APPLICATION AND DEVICE TO MEMORIALIZE AND SHARE EVENTS GEOGRAPHICALLY

• US 20150081207A1
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tilotag, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tilotag, LLC
• Inventors: Briant, Raymond Halsey
• Granted Patent: US 9,347,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/410
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method and device of sharing an event or experience by capturing a geographic location of the and at least one detail of the experience or event in the form of data such as video, text, sound, or pictures, with an electronic device, storing the geographic location plus the data on a database accessible to a plurality of users. The application further alerts a user or a plurality of users of the details of the experience when the user is near the geographic location where the at least one detail of the experience was captured and guiding the user to the geographic location where the experience was captured.

Claims

1. A method of sharing an experience, the method comprising:

capturing with an electronic device;

a geographic location of the electronic device; and

at least one detail of a first user'"'"'s experience;

storing the geographic location of the electronic device and the at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s experience in a database accessible to a plurality of users;

identifying when a proximity between a second user and the geographic location is within a preset distance;

providing a plurality of captured user experiences to the second user for selection;

receiving from the second user a selection of at least one of the plurality of captured user experiences; and

displaying to the second user at least one detail of the selected at least one of the plurality of captured user experiences.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

automatically alerting the second user when the proximity between the second user and the geographic location is within the preset distance.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the alerting is at least one of:

a text message;

a sound;

a vibration;

a flash of light; and

a displayed icon.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

guiding the user to the geographic location where the displayed detail of the selected at least one of the plurality of captured user experiences occurred.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the at least one detail of a first user'"'"'s experience is at least two distinct non-geographic details of a first user'"'"'s experience.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the experience took place in the past.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the experience is taking place in the future.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s experience is captured in a set of fields specific to the type of experience being captured.

9. A mobile device operable to record an event at a geographical location, the mobile device comprising:

a communication unit communicatively wirelessly coupled to a database;

a GPS receiver unit operable to determine a geographical location of the communication unit;

a memory unit operable to;

receive data and a geographical location pertaining to an event;

a processor communicatively coupled to the communication unit, the GPS receiver unit, and to the memory unit, the processor operable to;

transfer the data and the geographical location of the event to the database;

alert of the event stored in the database when the mobile device is near the geographical location of the event;

retrieve over the wireless network the data of the event from the database on the internet; and

guide the user to the geographical location of the event retrieved.

10. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further operable to:

automatically alert the second user when the proximity between the second user and the geographic location is within the preset distance.

11. The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the alerting is at least one of:

a text message;

a sound;

a vibration;

a flash of light; and

a displayed icon.

12. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein:

the at least one detail of a first user'"'"'s experience is at least two distinct non-geographic details of a first user'"'"'s experience.

13. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein:

the experience took place in the past.

14. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein:

the experience is taking place in the future.

15. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein:

at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s experience is captured in a set of fields specific to the type of experience being captured.

16. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein:

the geographical location pertaining to an event is one of;

the location of the mobile device; and

a location manually entered by a user.

17. A method to store and share a list of data and geographical location that correspond to an experience, the method comprising:

providing an electronic device operable to;

capturing a geographic location of the electronic device and at least one detail of a first user'"'"'s experience into a set of predetermined fields;

storing the geographic location of the electronic device and the at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s experience on a database accessible to a plurality of users;

identifying when a proximity between the first user and the plurality of users experiences are within a preset distance;

alerting of the event stored in the database when the electronic device is near the geographical location of the at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s and the plurality of users experiences; and

guiding the first user to the geographic location the at least one detail of the first user'"'"'s and the plurality of users experiences occurred.

providing a plurality of captured user experiences to a second user for selection;

receiving from the second user a selection of at least one of the plurality of captured user experiences; and

displaying to the second user at least one detail of the selected at least one of the plurality of captured user experiences.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

the at least one detail of a first user'"'"'s experience is at least two distinct non-geographic details of a first user'"'"'s experience.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

the experience took place in the past.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

the experience is taking place in the future.