Opt-out community network based on preseeded data

• US 20080281854A1
• Filed: 05/07/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant
• Application Number:
  US11/800,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system of an opt-out community network based on preseeded data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes procuring preseeded data, providing categories of the preseeded data, generating a community network of user profiles based on the preseeded data, each user profile associated with a specific geographic location, automatically generating, within the community network, groups of user profiles, each group of user profiles based on at least one of the categories of preseeded data, generating a display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at locations in three-dimensional map view corresponding with the specific geographic locations of the portion of the user profiles, and enabling a communication, via a communication mode, associated with a first user profile and a second user profile.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

procuring preseeded data;

providing categories of the preseeded data;

generating a community network of user profiles based on the preseeded data, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location;

automatically generating, within the community network, groups of user profiles, each group of the groups of user profiles based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data;

generating a display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at locations in the three-dimensional map view corresponding with the specific geographic locations of the at least a portion of the user profiles; and

enabling a communication, via a communication mode, associated with a first user profile of the user profiles and a second user profile of the user profiles.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein procuring the preseeded data comprises:

procuring the preseeded data from a public source.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing categories of the preseeded data comprises:

providing categories of the preseeded data comprising;

a geographic region, an age, an age range, an interest, a religion, a gender, an occupation, an ethnicity, a location of a residence, a location of a business, a marital status, an ownership status, a language, mobility, income, a life cycle, a socioeconomic status, and a lifestyle.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a first geographic region; and

automatically generating, in the display view, a group of user profiles wherein each specific geographic location of each user profile of the group of user profiles is associated with the first geographic region.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data; and

automatically generating in the display view a group of user profiles, wherein each specific geographic location of the user profiles of the group of user profiles is associated with the first geographic region of the geographic regions and wherein each user profile of the user profiles is associated with the at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting the first geographic region from a group comprising a neighborhood associated with a street address, a city, a county, a state, and a country.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling formation of a group based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously generating, in the map, wiki profiles associated with specific geographic locations.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

permitting a user to edit information of any wiki profile of the wiki profiles until a particular wiki profile is claimed;

enabling a registered user to claim a user profile of the user profiles;

enabling a claimant to segregate information of the claimed user profile and an associated wiki profile associated with the specific geographic location of the claimed user profile; and

enabling the claimant to control which portions of the segregated information are viewable and to determine which parties are permitted to view a particular portion of the segregated information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

permitting a user to opt-out of a claim associated with a user profile of the user profiles.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication mode is selected from a group consisting essentially of an email, an instant message, a physical mail, an audio communication, a video communication, and a multimedia communication.

12. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

13. A system, comprising:

a geo-spatial environment;

a data procurement module of the geo-spatial environment to procure preseeded data;

a category module of the geo-spatial environment to provide categories of the preseeded data;

a community network module of the geo-spatial environment, to include user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles to include at least a portion of the preseeded data;

a map module of the geo-spatial environment to include map data of specific geographic locations associated with each user profile of the user profiles;

a group module of the geo-spatial environment to generate groups of user profiles, each group based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data;

a display module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a display view of the three-dimensional map view embodied by a community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at locations in the three-dimensional map view corresponding with the specific geographic locations of the at least a portion of the user profiles; and

a communication module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a communication, via a communication mode, associated with at least one user profile of the user profiles.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the preseeded data is procured from a public source.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a visualization module of the geo-spatial environment to determine a geographic region, to select at least one category of the categories, and to automatically generate, in the display view, a group of user profiles, wherein each specific geographic location of each user profile of the group of user profiles is associated with the geographic region of the geographic regions and wherein each user profile of the user profiles is associated with the at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the geographic region is selected from a group comprising a neighborhood associated with a street address, a city, a county, a state, and a country.

17. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a group formation module of the geo-spatial environment to enable formation of a group of user profiles based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data.

18. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a claim module of the geo-spatial environment to enable claiming of a user profile of the user profiles.

19. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an opt-out module of the geo-spatial environment to enable opting out of a claim associated with a user profile of the user profiles.

20. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a wiki profile module to generate a wiki profile associated with at least one representation of a user profile.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

an append module to generate, with the at least one wiki profile, content associated with the at least one wiki profile.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the categories of the preseeded data include:

a geographic range, an age, an age range, an interest, a religion, a gender, an occupation, an ethnicity, a location of a residence, a location of a business, a marital status, an ownership status, a language, mobility, income, a life cycle, a socioeconomic status, and a lifestyle.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication mode includes:

an email, an instant message, a physical mail, an audio communication, a video communication, and a multimedia communication.

24. A geo-spatial environment, comprising:

a first instruction set to enable a community network, to include a preseeded data database to include user profiles and categories of the preseeded data and a map database to include map data, in which the community network is associated with specific geographic locations identifiable in the map data;

a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to generate groups of user profiles, each group of the groups based on at least one category of the categories of the preseeded data; and

a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to generate a communication associated with at least one user profile of the user profiles.

25. The geo-spatial environment of claim 24, further comprising:

a fourth instruction set to display, in a three-dimensional map, a representation of each user profile of a group of user profiles, wherein the specific geographic location of each user profile of the group of user profiles corresponds with a location in the three-dimensional map.

26. The geo-spatial environment of claim 24, further comprising:

a fifth instruction set to select at least one category of the preseeded data, and to display, in a three-dimensional map, a representation of each user profile in a group of user profiles, wherein the specific geographic location of each user profile of the group of user profiles corresponds with a location in the three-dimensional map and each user profile in the group of user profiles is associated with the at least one category of the preseeded data.