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US 9,319,470 B2Granted
Location-based social networking system
OwnerHenry Berberatinventor
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Abstract
A system for receiving and distributing social media content associates content with a particular geographic location. Users who view the social media content can have more confidence in its authenticity because the system only allows content to be uploaded when in proximity to the associated geographic location. Channels categorize the content into different subject-matter. A user can watch a channel and the geo-specific content updates as a user changes location.
Claims18
A location-based social networking system, comprising:
- a server;
- a database in electronic communication with the server, the database having a plurality of content, each of the plurality of content associated with a content location and one of a plurality of content channels;
- at least one mobile device;
- a content viewer on the mobile device in electronic communication with the server over the Internet, the content viewer showing a subset of the plurality of content to a user, the content location associated with each of the subset of the plurality of content within a predetermined distance of a current location of the mobile device, the subset of the plurality of content changing as the current location of the mobile device changes;
- a channel selector on the mobile device for the user to select one of the plurality of content channels, upon selection the subset of the plurality of content changing to include only content associated with the selected content channel;
- a content creator on the mobile device accepting new content from the user, the new content associated with a new content location, the creation of the new content only allowed if the new content location at the current location of the mobile device, upon creation the new content stored in the database as one of the plurality of content;
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- an interface on the server and in electronic communication with one or more providers over the Internet, the interface receiving some of the plurality of content from one of the one or more providers.
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A method for location-based social networking, comprising the steps of:
- providing a server;
- storing in a database a plurality of content, each of the plurality of content associated with a content location and one of a plurality of content channels, the database in electronic communication with the server;
- providing a mobile device;
- providing on the mobile device a subset of the plurality of content, the content location associated with each of the subset of the plurality of content within a predetermined distance of a current location of the mobile device, the subset of the plurality of content changing as the current location of the mobile device changes;
- providing a channel selector on the mobile device for a user to select one of the plurality of content channels, upon selection the subset of the plurality of content changing to include only content associated with the selected content channel;
- receiving new content from the user with the mobile device, the new content associated with a new content location, the creation of the new content only allowed if the new content location is at the current location of the mobile device, upon creation the new content stored in the database as one of the plurality of content;
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- receiving on the server some of the plurality of content from one of one or more providers, the server in electronic communication with the one of the one or more providers over the Internet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.