Nextdoor neighborhood social network method, apparatus, and system

A method comprising:

• verifying that a user lives at a residence associated with a residential address claimed by the user of an online neighborhood social network using a processor and a memory;
• creating a social network page of the user once verified in the online neighborhood social network;
• distributing a message from the user to neighboring users that are verified to live within a neighborhood boundary of the residence;
• designating the user as having an additional privilege in a private website of the online neighborhood social network confined by the neighborhood boundary based on at least one of a participation level of the user in the online neighborhood social network and an activity level of the user associated with encouraging neighboring users to participate in the online neighborhood social network;
• automatically determining a set of access permissions in the private website of the online neighborhood social network associated with the user;
• and
• restricting access to a particular neighborhood in the private website of the online neighborhood social network to the user and to neighboring users living within the neighborhood boundary of the residence,
• wherein the neighboring users are determined based on each residence associated with each geographic location claimed by each neighboring user of the online neighborhood social network that is within the neighborhood boundary,
• generating a communication of the user, wherein the user is part of a neighborhood watch group to alert neighboring users that are verified to live within the neighborhood boundary of the residence of criminal activity,
• wherein the neighborhood watch group is devoted to crime prevention within a neighborhood defined by users having access to the private website, and
• wherein the communication of the neighborhood watch group is generated by the user.

A computer server having a processor and a memory when executed cause the computer server:

• to verify that a user lives at a residence associated with a geographic location claimed by the user of an online neighborhood social network using the processor and the memory,
• to create a social network page of the user once verified in the online neighborhood social network,
• to enable the user to constrain communications to neighboring users in a geospatial vicinity of the residence of the user based on a neighborhood boundary of the online neighborhood social network,
• wherein the user is provided an additional privilege in the online neighborhood social network based on at least one of a participation level of the user in the online neighborhood social network and an activity level of the user associated with encouraging neighbors to participate in the online neighborhood social network,
• to automatically determine a set of privileges in the online neighborhood social network associated with the neighborhood boundary of the online neighborhood social network by constraining access in a private web site in the online neighborhood social network to the user and to neighboring users of the user based on each residence associated with each geographic location claimed by each user of the online neighborhood social network verified to live within the neighborhood boundary,
• to generate a communication of the user, wherein the user is a member of a neighborhood crime watch organization based on the constrained access in the private web sites of the online community between neighboring users, wherein the neighborhood crime watch organization is devoted to crime prevention within a neighborhood formed by users having constrained access in the private web sites,
• to alert neighboring users that are verified to live within the neighborhood boundary of the residence of the communication of the neighborhood crime watch organization, and
• wherein the computer server to permit the user generating the communication on behalf of the neighborhood crime watch organization to contact surrounding neighbors through the private website.

A method comprising:

• verifying that a user lives at a location that is associated with a current address where the user is living using a processor and a memory;
• creating a social network page of the user once verified in an online neighborhood social network;
• distributing a message in a specified range of a distance away from the user to a geographic vicinity around the user originating the message;
• designating the user as a trusted party in a neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network based on a level of information the user contributes in attaining higher status in the neighborhood in the online neighborhood social network;
• automatically determining at least one permission of access in the neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network associated with the user;
• segregating access such that only a verified individual is able to view information in the neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network;
• and
• permitting a creation of a neighborhood crime watch group wherein the neighborhood crime watch group to alert neighboring users that are verified to live within the neighborhood of the residence of possible criminal activity in a neighborhood based on a communication of the neighborhood crime watch group,
• wherein access to the communication of the neighborhood crime watch group is provided to users of the online neighborhood social network that are verified to live within the neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network,
• wherein the neighborhood crime watch group is devoted to at least one of crime and vandalism prevention within the neighborhood formed by users having permission to access the neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network, and
• wherein the neighboring users are determined based on each neighboring property surrounding each geographic location claimed by each neighboring user of the online neighborhood social network that is within the neighborhood of the online neighborhood social network.