US 2013/0173713 A1 · SECURING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG FRIENDS WITH USER-WEARABLE MEMENTOS

Abstract

Systems and methods for securing communication between users possessing user-wearable mementos are provided. One example computing system includes a data subsystem holding instructions executable by a processing subsystem. The example instructions are configured to assign a set identifier to a set of user-wearable mementos set that uniquely distinguishes the set from any other set and to encode the set identifier within a design for the set in response to receipt of a request to obtain the set. The instructions are also configured to provide access to a user communication interface in response to an access request for a set profile associated with the set, the access request including the set identifier as obtained from a particular user-wearable memento bearing the design.

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Dependent claims

A computing system for securing communication between users possessing user-wearable mementos, the computing system comprising:

a processing subsystem;
and
a data subsystem holding instructions executable by the processing subsystem to:
in response to receipt of a request to obtain a set of the user-wearable mementos having a user-selected design, (1) assign a set identifier to the set that uniquely distinguishes the set from any other set, the set identifier being the same for each user-wearable memento within the set, and (2) encode the set identifier within the user-selected design;
and
in response to a request to access a set profile including one or more user status entries associated with the set, provide access to a user communication interface, the request to access the set profile including the set identifier assigned to the set as obtained from a particular user-wearable memento bearing the user-selected design.

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A method of securing communication between users using a user communication interface associated with a set of user-wearable mementos, the user-wearable mementos within the set each bearing a common set identifier that uniquely distinguishes the set from any other set, the method comprising, at a server computing device:

receiving a first user communication interface access request from a first client device, the first user communication interface access request including the set identifier as obtained from a first user-wearable memento included in the set;
providing the first client with access to the user communication interface in response to the first user communication interface access request;
receiving a user status update from the first client device;
including the user status update in a set profile associated with the set;
receiving a second user communication interface access request from a second client device, the second user communication interface access request including the set identifier as obtained from a second user-wearable memento included in the set;
and
in response to the second user communication access request:
providing the second client with access to the user communication interface, and
sending the set profile with the user status update to the second client for display via the user communication interface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Securing communications among friends with user-wearable mementos

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Securing communications among friends with user-wearable mementos

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Abstract

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