Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile internet users and methods therefor

A computer-readable non-transitory data storage medium storing indicia of instructions for a processor to perform a method of presenting advertisements related to a current activity of a user shared with other persons connected to that user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at the server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current activity of the first user;
• and
• b. thereafter, automatically formatting for simultaneous display on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device,
• i. information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user and
• ii. at least one commercial offering;
• c. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user;
• d. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons;
• and
• e. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current activity received from the first user's device.

A computer system for presenting advertisements related to a current activity of a user to other persons connected to that user, the system comprising:

• a. a database storing entries indicative of an agreed-upon connection between pairs of the users;
• and
• b. a computer having an Internet interface, coupled to the database, and structured and programmed:
• i. to receive, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current activity;
• and
• ii. in response to receipt of the activity information, to select at least one commercial information based, at least in part, on the current activity and to format for simultaneous display, on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device,
• A. the at least one commercial offering and
• B. information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user, which second user is selected based, at least in part, on said entries stored in the database associated with the first user.

A computer-implemented method of presenting advertisements related to a current location of a user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at a server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable device, information indicating a current physical location of the user;
• and
• b. thereafter, displaying on the first user's Internet-capable device, at least one commercial offering;
• and
• c. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current location received from the user's device.

A computer-readable non-transitory data storage medium storing indicia of instructions for a processor to perform a method of presenting advertisements related to a current location of a user shared with other persons connected to that user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at the server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current location of the first user;
• and
• b. thereafter, automatically formatting for simultaneous display on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device,
• i. information indicating a most recently updated location information received from at least one second user and
• ii. at least one commercial offering;
• c. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user;
• d. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons;
• and
• e. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current location information received from the first user's device.

A computer system for presenting advertisements related to a current physical location of a user to other persons connected to that user, the system comprising:

• a. a database storing entries indicative of an agreed-upon connection between pairs of the users;
• and
• b. a computer having an Internet interface, coupled to the database, and structured and programmed:
• i. to receive, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current physical location;
• and
• ii. in response to receipt of the location information, to select at least one commercial information based, at least in part, on the current location and to format for simultaneous display, on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device,
• A. the at least one commercial offering and
• B. information indicating a most recently updated location information received from at least one second user, which second user is selected based, at least in part, on said entries stored in the database associated with the first user.