications configured upon instances of a physical encounter between the individual member and a stationary vendor member of the member network at a physical premises of the stationary vendor member, the physical premises containing two or more transmitting devices, to transmit key data of the stationary vendor member and key data of the individual member to the processing system automatically as a result of a short range communication from one of the two or more transmitting device to the handheld mobile communication device or from the handheld mobile communication device to the one of the two or more transmitting devices confirming the physical encounter, a location of the individual member at the physical premises determined by a positioning system;

each application configured to maintain a viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device that includes key data from multiple stationary vendor members;

the processing system including a database of physical encounter histories of members of the member network whose key data was transmitted to the processing system during the physical encounters,

the two or more transmitting devices including a first transmitting device in a first location of the physical premises and a second transmitting device in a second location of the physical premises,

the key data being a URL or an identifier associated with the URL.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein a nearest transmitting device to the individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device is the one of the two or more transmitting devices that sends or receives the short range communication to or from the handheld mobile communication device of the individual member at a time of the physical encounter.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein a nearest transmitting device to a first individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device is configured to send or receive the short range communication that confirms a first physical encounter within short range communication of the first location;

and

wherein a nearest transmitting device to a second individual member'"'"'s handheld mobile communication device is configured to send or receive the short range communication that confirms a second physical encounter within short range communication of the second location.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein each application is configured, upon instances of a physical encounter between the individual member and another individual member of the member network, to transmit the key data and location of the individual member and of the other individual member to the processing system automatically as a result of the physical encounter between the two individual members.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein upon the instances of the physical encounter, the key data of the stationary vendor member is transmitted by short range communication from one of the two or more transmitting devices to the handheld mobile communication device of the individual member as a proposed entry into the physical encounter history to which the individual member has an option to confirm.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device also includes place data for the physical encounters.

17. The system of clam 12, wherein the account of the individual member is configured to allow the individual member'"'"'s physical encounter history to be accumulated from multiple handheld mobile communication devices of the individual member over time.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon an application executable by one or more hardware processors, the execution performing:

configuring a handheld mobile communication device that is in communication with a positioning system and a processing system, upon instances of a physical encounter between an individual member of a member network who is mobile and has a URL and a stationary vendor member of the member network at a physical premises of the stationary vendor member, the physical premises containing two or more transmitting devices, to transmit a URL of the stationary vendor member and the URL of the individual member to the processing system automatically as a result of a short range communication from one of the two or more transmitting devices to the handheld mobile communication device or from the handheld mobile communication device to the one of the two or more transmitting devices confirming the physical encounter at the physical premises, a location of the individual member at the physical premises determined by the positioning system, the URL of the individual member associated with the individual member before the physical encounter between the individual member and the stationary vendor member;

maintaining a viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device that includes URLs from multiple stationary vendor members; and

communicating entries of the physical encounters to a database at the processing system,

the two or more transmitting devices including a first transmitting device pre-positioned in a first location of the physical premises and a second transmitting device pre-positioned in a second location of the physical premises.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further performing:

configuring the handheld mobile communication device, upon a physical encounter between the individual member and another individual member of the member network, to transmit the URL and location of the individual member and of the other individual member, to the processing system automatically as a result of the physical encounter between the two individual members.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein upon the instances of the physical encounter, the URL of the stationary vendor member is transmitted by short range communication from the transmitting device to the handheld mobile communication device of the individual member as a proposed entry into the physical encounter history to which the individual member has an option to confirm.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the viewable, searchable, and in at least one mode chronological, physical encounter history on the handheld mobile communication device also includes place data for the physical encounters.