GPS based participant identification system and method
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1. A method for communicating an image from a mobile participant at a venue for a contest, situation, race or event to multiple users, comprising:
- wirelessly communicating a participant location to a server;
wirelessly communicating a desired level of user participation for multiple users to said server, including a user receiving criteria for receiving information from said participant;
wirelessly communicating a desired level of participant participation to said server, including a participant publishing criteria for publishing said participant'"'"'s information to said user;
determining said participant location is proximate said venue;
determining if said participant publishing criteria meets a user receiving criteria,wirelessly communicating information comprising an image from said participant proximate said venue during said contest, situation, race or event to multiple users;
anddisplaying said participant image to said multiple users.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying a person in a geographic area of interest, who shares the identity of friendly participants with a user if certain criteria are met. In one form, the identity of a participant in the area and meeting certain criteria is displayed to a user or other friendly participants. The identity is displayed to friendly participants on, for example, a GPS-equipped cell phone or head-mounted glasses. Other information can be shared among friendly participants, including social information, photographs, gender, status, and location.
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1. A method for communicating an image from a mobile participant at a venue for a contest, situation, race or event to multiple users, comprising:
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wirelessly communicating a participant location to a server; wirelessly communicating a desired level of user participation for multiple users to said server, including a user receiving criteria for receiving information from said participant; wirelessly communicating a desired level of participant participation to said server, including a participant publishing criteria for publishing said participant'"'"'s information to said user; determining said participant location is proximate said venue; determining if said participant publishing criteria meets a user receiving criteria, wirelessly communicating information comprising an image from said participant proximate said venue during said contest, situation, race or event to multiple users; and displaying said participant image to said multiple users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for viewing an image from a mobile participant at a venue for a contest, situation, race or event, comprising:
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a social network server; a user device, operable to communicate with said social network server, and further operable to input a criteria for receiving a participant information; a portable device, accompanying said participant, having a GPS module for determining location, operable to communicate with said social network server, a camera operable to generate an image and further operable to input a criteria for publishing participant information; said social network server being operable to record said participant location proximate said venue for the contest, situation, race or event during the contest, situation, race or event; and said social network server being operable to communicate said participant information including a participant generated image proximate the venue during the time of the contest, situation, race or event to multiple user devices, said social network server being operable to determine if at least said participant publishing criteria meets said user receiving criteria, and each user device being operable to display said participant generate image proximate the venue during the time of the contest, situation, race or event on said user devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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