# US 12,015,654 B2 · Social networking system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,654 B2 - Document ID: US12015654B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/374,778 - Filed: 2021-07-13 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-18 - Assignees: Tu Orbit Inc. - Applicants: Tu Orbit Inc. - Inventors: Henry Parra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015654B2 ## CPC - 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) - G06F 3/048: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04L 69/28: Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A social network is provided. The social network of the present invention may prompt a user to create a “moment”. The moment of the present invention may include at least a time and a location of a place that the user is currently located, was located in the past, or will be located in the future. The moment may be stored on a database. Multiple users may create accounts and create a plurality of moments. All of the moments of the users may be stored on the database. The present invention may include a search box so that third party users may search for other third party user's moments. A user may enter in search criteria and may be presented with a plurality of moments based on the inputted search criteria. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for sharing digital contents on a social networking platform, the system comprising: a network configured to connect a plurality of computers, the network configured to provide at least one of the plurality computers with an executable program; wherein at least one of the plurality computers has a user interface; wherein the executable program comprising machine-readable code which, after being provided to the at least one of the plurality computers and when executed, causes the at least one of the plurality computers to: prompt a user on the user interface to create at least one picture or video, wherein the at least one picture or the video comprises location data comprising a location of a place that the at least one picture or video was created, wherein the location data is uploaded to a database of the network and tagged to a profile of the user; prompt the user to designate the at least one picture or video as public or private; search for additional pictures or videos that have similar location data as the at least one picture or video; share, without disclosing the user's proper name, activities done by the user on a particular day by chronologically listing a plurality of digital contents of the user; receive an entered search criteria on the user interface by the user to request viewing at least one picture or video created by third party users within the database; display the at least one picture or video of the third party users on a screen based on the entered search criteria; connect the user with the third party users within the database that match the search criteria entered by the user; notify the third party users that the user, without disclosing the user's proper name to the third party, would like to connect; and notify the user of other shared moments created by the third party users that include the same or similar time, date and the location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the location data includes a location of the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the location data includes a past or future location of the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the location data includes GPS or address coordinates of a current location of the user or a location or address input by the user. ### Claim 5 A method executed by a computer for sharing digital contents on a social networking platform, the method comprising: prompting a user on a user interface of the computer to create at least one picture or video, wherein the at least one picture or the video comprises location data comprising a location of a place that the at least one picture or video was created, wherein the location data is uploaded to a database and tagged to a profile of the user; prompting the user to designate the at least one picture or video as public or private; searching for additional pictures or videos that have similar location data as the at least one picture or video; sharing, without disclosing the user's proper name, activities done by the user on a particular day by chronologically listing a plurality of digital contents of the user; receiving an entered search criteria on the user interface by the user to request viewing at least one picture or video created by third party users within the database; displaying the at least one picture or video of the third party users on a screen based on the entered search criteria; and connecting the user with the third party users within the database that match the search criteria entered by the user; notify the third party users that the user, without disclosing the user's proper name to the third party, would like to connect; and notify the user of other shared moments created by the third party users that include the same or similar time, date, and the location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the location data includes a location of the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the location data includes a past or future location of the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the location data includes GPS or address coordinates of a current location of the user or a location or address input by the user. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory recording medium storing an executable program which, when executed, causes a computer to implement a method for sharing digital contents on a social networking platform, the method comprising: prompting a user on a user interface of the computer to create at least one picture or video, wherein the at least one picture or the video comprises location data comprising a location of a place that the at least one picture or video was created, wherein the location data is uploaded to a database and tagged to a profile of the user; prompting the user to designate the at least one picture or video as public or private; searching for additional pictures or videos that have similar location data as the at least one picture or video; sharing, without disclosing the user's proper name, activities done by the user on a particular day by chronologically listing a plurality of digital contents of the user; receiving an entered search criteria on the user interface by the user to request viewing at least one picture or video created by third party users within the database; displaying the at least one picture or video of the third party users on a screen based on the entered search criteria; connecting the user with the third party users within the database that match the search criteria entered by the user; notifying the third party users that the user, without disclosing the user's proper name to the third party, would like to connect; and notifying the user of other shared moments created by the third party users that include the same or similar time, date, and the location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory recording medium of claim 9, wherein the location data includes a location of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory recording medium of claim 9, wherein the location data includes a past or future location of the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory recording medium of claim 9, wherein the location data includes GPS or address coordinates of a current location of the user or a location or address input by the user.