System and method for enabling social interactive wireless communications

• US 20100069058A1
• Filed: 09/16/2008
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AI-CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Parostall Network LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,010,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices is presented. In particular, the system and method comprises affiliating and/or synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network. Further, the present invention comprises associating at least one first social interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, and associating at least one second social interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device. Upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a physical and/or geographic proximity to one another, the present invention further comprises determining whether the first and second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another, and establishing a communication channel between the first and second mobile devices for communication therebetween.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for enabling interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices, the method comprising:

affiliating at least one first mobile device and at least one second mobile device with an interactive network comprising a plurality of members associated therewith,

associating at least one first interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, wherein the first interactive pairing criterion corresponds to at least one prospective wireless match,

associating at least one second interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device,

determining whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another, and

establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device for communication therebetween.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising synchronizing the first mobile device and the second mobile device with the interactive network.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein synchronizing the first and second mobile devices with the interactive network comprises virtually linking the first mobile device with a first profile associated with the interactive network, and virtually linking the second mobile device with a second profile associated with the interactive network.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising associating a user of the first mobile device with the first profile, and associating a user of the second mobile device with the second profile.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising defining the interactive network as comprising a social networking website accessible via an interactive computer network.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 further comprising defining the first interactive pairing criterion as comprising an identification of at least one social contact associated with the first profile.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising defining the second interactive pairing criterion as comprising an identification of at least one social contact associated with the second profile.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 further comprising determining whether the first profile is virtually connected with the second profile via the social networking website upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising defining the first profile as being virtually connected with the second profile via the social networking website if the identification of at least one social contact associated with the first profile corresponds to the second profile, and the identification of at least one social contact associated with the second profile corresponds to the first profile.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising defining the first interactive pairing criterion as comprising at least one selective characteristic of a user associated with the prospective wireless match.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising defining the second interactive pairing criterion as comprising a pre-established profile.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising determining whether the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device coincides with the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 further comprising defining the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device as comprising at least one physical characteristic of the user associated with the prospective wireless match.

14. The method as recited in claim 12 further comprising communicating the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device to the first mobile device upon determining that the at least one selective characteristic and the pre-established profile coincide with one another.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 further comprising establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device upon selective confirmation via a user at the first mobile device and a user at the second mobile device.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 further comprising defining the communication channel as comprising direct communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

17. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating digital media between the first and second mobile devices.

18. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another, automatically querying the second mobile device to determine whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another.

19. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising providing a series of successive automatic queries to the second mobile device to determine whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another.

20. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising establishing the communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device via a peer-to-peer network.

21. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising determining whether the first and second interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another via direct peer-to-peer communication therebetween.

22. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising establishing at least one communication channel between the first mobile device and a plurality of second mobile devices for communication between the first mobile device and each of the plurality of second mobile devices.

23. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising graphically displaying on the first mobile device a location of the at least one second mobile device disposed in a proximate relation thereto.

24. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising graphically displaying on the first mobile device a location of a plurality of second mobile devices.

25. A method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices, the method comprising:

synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network,

associating at least one selective characteristic with the first mobile device, wherein the at least one selective characteristic corresponds to at least one prospective wireless match,

associating at least one pre-established profile with a second mobile device,

upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a geographic proximity to one another, determining whether the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device and the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device coincide with one another, and

establishing a communication channel between the first mobile device and the second mobile device for direct communication therebetween.

26. The method as recited in claim 25 further comprising updating the at least one selective characteristic in real-time via the first mobile device.

27. The method as recited in claim 25 further comprising updating the pre-established profile associated with the second mobile device in real-time via the second mobile device.

28. The method as recited in claim 25 further comprising defining the at least one selective characteristic associated with the first mobile device as comprising at least one physical characteristic associated with a prospective wireless match.

29. A computer-implemented system structured to enable social interactive wireless communication, the system comprising:

a first mobile device and a second mobile device disposed in a geographic proximity to one another,

said first mobile device and said second mobile device being synchronized with at least one social networking website,

said first mobile device comprising at least one first social interactive pairing criterion, wherein said at least one first social interactive pairing criterion is structured to correspond with at least one prospective wireless match,

said second mobile device comprising at least one second social interactive pairing criterion, and

said first mobile device and said second mobile device being structured to be disposed in a direct communicative relation with one another via at least one wireless network, wherein said at least one first social interactive pairing criterion and said at least one second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another.

30. The system as recited in claim 29 wherein said first social interactive pairing criterion comprises an identification of at least one contact associated with a first profile of the social networking website.

31. The system as recited in claim 30 wherein said second social interactive pairing criterion comprises an identification of at least one “

contact”

associated with a second profile of the social networking website.

32. The system as recited in claim 31 wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile device are structured to be disposed in said direct communicative relation with one another upon determining that the first profile and the second profile of the social networking website are virtually connected to one another.

33. The system as recited in claim 29 wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile device are structured to be automatically disposed in said direct communicative relation with one another upon a determination that said at least one first social interactive pairing criterion and said at least one second social interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another.

34. The system as recited in claim 29 wherein said first mobile device is structured to automatically query said second mobile device upon determining that said at least one first social interactive pairing criterion and said at least one second social interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another.

35. The system as recited in claim 29 wherein said first mobile device is structured to communicate a successive string of queries to said second mobile device upon determining that said at least one first social interactive pairing criterion and said at least one second social interactive pairing criterion coincide with one another.