Method and system for searching, sensing, discovering, screening, enabling awareness, alerting, sharing, sending, receiving, buying, selling, and otherwise transmitting stories, content, interests, data, goods and services among known and unknown devices in a communication network.

• US 20130311562A1
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pokos Communication Corp
• Original Assignee: Pokos Communication Corp
• Inventors: platt, timo, Krueger, Stephan, Roselle, Barbara
• Granted Patent: US 9,374,397 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/02 Boron compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/027 Organoboranes and organoborohydrides
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 7/0816 said ring comprising Si as a ring atom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/40 : Interrelation of parameters between multiple constituent active layers or sublayers, e.g. HOMO values in adjacent layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 : characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
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• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/16 : Electron transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/40 : Organosilicon compounds, e.g. TIPS pentacene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/657 : Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 : comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole

Abstract

Systems, method and apparatus are provided for searching, sensing, discovering, screening, enabling awareness, alerting, sharing, sending, receiving, buying, selling, and otherwise transmitting stories, content, interests, data, goods and services among known and unknown devices in a communication network. Humans have a core desire to communicate and share with those around them—both nearby and around the globe—to enhance their individual, social and shared experiences. Social networks and related technologies have provided their subscribers with new technologies to share their stories with their friends and certain third-parties, but are limited in two crucial respects: they require prior membership, subscription or enrollment; and, in order to execute communications with friends and certain third parties, social networks require use of both (a) a user'"'"'s existing contact information, and (b) the social network'"'"'s platform. By using improved methods for searching, detecting, sensing, and discovering attributes, characteristics, parameters and other data between devices among known and unknown devices, then people, businesses and organizations will be able to sense, learn and act on the interests, attributes, stories, content and products of others, enabling enhanced forms of communications and new methods of business.

Claims

1. ) An improved method for searching, detecting, sensing, and discovering attributes, characteristics, parameters or other data among known and unknown devices and their users, the method comprising:

launching a client application (the SST Client) on a device (the first device), wherein the client application enables searching, detecting, sensing, or discovering (collectively or separately, ‘

discovering’

or ‘

discover’

) attributes, characteristics, interests, preferences, parameters or other data (collectively or separately, attributes) associated with other devices, or the users of such devices;

configuring the SST Client on the first device to discover the specified attributes (searched-for attributes) of such other devices or users (a recipient device);

using any of the methods described in the Related Patents, for the first device to communicate with recipient devices;

enabling the SST Client on the first device to send an instruction to discover the searched-for attributes of the recipient devices;

obtaining and compiling on the first device information from recipient devices to enable selection of at least one device with the searched-for attributes; and

displaying a selection on the first device of the at least one device with the searched for attribute(s), or the display of the attributes disclosed by the at least one other device.

2. ) The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, at the SST Client on the first device, a search by a second SST Client on a recipient device; and

sending from the SST Client on the first device to the SST Client on a recipient device identification of one or more attributes searched for by the SST Client on the second device client.

3. ) The method of claim 1, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents to discover stories, topics, interests, preferences or other content (collectively, Stories) associated with one or more recipient devices, or the users of such devices.

4. ) The method of claim 1, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents, to discover content, products, goods, services, information or other data—

in any medium or format (collectively, Content)—

whose Commercial Sale is being searched, offered, or identified as being of interest or potential interest (such Content, ‘

Topical Content’

) to one or more recipient devices, or the user(s) of such devices.

5. ) The method of claim 3 or claim 4, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents, to alert, display, notify, evaluate, screen, compare or prioritize searched-for attributes, Stories, Content or Topical Content (collectively, “

searched-for Interests”

) associated with one or more recipient devices, or the user(s) of such devices.

6. ) The method of claim 5, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents, for the Commercial Sale of searched-for Interests by, between or among one or more recipient devices, or the users of such devices.

7. ) The method of claim 5, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents, to market, advertise, deliver product information and other marketing content, solicit and engage to or with one or more recipient devices, or the users of such devices, based on searched-for Interests associated with such devices, or the users of such devices.

8. ) The method of claim 5, further comprising configuration of the SST Client on the first device and use of any of the communications methods of the Related Patents, to educate, inform, persuade, lobby, advocate, engage or otherwise transmit information or other data to or with one or more recipient devices, or the users of such devices, based on searched-for Interests associated with such devices, or the users of such devices.

9. ) The method of claims 1-8, further comprising use of any of the communications methods described in the Related Patents, for the first device to communicate with recipient devices when specified, at the option of the first device or one or more recipient devices, for use in lieu of email, instant messaging (IM), text messaging, multimedia messaging, telephony or any other communications protocol or technique based on fixed endpoints, regardless of whether either (a) the sending or recipient device has knowledge or possession of any contact information of the other device, or (b) the user of the other device is a member of any known or identified business, social or communications network.

10. ) An improved method to market, advertise, deliver product information or other marketing content, solicit and engage to and with one or more known or unknown devices or their user(s), the method comprising:

launching a client application (the SST Client) on a device (the first device), wherein the client application enables searching, detecting, sensing, or discovering (collectively or separately, ‘

discovering’

or ‘

discover’

) any one or more of the following;

(i) attributes, characteristics, interests, preferences, parameters or other data (collectively, attributes),

(ii) stories, topics, interests, preferences or other content (collectively, Stories),

(iii) content, products, goods, services, information or other data, in any medium or format (collectively, Content), or

(iv) Content the Commercial Sale of which is being searched, offered, or identified as being of interest or potential interest (such Content, ‘

Topical Content’

) to one or more devices or the user(s) of such devices,

(such attributes, Stories, Content or Topical Content collectively, ‘

searched-for Interests’

) associated with other devices, or the users of such other devices;

configuring the SST Client on the first device to discover the searched-for Interests of such other devices or users (a recipient device);

using any of the methods described in the Related Patents, for the first device to communicate with recipient devices;

enabling the SST Client on the first device to send an instruction to discover the searched-for Interests of the recipient devices;

obtaining and compiling on the first device information from recipient devices to enable selection of at least one device with the searched-for Interests;

displaying a selection on the first device of the at least one device with the searched-for Interests, or the display of the searched-for Interest(s) disclosed by the at least one other device; and

enabling the first device to select at least one of such recipient devices, and to direct specific or variable marketing or other content to the at least one other such device.

11. ) An improved method for Commercial Sales with, to or from one or more known or unknown devices or their user(s), the method comprising:

launching a client application (the SST Client) on a device (the first device), wherein the client application enables searching, detecting, sensing, or discovering (collectively or separately, ‘

discovering’

or ‘

discover’

) either;

(A) (i) content, products, goods, services, information or other data, in any medium or format (collectively, Content),

(ii) one or more categories, genres, or other types of Content (collectively, ‘

Content Types’

), or

(iii) interest in or preferences for Content Types, or

(B) attributes, characteristics, interests, preferences, parameters or other data regarding or otherwise relating to Content or Content Types (collectively, Content Attributes),

(such Content, Content Types, and Content Attributes collectively, ‘

searched-for Content’

) associated with other devices, or the users of such other devices;

configuring the SST Client on the first device to discover the searched-for Content of such other devices (a recipient device);

using any of the methods described in the Related Patents, for the first device to communicate with recipient devices;

enabling the SST Client on the first device to send an instruction to discover the searched-for Content of the recipient devices;

obtaining and compiling on the first device attribute information from recipient devices to enable selection of at least one device with the searched-for Content;

displaying a selection on the first device of the at least one device with the searched-for Content, or the display of the searched-for Content disclosed by the at least one other device; and

enabling the first device to select at least one of such recipient devices, and to engage the at least one other device in a Commercial Sale of Content.