Social network based routes
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNeil W. Black, John C. Krumm, Ruston Panabaker, Jeffrey D. Couckuyt, Ivan J. Tashev, Michael Lewis Seltzer
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Abstract
A route can be generated that considers social networking information. For instance, a user can be traveling on vacation and individuals designated by a user can add comments to a route. In addition, previous journeys of user contacts can be evaluated and based upon the evaluation results, portions of a route can be constructed. Further functionality can include transferring rewards between parties for disclosing information as well as posting information on various social networking profiles.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an obtainment component that collects information that concerns a user upon a social network;
- and
- a fabrication component that produces a route based at least in part upon the collected social network information of the user.
A method, comprising:
- publishing a route upon a social network profile of a user;
- and
- collecting feedback that concerns the route from at least one member of the social network.
A system, comprising:
- means for collecting feedback that concerns a route from members of the social network;
- and
- means for altering the route as a function of the collected feedback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.