Government structures in a geo-spatial environment

• US 20090019373A1
• Filed: 07/12/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant
• Application Number:
  US11/827,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20090019373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system of government structures in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of organizing a community network includes obtaining a region on a geo-spatial map, obtaining a first subset of members of the community network associated with the region, determining a second subset of the members with a highest number of points from the first subset, creating a representative body (e.g., based on an activity level of each of the first subset) from the second subset, and enabling the representative body to manage a portion of the community network associated with the region. The method may further include obtaining votes from the first subset corresponding to an elected official of the region, determining one of the second subset with a highest number of the votes, and selecting the one of the second subset as the elected official.

Claims

1. A method of organizing a community network, comprising:

obtaining a region on a geo-spatial map;

obtaining a first subset of a plurality of members of the community network associated with the region;

determining a second subset of the plurality of members with a highest number of points from the first subset;

creating a representative body from the second subset; and

enabling the representative body to manage a portion of the community network associated with the region.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a plurality of votes from the first subset corresponding to an elected official of the region;

determining one of the second subset with a highest number of the plurality of votes; and

selecting the one of the second subset as the elected official.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the elected official is at least one of a mayor, a governor, a president, and a secretary-general.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the region is at least one of a city, a county, a state, a country, a group of countries, a continent, and a planet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the representative body is created based on an activity level of each of the first subset.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first subset comprises a plurality of elected officials from a plurality of divisions within the region.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the representative body is created on a periodic basis.

8. 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.

9. A community network, comprising:

a member repository comprising a plurality of members;

a geo-spatial repository comprising a plurality of regions on a geo-spatial map; and

a government management module configured to;

obtain a first subset of the plurality of members associated with one of the plurality of regions;

determine a second subset of the plurality of members with a highest number of points from the first subset;

create a representative body from the second subset; and

enable the representative body to manage a portion of the community network associated with the one of the plurality of regions.

10. The community network of claim 9, further comprising:

a member management module configured to obtain member data associated with each of the plurality of members, wherein the member data comprises one of a plurality of locations on the geo-spatial map.

11. The community network of claim 10, wherein the member management module is further configured to:

determine an activity level of each of the plurality of members in the member repository, wherein the representative body is created based on the activity level of each of the first subset.

12. The community network of claim 9, further comprising:

a representative interface accessible by the representative body, comprising;

a neighborhood management module configured to provide a neighborhood management option to the representative body;

a neighborhood cleanup module configured to provide a member profile regulation option to the representative body;

a representative communication module configured to send and receive messages between each of the second subset of the plurality of members; and

a forum configured to display a comment from at least one of the first subset.

13. The community network of claim 9, wherein the government management module is further configured to:

obtain a plurality of votes from the first subset corresponding to an elected official of the one of the plurality of regions;

determine one of the second subset with a highest number of the plurality of votes; and

select the one of the second subset as the elected official.

14. The community network of claim 13, wherein the elected official is at least one of a mayor, a governor, a president, and a secretary-general.

15. The community network of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of regions is at least one of a city, a county, a state, a country, a group of countries, a continent, and a planet.

16. The community network of claim 9, wherein the first subset comprises a plurality of elected officials from a plurality of divisions within the one of the plurality of regions.

17. A method of voting on a community network, comprising:

obtaining a region request from a user of the community network;

displaying a region corresponding to the region request on a geo-spatial map;

displaying a representative body comprising a plurality of members of the community network corresponding to the region;

obtaining a vote for an elected official of the region from the user;

determining a residence of the user in the region;

determining a validity of the vote;

applying the vote to one of members of the representative body based on the residence and the validity; and

determining the elected official based on the vote.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the validity of the vote is based on at least one of an eligibility of the user and an eligibility of the one of the plurality of members, wherein the vote is placed multiple times by the user, and wherein the vote is obtained on a periodic basis.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the elected official is at least one of a mayor, a governor, a president, and a secretary-general.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the region is at least one of a city, a county, a state, a country, a group of countries, a continent, and a planet.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the representative body comprises a plurality of elected officials from a plurality of divisions within the region.