Functional, Socially-Enabled Jewelry and Systems for Multi-Device Interaction

A system implementing a social network rooted in in-person interaction, comprising:

• one or more data repositories;
• one or more servers in communication with the one or more data repositories;
• and
• one or more sets of machine-readable instructions on a non-transitory machine readable medium that, when executed on the one or more servers, cause the one or more servers to
• store in the one or more data repositories identifying information for one or more users of the social network, the identifying information including a peripheral identifier for a peripheral device owned and used by each of the one or more users,
• create and deliver a user interface allowing the one or more users of the social network to create, view, and edit social network content pages,
• accept and store in the one or more data repositories data indicating first in-person pairings of the peripheral devices, and grant a first set of social network, privileges to users associated with the first in-person pairings, and
• accept and store in the one or more data repositories data indicating second in-person pairings of the peripheral devices, and grant a second set of social network privileges to users associated with the second in-person pairings, the second set of privileges being different than the first set of privileges;
• wherein access to the social network and identity verification on the social network are linked to the peripheral device.

A method, comprising:

• using a first piece of functional jewelry associated with a first user, detecting a second piece of functional jewelry associated with a second user in proximity;
• pairing the first and second pieces of functional jewelry in response to a pairing trigger;
• initiating joint light displays on the first and second pieces of functional jewelry after said pairing;
• and
• timing a duration of said pairing.

A method, comprising:

• using a piece of wearable jewelry with an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a microphone, and a main control unit
• listening for sound or music using the microphone;
• processing the sound or music for one or more acoustical features;
• and
• lighting the LEDs in accordance with the one or more acoustical features.