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US 2010/0250458 A1Published application
Content based social networking system and method
AssigneeMspot, Inc.
InventorEdwin Ho
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Abstract
A content based social networking system and method are provided in which multiple users can interact with each other using pieces of digital content.
Claims24
A system for content social networking, comprising:
- a computer having a networking unit and a content storage that stores one or more pieces of digital content and a library of the pieces of digital content for each user of the system;
- one or more mobile handsets that can connect to the computer over a link, wherein each mobile handset has a unit for interacting with a piece of digital content and a unit for communicating an identifier of the interacted piece of digital content to the computer;
- the networking unit further comprising a content identification unit that determines if the interacted piece of digital content is stored in the content storage and a network unit that generates a service with the interacted piece of digital content for one or more different mobile handsets based on the interacted piece of digital content.
A computer and mobile handset based method for content social networking, the computer having a networking unit and a content storage that stores one or more pieces of digital content and a library of the pieces of digital content for each user of the system, the one or more mobile handsets being able to connect to the computer over a link, the method comprising:
- interacting, on a mobile handset, with a piece of digital content;
- communicating, from the mobile handset, an identifier of the interacted piece of digital content to the computer;
- determining, at the computer, if the interacted piece of digital content is stored in the content storage;
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- generating, at the computer, a service with the interacted piece of digital content for one or more different mobile handsets based on the interacted piece of digital content.
2 more elements
A system for sharing content, comprising:
- a first mobile handset comprising a geography unit used to determine the location of said first mobile handset and a storage device that stores a piece of digital content;
- a second mobile handset programmed to indicate the location of said first mobile handset and to perform an action relating to said piece of digital content;
- a computing device for communicating with said first mobile handset and said second mobile handset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.