SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LOCATION SENSING

• US 20110282972A1
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Rosen, James S.
• Application Number:
  US13/186,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods for social networking. Location-related data and other behavioral and exogenously generated characteristics are used to replace or supplement self-generated profiles in order to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of the matches made using the system and facilitate the inputting of profile information.

Claims

1-36. -36. (canceled)

37. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, information identifying a plurality of devices detected at a location, each device associated with a user;

accessing, via the server, a user profile associated with each user associated with a detected device, each user profile comprising user information specific to each user;

extracting, via the server, user information from each user profile associated with a user of a detected device; and

creating, via the server, an entity profile for the location based on the extracted user information of each user associated with a detected device.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the entity profile is a dynamic profile that adjusts to the user information extracted from the user profiles associated with the users of the detected devices.

39. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

communicating entity profile information comprised within the entity profile to each detected device.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the entity profile information comprises positional information related to the location.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the entity profile information comprises information related to an activity occurring at the location.

42. The method of claim 39, wherein the entity profile information comprises information related to past activities that occurred at the location.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the entity profile information further comprises user profile information related to users associated with detected devices currently at the location.

44. The method of claim 42, wherein the entity profile information further comprises user profile information related to users associated with devices previously detected at the location.

45. The method of claim 39, wherein the entity profile information comprises historical data related to the location, the historical data based on the extracted user information.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the entity profile information comprises frequency and patterns of visits to the location by each user associated with a detected device.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the entity profile information comprises activities each user engaged in while at the location.

48. The method of claim 39, further comprising:

determining, for each user associated with a detected device, a desirability of the location based on the entity profile information.

49. The method of claim 48, further comprising:

communicating the desirability of the location to each detected device.

50. The method of claim 37, wherein the plurality of devices are detected by the server upon being within a proximity to the location.

51. A system comprising:

a database comprising stored user data;

a social network server in communication with the user data in the database, the social network server programmed to perform a plurality of operations, comprising;

receiving information identifying a plurality of devices detected at a location, each device associated with a user;

accessing a user profile associated with each user associated with a detected device, each user profile comprising user information specific to each user;

extracting user information from each user profile associated with a user of a detected device; and

creating an entity profile for the location based on the extracted user information of each user associated with a detected device.

52. The system of claim 51, wherein the entity profile is a dynamic profile that adjusts to the user information extracted from the user profiles associated with the users of the detected devices.

53. The system of claim 51, wherein the social network server is programmed to perform further operations comprising:

communicating entity profile information comprised within the entity profile to each detected device.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the social network server is programmed to perform further operations comprising:

determining, for each user associated with a detected device, a desirability of the location based on the entity profile information.

55. The system of claim 54, wherein the social network server is programmed to perform further operations comprising:

communicating the desirability of the location to each detected device.

56. The system of claim 51, wherein the plurality of devices are detected by the social networking server upon being within a proximity to the location.