US 2014/0236848 A1 · DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN A GEO-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system of dispute resolution in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a claimable interface such that users modify and add profiles of others prior to the profiles being claimed, permitting an initial claimant to control editability of a claimable portion of a selected profile when the initial claimant claims the selected profile, capturing what personally identifiable information the initial claimant is willing to submit if the selected profile is disputed, placing the selected profile in dispute when a disputing claimant challenges an ownership of the selected profile by the initial claimant, electing a dispute resolution process that communicates a code through a direct mail mechanism to a physical address associated with the selected profile, and allocating the selected profile to one of the initial claimant and the disputing claimant based on entry of the code in the selected profile.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, using a processor and a memory, comprising:

capturing what personally identifiable information the initial claimant is willing to submit if the selected profile is disputed;
placing the selected profile in dispute when a disputing claimant challenges an ownership of the selected profile by the initial claimant;
electing a dispute resolution process that communicates a code through a direct mail mechanism to a physical address associated with the selected profile;
and
allocating the selected profile to one of the initial claimant and the disputing claimant based on entry of the code in the selected profile.

2 more elements

A method, using a processor and a memory, comprising:

associating address information with profiles of a geo-spatial social network;
temporarily blocking the proprietary profile when a disputing party challenges the claimant's dominion over the proprietary profile;
and
releasing the proprietary profile to one of the claimant and the disputing party based on results of an electronic dispute resolution process in which a personally identifiable data is requested within a threshold window of time.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/262,710Filed 26 Apr 2014

Priority

22 Nov 2006

Published

21 Aug 2014

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management

Family

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Dispute resolution in a geo-spatial environment

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Dispute resolution in a geo-spatial environment

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Abstract

Claims20