Dynamic computer systems and uses thereof

• US 10,666,735 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2019
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Harrison Tretter Auerbach
• Original Assignee: Michael Harrison Tretter Auerbach
• Inventors: Auerbach, Michael H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Naoreen, Nazia
• Application Number:
  US16/385,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20190245927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9035 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]

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 interconnected network-joined Client Computers, at least one of which communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via infrared signal, laser pulse, or radio frequency. Preferably, the content will also be weighted (for example, proximity-weighted, rank-weighted, topic-weighted, query-weighted, time-weighted, location-weighted, locality-weighted, vote-weighted, segment-weighted, geophysically-weighted, 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. The invention particularly concerns such computer systems that comprise an interconnected Client Computer that is mounted in a vehicle, installed on or in a structure or is a component of a drone device.

Claims

1. A computer system for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said computer system comprises:

a distributed communications network formed between a content-providing Client Computer (I) and a content-receiving Client Computer (II), wherein said Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected, via a digital or an analog connection, with one another directly or through one or more other Client Computer(s);

wherein;

(A) one or more of;

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via an infrared signal, a laser pulse, and/or a radio frequency;

(B) said content-providing Client Computer (I) is adapted to transmit data comprising text content, sound content, image content and/or video content, wirelessly or via a wired connection, to said content-receiving Client Computer (II) either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network;

(C) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is adapted to receive at least a subset of the transmitted data of said content-providing Client Computer (I);

wherein the content of said received or presented content 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).

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system stores received content in a Content Stack memory;

wherein content stored in said Content Stack memory rises in response to increases in Favorability Value of the content, and/or falls in the Content Stack memory in response to decreases in Favorability Value, such that the number or amount of content stored in the Content Stack memory remains within available processing and bandwidth parameters.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said computer system presents a subset of said stored received content to its user, wherein said presented content is stored in a Presentation Stack memory;

wherein content stored in said Presentation Stack memory;

(A) rises in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) increased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) increases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) 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), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that increase its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

and/or

(B) falls in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) decreased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) decreases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) 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), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that decrease its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

such that the number or amount of content stored in the Presentation Stack memory of Client Computer (II) remains within user-selected parameters.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein said presented content is weighed based on one or more weighting preference(s) selected from the group consisting of:

proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, segment-weighting and geophysical-weighting.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via an infrared signal.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via a laser pulse.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via a radio frequency.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said network additionally comprises a Content-Monitoring Computer.

12. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said network comprises a Restricted Computer Network.

13. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) presents received content to a user using a graphical user interface.

14. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I) is additionally adapted to receive at least a subset of text content, sound content, image content and/or video content transmitted from another Client Computer, and wherein at least a subset of said content received by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) directly or indirectly from said content-providing Client Computer (I), and presented to the user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II), was received by said content-providing Client Computer (I) from said other Client Computer.

15. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) is additionally adapted to transmit data comprising text content, sound content, image content and/or video content, wirelessly or via a wired connection, to another Client Computer either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network.

16. A computer-implemented method for disseminating content among interconnected Client Computers, wherein said method enables the interconnection, via a digital or an analog connection, 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:

(A) one or more of;

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via an infrared signal, a laser pulse, and/or a radio frequency;

(B) said content-providing Client Computer (I) transmits data comprising text content, sound content, image content and/or video content, wirelessly or via a wired connection, 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

(C) said content-receiving Client Computer (II) receives at least a subset of the transmitted data of said content-providing Client Computer (I);

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).

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said method permits said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said distributed communications network to store received content in a Content Stack memory;

wherein said method permits content stored in said Content Stack memory to rise in response to increases in Favorability Value of the content, and/or to fall in the Content Stack memory in response to decreases in Favorability Value, such that the number or amount of content stored in the Content Stack memory remains within available processing and bandwidth parameters.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein said method permits said content-receiving Client Computer (II) of said distributed communications network to present a subset of said stored content to its user, wherein said presented content is stored in a Presentation Stack memory;

wherein said method permits content stored in said Presentation Stack memory;

(A) to rise in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) increased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) increases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) 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), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in the weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that increase its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

and/or

(B) to fall in the Presentation Stack memory in response to;

(1) decreased proximity between said content-receiving Client Computer (II) and said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) decreases in the Favorability Value of the content;

(i) assigned by said content-providing Client Computer (I); and

/or

(ii) 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), assigned by one or more of said other Client Computer(s);

and/or

(3) changes in the weighting preferences applied by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) that decrease its user'"'"'s desire for such content;

such that the number or amount of content stored in the Presentation Stack memory of the Client Computer remains within user-selected parameters.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein said method permits said presented content to be weighted based on one or more weighting preference(s) selected from the group consisting of:

proximity-weighting, rank-weighting, topic-weighting, query-weighting, time-weighting, location-weighting, locality-weighting, vote-weighting, segment-weighting, and geophysical-weighting.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via an infrared signal.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via a laser pulse.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 22, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

communicates with an interconnected Client Computer via a radio frequency.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 24, wherein said one or more of:

(1) said content-providing Client Computer (I);

(2) said content-receiving Client Computer (II); and

/or

(3) said other Client Computer(s), if said content-providing Client Computer (I) and said content-receiving Client Computer (II) are interconnected to said distributed communications network via said other Client Computer(s);

is mounted in a vehicle, installed in or on a structure or is a component of a drone device and communicates with an interconnected Client Computer.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said method permits said network to additionally comprise a Content-Monitoring Computer.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said method permits said network to comprise a Restricted Computer Network.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) presents said received data to said user using a graphical user interface.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein said content-providing Client Computer (I) additionally receives at least a subset of text content, sound content, image content and/or video content transmitted from another Client Computer, and wherein at least a subset of said data received by said content-receiving Client Computer (II) directly or indirectly from said content-providing Client Computer (I), and presented to the user of said content-receiving Client Computer (II), was received by said content-providing Client Computer (I) from said other Client Computer.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 wherein said content-receiving Client Computer (II) additionally transmits data comprising text content, sound content, image content and/or video content, wirelessly or via a wired connection, to another Client Computer either directly or through said one or more other Client Computer(s) of said distributed communications network.