CLAIMS OF PRIORITY
This patent application is a continuation and continuation in part, claims priority from, and hereby incorporates by reference and claims priority from the entirety of the disclosures of the following cases and each of the cases on which they depend and further claim priority or incorporate by reference:
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FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
This disclosure relates generally to the technical fields of communications and, in one example embodiment, to a method, apparatus, and system of automatic publication of garage sale broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data, according to one embodiment.
BACKGROUND
A resident of a home may amass a number of items that they choose to store. The resident may store these items in a storage location (e.g., a garage, a ministorage, etc.). However, the resident may never use items stored in their storage location. As such, the items may lose value over time because of depreciation and/or obsolescence. The resident may place the items near a public street in front of their residence for sale. However, most people who might be interested may not know that the items are offered. The resident may not have the physical strength and/or time to sell the items over an online commerce site (e.g., eBay) because the items may be heavy and may be difficult to pack and ship. The resident may list the items on a local listing site such as Craigslist.org. However, sometimes people in the neighborhood who might be passively interested in the item may not know that the item was listed on Craigslist.org.
On the other hand, networks may not successfully connect sellers with interested buyers because of the geospatial difference in location which either requires the potential purchaser to commute or the seller to ship the item to the purchaser. Purchasers may not be motivated to travel for certain items being offered for sale and/or sellers may not be motivated to pack and ship certain items in order to sell. Ultimately, sellers are not able to connect with serious buyers in the local area. Therefore, transactions may be lost as sellers may not be able to get rid of unwanted items and buyers may miss out on opportunities for favorable deals.
SUMMARY
A method, apparatus and system of automatic publication of garage sale broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data, according to one embodiment.
In one aspect, a method of a garage sale server includes validating that a garage sale broadcast data is associated with a verified user of a garage sale network using a processor and a memory. The method includes verifying that a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network, and determining that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the garage sale broadcast data is trusted based the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network. The method further includes automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale server using a radial algorithm.
A listing criteria may be processed comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a price, a type, a category, and/or a functional status of an item offered in a garage sale associated with the garage sale listing. The item may be a physical good and/or a service offered by the verified user through the garage sale. An availability chart may be populated when the garage sale associated with the listing criteria is posted. The availability chart may include a delivery radius, a pickup timing, an on-home lockbox access key, and/or a sold status indicator of items of the garage sale. The garage sale broadcast data may be presented as a garage sale pushpin of the garage sale in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and/or business listings in a surrounding vicinity (such that the garage sale pushpin of the garage sale is automatically presented on a geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data) of the verified user of the garage sale network.
The garage sale broadcast data may be radially distributed through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification may be delivered to desktop and/or data processing systems associated with users and/or their user profiles around an epicenter (defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data) to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area (defined by a threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data) through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from a current geospatial location at the epicenter. The verified user may be permitted to drag and/or drop the garage sale pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and/or automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location.
A for-sale view of the garage sale may be generated (in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for sale through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network). A for-rent view of the garage sale may be generated in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for rent through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network. A geospatial coordinates may be extracted from a metadata associated with the garage sale broadcast data when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network.
A relative match between a persistent clock associated with the garage sale server and a digital clock of a data processing system may be determined to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and time of the garage sale broadcast data is accurate and therefore trusted, and automatically deleting the garage sale broadcast data on the set of user profiles (having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data) of the verified user of the garage sale server based on a listing expiration time. A set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name may be geocoded in a neighborhood surrounding the data processing system, and/or prepopulating the set of residential addresses (each associated with the resident name) as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the garage sale network.
The verified user may be permitted to modify content in each of the set of user profiles, tracking a modified content through the neighborhood curation system. A reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles may be generated such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page. An editing credibility of the verified user may be determined based on an edit history of the verified user and/or a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system. The garage sale broadcast data may be automatically published to the set of user profiles (having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server) using the radial algorithm.
A claim request of the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system may be processed to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system. It may be determined if a claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system. The verified user may be associated with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system (if the private neighborhood community has been activated by the verified user and/or a different verified user). The verified user may be permitted to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood (in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request) creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive.
The claim request of the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system may be verified when the address is determined to be associated with a work address and a residential address of the verified user. The garage sale broadcast data may be simultaneously published on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data (through the data processing system) in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system (when automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm).
A summary data of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data may be provided to the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system when publishing the garage sale broadcast data in the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server based on the set of preferences of the verified user. The garage sale broadcast data may be live-broadcasted to the different verified user and/or other verified users (in the private neighborhood community and/or currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location) through a multicast algorithm in the garage sale server such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of a different user and/or other verified users simultaneously (when the data processing system of the verified user generating a live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the garage sale broadcast data to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the data processing system of the verified user generating a broadcast and/or in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection).
The different verified user and/or other verified users in the private neighborhood community may be permitted to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the garage sale network. Any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has the non-transitory connection may be the residential address of the verified user and the work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the garage sale server as being associated with the verified user. The threshold distance may be between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast. The garage sale server may include a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the garage sale server persists and which is deleted. The garage sale server may permit users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the garage sale network.
In another aspect a method of a neighborhood communication system includes applying an address verification algorithm associated with each user of an online community of a private neighborhood using a privacy server, determining that a neighbor in the private neighborhood wishes to enter into a transaction related to an item in possession of the neighbor in the private neighborhood, and automatically publishing the item to a set of adjacent neighbors to the neighbor such that the item is visible only to users of the private neighborhood. The neighbor and the other neighbors are each users of the online community.
An address verification algorithm associated with each user of an online community may be applied using a privacy server. It may be determined that a marker is colliding with another marker simultaneously displayed in a map based on an overlap area of the marker with the another marker. A group pointer that replaces the marker and/or the another marker may be automatically created on the map, and/or generating a view of the marker and/or the another marker when a user selects the group pointer. A multiple-structure group pointer may be constructed when the marker and the another marker are associated with adjacent structures which are not shared by occupants identified through the marker and the another marker.
It may be verified that each user lives at a residence associated with a claimable residential address of the online community formed through a social community module of the privacy server using a processor and a memory, and/or generating a latitudinal data and a longitudinal data associated with each claimable residential address of the online community associated with each user of the online community. A set of access privileges in the online community associated with each user of the online community may be determined by constraining access in the online community based on a neighborhood boundary determined using a Bezier curve algorithm of the privacy server, and/or transforming the claimable residential address into a claimed address upon an occurrence of an event.
The event may be instantiated (when a particular user is associated with the claimable residential address based on a verification of the particular user as living at a particular residential address associated with the claimable residential address using the privacy server). The particular user may be constrained to communicate through the online community only with a set of neighbors having verified addresses using the privacy server. The set of neighbors may be defined as other users of the online community (that have each verified their addresses in the online community using the privacy server and which have each claimed residential addresses that are in a threshold radial distance from the claimed address of the particular user). It may be determined that a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of the garage sale broadcast data is trusted based the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network.
The threshold radial distance may be constrained to be less than a distance of the neighborhood boundary using the Bezier curve algorithm. The neighborhood boundary may be permitted to take on a variety of shapes based on an associated geographic connotation, a historical connotation, a political connotation, and a cultural connotation of neighborhood boundaries. A database of constraints associated with neighborhood boundaries that are imposed on a map view of the online community may be applied when permitting the neighborhood boundary to take on the variety of shapes.
A user-generated boundary may be generated in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the particular neighborhood (when a first user of a particular neighborhood that verifies a first residential address of the particular neighborhood using the privacy server prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses in that particular neighborhood places a set of points defining the particular neighborhood using a set of drawing tools in the map view of the online community). The threshold radial distance may be optionally extended to an adjacent boundary of an adjacent neighborhood based a request of the particular user. A separate login to the online community designed to be usable by a police department, a municipal agency, a neighborhood association, and/or a neighborhood leader associated with the particular neighborhood may be generated.
The police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader may be permitted to invite residents of the particular neighborhood themselves (using the privacy server using a self-authenticating access code that permits new users that enter the self-authenticating access code in the online community to automatically join the particular neighborhood as verified users), generate a virtual neighborhood watch group and/or an emergency preparedness group restricted to users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server, conduct high value crime and safety related discussions from local police and/or fire officials that is restricted to users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server, broadcast information across the particular neighborhood, and/or receive and/or track neighborhood level membership and/or activity to identify leaders from the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server.
Each of the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood may be verified using the privacy server to share information about a suspicious activity that is likely to affect several neighborhoods, explain about a lost pet that might have wandered into an adjoining neighborhood, rally support from neighbors from multiple neighborhoods to address civic issues, spread information about events comprising a local theater production and/or a neighborhood garage sale, and/or solicit advice and recommendations from the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood and/or optionally in the adjacent neighborhood. A neighborhood feed from the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood may be flagged as being inappropriate. Users that repeatedly communicate self-promotional messages that are inappropriate as voted based on a sensibility of any one of the verified users of the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood may be flagged.
Which nearby neighborhoods that verified users are able to communicate through may be personalized based on a request of the particular user. The neighborhood leader may be permitted to communicate privately with leaders of an adjoining neighborhood to plan and organize on behalf of an entire constituency of verified users of the particular neighborhood associated with the neighborhood leader. Feeds may be filtered to only display messages from the particular neighborhood associated with each verified user, and/or restricting posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users having verified addresses within the neighborhood boundary. A set of verification methods may be utilized to perform verification of the particular user through generating a physical postcard that is postal mailed to addresses of requesting users in the particular neighborhood and/or having a unique alphanumeric sequence in a form of an access code printed thereon which authenticates users that enter the access code to view and/or search privileges in the particular neighborhood of the online community.
The claimable residential address may be verified when at least one a credit card billing address and/or a debit card billing address is matched with an inputted address through an authentication services provider. An instant access code may be communicated to user profiles of the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader. The instant access code may be printable at town hall meetings and/or gatherings sponsored by any one of the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader. New users may be authenticated when existing verified users agree to a candidacy of new users in the particular neighborhood. New users whose phone number is matched with an inputted phone number may be authenticated through the authentication services provider. New users whose social security number is matched with an inputted social security number may be authenticated through the authentication services provider.
The particular neighborhood may be initially set to a pilot phase status in which the online community of the particular neighborhood is provisionally defined until a minimum number of users verify their residential addresses in the particular neighborhood through the privacy server. Profiles of users that remain unverified after a threshold window of time may be automatically deleted. The neighborhood communication system may be designed to create private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods.
In yet another embodiment, a system includes a garage sale server to automatically publish a garage sale broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of a verified user of the garage sale server using a radial algorithm. The system includes a network and a data processing system communicatively coupled with the garage sale server through the network to generate a garage sale data (using a camera, a microphone, and a sensory capability of the data processing system to generate a captured data that is appended with a present geospatial location and a time stamp associated with a creation date and a creation time of captured data in generating the garage sale data).
The garage sale server of the system may include a validation module to determine that the garage sale broadcast data is associated with the verified user of a garage sale network using a processor and a memory and/or to ensure that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network. The garage sale server of the system may include a time stamp module to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and/or a creation time of the garage sale broadcast data is trusted based the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network and/or a listing module comprising a listing criteria (comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a price, a type, a category, and/or a functional status of an item offered in a garage sale associated with the garage sale listing). The item may be a physical good and a service offered by the verified user through the garage sale.
The garage sale server of the system may include a charting module to populate an availability chart when the garage sale associated with the listing criteria is posted. The availability chart may include a delivery radius, a pickup timing, an on-home lockbox access key, and/or a sold status indicator of items of the garage sale. The garage sale server of the system may include a pushpin module to present the garage sale broadcast data as a garage sale pushpin of the garage sale in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and/or business listings in a surrounding vicinity (such that the garage sale pushpin of the garage sale is automatically presented on a geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network).
The garage sale server of the system may include a radial distribution module to radially distribute the garage sale broadcast data through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification to desktop and/or data processing systems (associated with users and their user profiles) around an epicenter defined at the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area (defined by a threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data) through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from a current geospatial location at the epicenter. The system may further include a placement module to enable the verified user to drag and drop the garage sale pushpin on any location on the geospatial map, and/or automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location.
The placement module may generate a for-sale view of the garage sale (in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for sale through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network), and/or a for-rent view of the garage sale (in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for rent through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network). An extraction module may separate a geospatial coordinates from a metadata associated with the garage sale broadcast data when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale network.
A matching module may determine a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the garage sale server and a digital clock of the data processing system to determine that the time stamp associated with the creation date and/or time of the garage sale broadcast data is accurate and therefore trusted. A deletion module may automatically delete the garage sale broadcast data on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale server based on a listing expiration time. A plotting module may geocode a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the data processing system. In one embodiment, a data-seeding module may prepopulate the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the garage sale network.
A modification module may alter content in each of the set of user profiles and/or a discovery module may find a modified content through the neighborhood curation system. An undo module may generate a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user can be undone on a modified user profile page. A reputation module may determine an editing credibility of the verified user based on an edit history of the verified user and/or a community contribution validation of the verified user by other users of the neighborhood curation system. A publishing module may automatically publish the garage sale broadcast data to the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server using the radial algorithm.
A claiming module may process a claim request of the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system. A private-neighborhood module may determine if a claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system. An association module may associate the verified user with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by the verified user and a different verified user.
A boundary module may permit the verified user to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive. An address type module may verify the claim request of the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system (when the address is determined to be associated with a work address and/or a residential address of the verified user).
A concurrency module may simultaneously publish the garage sale broadcast data on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data through the data processing system in the threshold radial distance from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user of the neighborhood curation system (when automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server based on a set of preferences of the verified user using the radial algorithm). A summary module may generate a summary data to the verified user generating the garage sale broadcast data (through the data processing system) of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data (when publishing the garage sale broadcast data in the private neighborhood community and/or the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance from the claimed geospatial location of the verified user of the garage sale server based on the set of preferences of the verified user).
A live broadcast module may live broadcasting the garage sale broadcast data to the different verified user and/or other verified users in the private neighborhood community and/or currently within the threshold radial distance from the current geospatial location through a multicast algorithm in the garage sale server such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems associated with each of a different user and other verified users simultaneously (when the data processing system of the verified user generating a live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the garage sale broadcast data to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the data processing system of the verified user generating a broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has a non-transitory connection). A bi-directional communication module may permit the different verified user and/or other verified users in the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user generating the broadcast through the garage sale network.
A non-transitory module may determine any private neighborhood community in which the verified user has the non-transitory connection is the residential address of the verified user and/or the work address of the verified user that has been confirmed by the garage sale server as being associated with the verified user. A threshold module may automatically set the threshold distance between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast. A moderation module may apply a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the garage sale server persists and which is deleted and a muting module may permit users to mute messages of specific verified users to prevent misuse of the garage sale network.
The methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein may be implemented in any means for achieving various aspects, and may be executed in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform any of the operations disclosed herein. Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
Example embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which:
Other features of the present embodiments will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
A method, apparatus, and system of multi-occupant structure in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments. It will be evident, however, to one skilled in the art that the various embodiments may be practiced without these specific details.
Particularly,
The garage sale server 100 includes a processor 120, a memory 124, and a geospatial database 122, according to the embodiment of
The data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop) may access the garage sale server 100 through the network 101 using a browser application of the data processing system (e.g., Google® Chrome) and/or through a client-side application downloaded to the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) (e.g., a Nextdoor.com mobile application, a Fatdoor.com mobile application) operated by the user 106. In an alternate embodiment, a non-mobile computing device, such as a desktop computer (not shown) may access the garage sale server 100 through the network 101.
The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be communicated from the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) to the garage sale server 100 through the network 101. The garage sale broadcast data 102 may include information about a garage sale offered by the user 106 to recipients 114 through the network 101. For example, the work opportunity may relate to a paid position of regular employment offered by the user 106 and/or a task, a casual/occasional garage sale offered by the user 106 to the recipients 114 and/or the service providers 109.
The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be generated and distributed through an application of the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
Using an internet protocol based network (e.g., the network 101), the garage sale server 100 may be able to use the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
Furthermore, the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial algorithm 240 may operate as follows, according to one embodiment. The radial algorithm may utilize a radial distribution function (e.g., a pair correlation function)
g(r)
in the garage sale network 150. The radial distribution function may describe how density varies as a function of distance from a user 106, according to one embodiment.
If a given user 106 is taken to be at the origin O (e.g., the epicenter 144), and if
ρ=N/V
is the average number density of recipients 114 in the garage sale network 150, then the local time-averaged density at a distance r from O is
ρg(r)
according to one embodiment. This simplified definition may hold for a hom*ogeneous and isotropic type of recipients 114, according to one embodiment of the radial algorithm 240.
A more anisotropic distribution (e.g., exhibiting properties with different values when measured in different directions) of the recipients 114 will be described below, according to one embodiment of the radial algorithm 240. In simplest terms it may be a measure of the probability of finding a recipient at a distance of r away from a given user 106, relative to that for an ideal distribution scenario, according to one embodiment. The anisotropic algorithm involves determining how many recipients 114 are within a distance of r and r+dr away from the user 106, according to one embodiment. The radial algorithm 240 may be determined by calculating the distance between all user pairs and binning them into a user histogram, according to one embodiment.
The histogram may then be normalized with respect to an ideal user at the origin o, where user histograms are completely uncorrelated, according to one embodiment. For three dimensions (e.g., such as a building representation in the geospatially constrained social network 142 in which there are multiple residents in each floor), this normalization may be the number density of the system multiplied by the volume of the spherical shell, which mathematically can be expressed as
g(r)1=4πr2ρdr,
where ρ may be the user density, according to one embodiment of the radial algorithm 240.
The radial distribution function of the radial algorithm 240 can be computed either via computer simulation methods like the Monte Carlo method, or via the Ornstein-Zernike equation, using approximate closure relations like the Percus-Yevick approximation or the Hypernetted Chain Theory, according to one embodiment
This may be important because by confining the broadcast reach of a verified user in the garage sale network 150 to a specified range, the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
In effect, the radial algorithm of the garage sale server enables users to notify people around locations that are cared about (e.g., around where they live, work, and/or where they are physically located). In one embodiment, the user 106 can be provided ‘feedback’ after the garage sale broadcast data 102 may be delivered to the recipients 114 and/or to the service providers 109 using the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The various embodiments described herein of the garage sale server 100 using the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The radial algorithm 240 may be a set of instructions that may enable users (e.g., verified users, non-verified users) of the Nextdoor.com and Fatdoor.com websites and applications to broadcast their activities (e.g., garage sale, t-shirt sale, crime alert) to surrounding neighbors within a claimed neighborhood and to guests of a claimed neighborhood, according to one embodiment. The radial algorithm 240 may be new because current technology does not allow for users of a network (e.g., Nextdoor.com, Fatdoor.com) to locally broadcast their activity to a locally defined geospatial area. With the radial algorithm 240, users of the network may communicate with one another in a locally defined manner, which may present more relevant information and activities, according to one embodiment. For example, if a verified user of the network broadcasts an item for sale, locally defined neighbors of the verified user may be much more interested in purchasing the product compared to if the item was for sale in a different town or city, according to one embodiment. The radial distribution module 140 may solve the problem of neighbors living in the locally defined geospatial area who don't typically interact, and allows them to connect within a virtual space that did not exist before, according to one embodiment. Prior to this invention of the radial algorithm 240 operating through the radial distribution module 140, community boards (e.g., job boards, for sale boards) were the only method of distributing content in a surrounding neighborhood effectively. However, there was no way to easily distribute content related to exigent circ*mstances and/or with urgency in a broadcast-like manner to those listening around a neighborhood through data processing systems until the various embodiments applying the radial distribution module 140 as described herein.
A radial algorithm 240 may be a method of calculating a sequence of operations, and in this case a sequence of radio operations, according to one embodiment. Starting from an initial state and initial input, the radial algorithm 240 describes a computation that, when executed, proceeds through a finite number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing radial patterned distribution (e.g., simulating a local radio station), according to one embodiment.
The garage sale server 100 may solve technical challenges through the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
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The radial algorithm 240 may be used to calculate relative distances between each one of millions of records as associated with each placed geo-spatial coordinate in the geospatially constrained social network 142 (e.g., a neighborhood social network such as Fatdoor.com, Nextdoor.com). Calculations of relative distance between each geospatial coordinate can be a large computational challenge because of the high number of reads, writes, modifies, and creates associated with each geospatial coordinate added to the geospatially constrained social network 142 and subsequent recalculations of surrounding geospatial coordinates associated with other users and/or other profile pages based a relative distance away from a newly added set of geospatial coordinates (e.g., associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 and/or with other pushpin types). To overcome this computational challenge, the radial algorithm may leverage a massively parallel computing architecture 146 through which processing functions are distributed across a large set of processors accessed in a distributed computing system 148 through the network 101.
In order to achieve the utilization of the massively parallel computing architecture 146 in a context of a radial distribution function of a geospatially constrained social network 142, a number of technical challenges have been overcome in at least one embodiment. Particularly, the radial distribution module 140 constructs a series of tables based on an ordered geospatial ranking based on frequency of interaction through a set of ‘n’ number of users simultaneously interacting with the geospatially constrained social network 142, in one preferred embodiment. In this manner, sessions of access between the garage sale server 100 and users of the garage sale server 100 (e.g., the user 106) may be monitored based on geospatial claimed areas of the user (e.g., a claimed work and/or home location of the user), and/or a present geospatial location of the user. In this manner, tables associated with data related to claimed geospatial areas of the user and/or the present geospatial location of the user may be anticipatorily cached in the memory 124 to ensure that a response time of the geospatially constrained social network 142 may be not constrained by delays caused by extraction, retrieval, and transformation of tables that are not likely to be required for a current and/or anticipated set of sessions between users and the garage sale server 100.
In a preferred embodiment, an elastic computing environment may be used by the radial distribution module 140 to provide for increase/decreases of capacity within minutes of a database function requirement. In this manner, the radial distribution module 140 can adapt to workload changes based on number of requests of processing simultaneous and/or concurrent requests associated with garage sale broadcast data 102 by provisioning and deprovisioning resources in an autonomic manner, such that at each point in time the available resources match the current demand as closely as possible.
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The user 106 may be an individual who operates the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) to generate the garage sale broadcast data 102. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the verified nature of the user may be an optional characteristic in an alternate embodiment. This means that in an alternate embodiment, any user (whether verified or not) may generate the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504). In another alternative embodiment, the user 106 may be an electronic sensor, such as a detection sensor device (e.g., a sensory detection sensor device such as a motion detector, a chemical detection device, etc.), and/or an appliance (e.g., such as a refrigerator, a home security network, and/or a motion detector). It should also be noted that the ‘mobile’ nature of the data processing system 104 may be optional in yet another alternative embodiment. In such an alternate embodiment, any computing device, whether mobile/portable or fixed in location may generate the garage sale broadcast data 102.
The cellular network 108 may be associated with a telephone carrier (e.g., such as AT&T, Sprint, etc.) that provides an infrastructure through which communications are generated between the garage sale server 100 and the service providers 109 using the radial algorithm 240. For example, the cellular network 108 may provide a communication infrastructure through which the garage sale broadcast data 102 may be communicated as voice and/or text messages through telephones (e.g., standard telephones and/or smart phones) operated by at least some of the service providers 109 of
The cellular network 108 (e.g., a mobile network) may be a wireless network distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver, known as a cell site or base station through which the garage sale broadcast data 102 is distributed from the garage sale server 100 to telephones of the service providers 109 using the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
When joined together these cells of the cellular network 108 may provide radio coverage over a wide geographic area through the cellular network 108 in a manner that ensures that the garage sale broadcast data 102 may be simultaneously communicated via both IP networks (e.g., to the recipients 114) and/or to the service providers 109 through the cellular network 108. It will be appreciated that the radial distribution module 140 (e.g., that applies the radial algorithm 240 of
The service providers 109 may be locations, devices, and/or mobile phones associated with individuals and/or agencies. The service providers 109 may be notified when a garage sale in a local area including a non-transitory location (e.g., around where they live and/or work, regardless of where they currently are) and a transitory location (e.g., where they currently are) is posted using the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) as the garage sale broadcast data 102.
The service providers 109 are illustrated in
The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be delivered as notification data 112 (which may include a number of attributes as later will be described with reference to
The recipients 114 may be individuals that have claimed a profile (e.g., verified their profile through a postcard, a telephone lookup, a utility bill) associated with a particular non-transitory address (e.g., a home address, a work address) through a geospatial social network (e.g., a geospatially constrained social network 142 (e.g., a neighborhood social network such as Fatdoor.com, Nextdoor.com)) through which the garage sale server 100 operates. The recipients 114 may be in a geo-fenced area, in that an epicenter 144 of a broadcast message from the data processing system 104 (e.g., a mobile device 504) may be a center through which a radial distance is calculated based on a characteristic of the garage sale broadcast data 102. For example, a short term job (e.g., moving furniture) may be delivered only to an immediate 0.1 mile radius, and a permanent job opening may be automatically delivered to a broader 0.6 mile radius either automatically and/or through a user defined preference (e.g., set by the user 106).
It should be appreciated that individuals in an area outside the threshold radial distance 115 may not receive the garage sale broadcast data 102 because their geospatial address may be outside a radial boundary surrounding an epicenter 144 in which the garage sale broadcast data 102 originates. Additionally, the threshold radial distance 119 may be confined on its edges by a geospatial polygon at a juncture between area defined by recipients 114 and the area outside the threshold radial distance 115, according to one embodiment.
Particularly,
A validation module 200 may determine that a garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through a mobile device 504 may be associated with a verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
In addition, the validation module 200 may ensure that a set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location (e.g., any of the claimed geospatial locations 700 as described in
A time stamp module 202 may determine that a time stamp 510 associated with a creation date 508 and/or a creation time 507 of the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 may be trusted based on the claimed geospatial location (e.g., any of the claimed geospatial locations 700 as described in
A charting module 204 may populate an availability chart 714 when the job associated with the listing criteria 712 may be posted, wherein the availability chart 714 includes a target candidate living area radius, a start timing, an hours per day, an hours per month, a professional qualification criteria and/or a timing criteria. An application module 274 may communicate the broadcast data (e.g., the garage sale broadcast data 102) to the neighborhood broadcasting system when the broadcast data (e.g., the garage sale broadcast data 102) may be processed, and/or to associate the verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
A pushpin module 206 may present the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 as a job alert pushpin of the job broadcast in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and/or business listings in a surrounding vicinity, such that the job alert pushpin of the job broadcast may be automatically presented on the geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
A radial distribution module 140 may radially distribute the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification delivered to desktop and/or mobile device 504s associated with users and/or their user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
A generate module may be used to generate a for-sale view of the garage sale in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for sale through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network, and a for-rent view of the garage sale in which the verified user offers items of the garage sale for rent through the garage sale server to other users in the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the garage sale broadcast data of the verified user of the garage sale network
A notification module 208 may automatically notify users in a surrounding geospatial area to the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504. An extraction module 234 may separate the geospatial coordinates 103 from a metadata associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location (e.g., any of the claimed geospatial locations 700 as described in
A matching module 210 may determine a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the garage sale server 100 and/or a digital clock of the mobile device 504 to determine that the time stamp 510 associated with the creation date 508 and/or time of the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 may be accurate and/or therefore trusted. A deletion module 236 may automatically remove a publishing of the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 on a set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
A data-seeding module 241 may prepopulate the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
A publishing module 214 may automatically communicate the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 to a set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
An association module 216 may associate the verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
A concurrency module 258 may simultaneously publish the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
A summary module 262 may generate a summary data to the seller generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 when publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 in the private neighborhood community and/or the set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
A live broadcast module 228 may live broadcast the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 to the different verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
A bi-directional communication module 230 may permit the different verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
A threshold module 268 may automatically set the threshold distance between 0.2 and/or 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast. A non-transitory module 270 may determine any private neighborhood community in which the verified user (e.g., the user 106 of
Particularly,
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The notification data 112 may be communicated through the network 101 to the preseeded user profiles 302 within a threshold radial distance 119 of the epicenter 144. Alternately, the notification data 112 may be communicated through the network 101 to different ones of the claimed user profile 304 within the claimed neighborhood 300 that are located within the threshold radial distance 119 from the epicenter 144. Additionally, as described in
The notification data 112 may also be communicated through the cellular network 108 or through the network 101. For example, users may use the garage sale network 150 to monitor garage sales in a neighborhood and publish these garage sales to residents around a geo spatial area of the neighborhood. Additionally, it should be understood that other types of businesses may receive the notification data 112. For example, additional service providers such as retail shops, wholesale stores, construction jobsites, and other parties or entities that may be interested in particular items of a garage sale may receive the notification data 112.
Particularly, in
It should be also noted that in some embodiments, the “preseeded user profiles” may be users that have previously signed up for the geospatially constrained social network 142, as opposed to users that have been preseeded there in a social network. For example, in one alternate embodiment, each of the claimed neighborhood 400 may serve as an approximate to actual radial distribution, in that broadcast messages are solely sent to claimed neighborhoods (e.g., private claimed neighborhoods) of actual users in a vicinity of a broadcast (rather than to public profiles).
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A summary data may be provided to the seller generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 when publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 generated through the mobile device 504 in the private neighborhood community and/or the set of user profiles (e.g., preseeded user profiles 302 and/or claimed user profiles 304 as described in
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The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may comprise of a set of wheels aligned in a way to provide the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 (e.g., neighborhood rover vehicle) stability when traveling to and/or from destinations (e.g., on sidewalks, bike lanes, a roadway, over rocks, over grass). The storage compartment 1201 may be any shape that enables the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 to adequately store desired item(s) (e.g., a rectangular shape, a spherical shape, a cone shape). The storage compartment 1201 may be made of metallic materials, wood, and/or a polymer based material. The interior of the storage compartment may be temperature controlled via a temperature control module (e.g., heated, cooled, kept at a certain humidity) and/or may be comprised of (e.g., be made of, lined with, reinforced with, padded with) materials to aid in transport and/or storage of items. In one embodiment, the storage compartment 1201 may be lined with vinyl, nylon and/or Cordura to aid in keeping contents heated. In another embodiment, the storage compartment 1201 may be padded and/or be equipped with a suspensions system to protect fragile contents. The contents may be a gastronomical item, a perishable item, a retail good, an electronic device, a piece of mail, an organ (e.g., for medical use), and/or any item capable of being transported via the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200.
The storage compartment 1201 may have compartments (e.g., separate sections capable of being maintained at different temperatures and/or humidity, trays, compartmentalized areas) and/or may have separate openings on the surface of the storage compartment 1201 for each compartment(s). The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may comprise of an ejection module 1210, according to one embodiment. The ejection module 1210 may be communicatively couple with a camera (e.g., a separate camera from that of a sensor system 1202) and/or may eject items (e.g., packages, letters, non-fragile items) from the storage compartment 1201 using pressurized air. In one embodiment, the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may be able to eject items in a specific compartment of the storage compartment 1201 while not ejecting items in another compartment and/or keeping other items controlled at a certain temperature and/or humidity.
In one embodiment, the sensor system 1202 may be comprised of several sensors (e.g., several types, several of the same kind). The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may possess multiple sensor systems 1202. The sensor system 1202 may be physically associated with the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 so that the vehicle is able to capture and/or analyze its surrounding environment and/or navigate. The sensor system 1202 may be comprised of a global positioning system, an internal measurement unit, a radar unit, a laser rangefinder/LIDAR unit, a camera, and/or an ultrasound unit.
The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may have a user interface 1204 physically associated with it. The user interface 1204 may be a touch screen system, a key-pad based system, an audio based system (e.g., voice command), etc. The user interface 1204 may enable individuals (e.g., a user of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200) to enter commands (e.g., a destination, a set of details about the pick-up and/or drop-off, a set of constraints for the vehicle's operation). In one embodiment, the user interface 1204 may require a user verification (e.g., passcode, voice recognition, a biometric scan) before access to the user interface 1204 may be granted. In another embodiment, the user interface 1204 may be covered and/or encased by a protective surface until activated (e.g., unlocked) for use.
A electronic locking mechanism 1206 may be physically associated with the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200, according to one embodiment. The electronic locking mechanism 1206 may be a combination lock, an electronic lock, a signal based lock, a passcode lock, a biometric scanner (e.g., fingerprint reader) and/or may keep the contents of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 secure. In one embodiment, the electronic locking mechanism 1206 may be unlocked and/or locked via the user interface 1204. In one embodiment, the electronic locking mechanism 1206 may automatically unlock when the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 arrives at its destination. The electronic locking mechanism 1206 may unlock when the sender (e.g., owner, user) of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 remotely unlocks the electronic locking mechanism 1206 (e.g., using the data processing system 104 (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet, a mobile device, a computer, a laptop). In another embodiment, a passcode may be sent to the recipient (e.g., store, individual, company) (e.g., via text message, via a push notification, via an update on a profile, in an email, etc.). The passcode to the electronic locking mechanism 1206 may be changed on a predetermined basis (e.g., with every use, daily, weekly, hourly, upon request of the owner, upon request of the user (e.g., sender)). In one embodiment, the electronic locking mechanism 1206 may be unlocked using a near-field communication technology such as iBeacon, NFC and/or a keypad unlock code.
The path lighting device 1208 of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may automatically active a set of light emitting diodes encompassing the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 when a light sensor detects that an environmental brightness is below a threshold lumens. The path lighting device 1208 may be comprised of multiple light sources. The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may have multiple path lighting devices 1208.
The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may have all terrain wheels 1209. The all-terrain wheels 1209 may be shock absorbing, on/off road, airless, puncture-sealing, run-flat etc. The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may have a sidewalk detection sensor 1211 to provide a mechanism through which the autonomous neighborhood vehicle is able to detect a gradation ride caused by a sidewalk start location and a gradation drop caused by a sidewalk end location (e.g., curb). The sidewalk detection sensor 1211 may be a LIDAR, a RADAR, a setereo optical sensor, an ultrasound unit, and/or another type of sensor. The telescoping platform 1207 may enable the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 to traverse the sidewalk (e.g., move from the sidewalk to the road (e.g., bike lane) and/or from the road to the sidewalk) without disturbing, damaging and/or shifting its contents. The telescoping platform 1207 may lift and/or lower the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200, along with all wheels, one set of wheels, any number of wheels to an evaluation that allows the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 to traverse an obstacle (e.g., a sidewalk curb). In one embodiment, the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may be communicatively couple with the garage sale server 100 through the network 101 and/or the cellular network 108.
In one embodiment, the user (e.g., owner of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle, user of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle) may be able to receive autonomous neighborhood vehicle alerts 1302 on the data processing system 104 associated with the user. The autonomous neighborhood vehicle alert 1302 may alert the user when the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 arrives at a destination, departs from the destination, when items have been removed from and/or added to the user interface 1204, when stuck (e.g., at a traffic light, in traffic, in a ditch), when a breakdown occurs, when a certain amount of time has elapsed, when a threshold distance traveled has elapsed, when energy levels reach a threshold level, when another user requests to use (e.g., rent) the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200, when the lock 1218 has been tampered with, when there is an attempted theft etc.
The user 106 (e.g., the owner of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle) may be able to view the autonomous neighborhood vehicle map 1304 via the data processing system 104. In one embodiment, the autonomous neighborhood vehicle map 1304 may display the autonomous neighborhood vehicle location 1306 and/or the user location (e.g., the user's current location and/or the claimed geospatial location 700). The autonomous neighborhood vehicle map 1304 may also display the destination location, according to one embodiment. In another embodiment, other users of the geospatially constrained social network 142 may be able to view the current location of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 and/or may be able to request use of the vehicle if the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 (e.g., autonomous delivery box drone) is within a threshold radial distance from the location of the other users (e.g., current location and/or claimed location(s)).
The delivery details 1310 may allow the user to view confirmation that a delivery has been made, that an item has been placed in the vehicle, to indicate a status of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 etc. In one embodiment, a financial transaction may be completed through the garage sale server 100. The user (e.g., owner of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle and/or sender of the items delivered by the autonomous neighborhood vehicle) may be able to see account information and/or the profile of the recipient and/or alter their own account information via the data processing system 104. The other user (e.g., the recipient of the delivery) may be able to submit comments to the user (e.g., information about the delivery, a thank you, a request for further deliveries, a request for use of the autonomous neighborhood vehicle etc.).
The time to arrival view 1312 may indicate the time (e.g., time remaining, estimated time of arrival) until the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 arrives at its destination and/or returns from its destination. The action selector 1314 may allow the user to select an action in response to the autonomous neighborhood vehicle alert 1302. In one embodiment, the user may select any number of actions (e.g., action 1316A and/or action 1316B and/or action 1316C). Action 1316A may enable the user to contact the destination (e.g., the individual, the shop, the company) and/or establish bi-directional communication. Action 1316B may allow the user to contact repair services (e.g., in the case of a break down). Action 1316C may allow the user to command the autonomous neighborhood vehicle to return to the user's location (e.g., the owner's current location and/or the owner's claimed geospatial location(s), the user's (e.g., renter's) current location). In one embodiment, the user may be able to allow other users to user (e.g., rent) the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 via the action selector 1314, change a destination, and/or add additional destinations to the delivery route.
In an example embodiment, Jenny may have a garage sale. She may alert her neighbors and/or inform them about the items for sale via the garage sale server 100. Many of her neighbors may attend her garage sale. However, some neighbors who may be interested in certain items may be unable to travel to Jenny's house. These neighbors may be busy during the time of the garage sale and/or may not have access to transportation. Jenny may still be able to deliver items to these neighbors by using the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 (e.g., the autonomous delivery box drone).
Jenny's neighbor, Joe, may want to purchase her old computer that was listed through the garage sale server 100 as being included in the garage sale. Joe may be unable to attend the garage sale in person. Jenny may be able to place the computer in and/or on the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 and enter a destination directly through the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 and/or using the data processing device 104. The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may be able to autonomously deliver the computer to Joe's location using the multidirectional camera(s) sensor system 1202 and/or the GPS device while keeping the item safe in transit (e.g., user interface 1204). The autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 may be able to travel on sidewalks, the side of the road, in bike paths etc. and/or navigate traffic, redirect to an optimal route, and/or obey traffic laws while making the delivery. Once the autonomous neighborhood vehicle reaches the destination, a text may be sent to Joe containing the passcode to the user interface 1204. Joe may be able to open the user interface 1204 and retrieve his new computer without leaving his home.
In another example embodiment, Jenny may have broken her leg and be unable to get out of bed. Her family may be out of town and she may have nobody to help her get groceries. Jenny may be able to use the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 (e.g., use her own, rent one from a neighbor, a company and/or the geospatially constrained social network 142) to receive food from a local grocery store. Jenny may be able to use the geospatially constrained social network 142 to send the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 to the store. She may be able to send the store (e.g., employee working at the store, the store's profile on the geospatially constrained network etc.) a shopping list and/or may instruct the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 to relay the list to the store.
An employee at the store may load the requested items into the autonomous neighborhood vehicle 1200 and the vehicle may travel autonomously in the manor detailed above to Jenny's location, delivering the groceries. In one embodiment, a financial transaction may be carried out through the garage sale server 100. Similar pick-ups and/or deliveries may be conducted with other entities such as Target©, Amazon©, retail stores, etc.
In another embodiment, a neighbor ‘Sam’ may wish to sell his old iPhone to a neighbor Phil. Sam may use the Fatdoor app on his mobile phone to sell his iPhone to neighbor Phil. Sam may summon the Fatdoor rover (e.g., an autonomous neighborhood rover in Sam's neighborhood) to come and pick up his old iPhone. The Fatdoor rover may be dispatched from a central location near City Hall, and come and pick up Sam's iPhone. When the Fatdoor rover is arriving in a few minutes, Sam's phone may get a text alert, notifying that Sam should load the rover once it arrives near his home in a few minutes. The text message may include an ‘unlock’ code to a storage chest of the autonomous Fatdoor rover. Sam may us the unlock code (e.g., using a near-field communication technology such as iBeacon, NFC and/or a keypad unlock code) to unlock the storage chest of the autonomous Fatdoor Rover. Once loaded, Sam may secure the cavity of the Fatdoor rover, and the rover may travel to a location of Phil's home to deliver the iPhone. Once near Phil's home, Phil may also receive a text message notifying that the autonomous rover is near his front porch and a unique unlock code (e.g., which may expire after a period of time). Once Phil receives the iPhone, Sam may get paid by Phil. Until then, money may be held in an escrow account with Fatdoor, Inc. In an alternate embodiment, Sam may get paid earlier as soon as he enters into a contract with Phil. The Fatdoor rover may know how to get to Sam's house and/or Phil's house based on a ‘pick up’ address of Sam and a ‘delivery’ address of Phil entered during the transaction. Further, an optimal pickup time may guide the Fatdoor rover to pick up and deliver items at desired times in the neighborhood. The Fatdoor rover may be an electric vehicle with a limited 25 to 40 mile round trip range. Further, the Fatdoor rover may travel on sidewalks and/or bicycle lanes at a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour. The Fatdoor rover may have upon it a camera (e.g., a LIBOR camera), infrared sensors, laser sensors, and on board navigation.
In another embodiment, Phil may purchase a pizza from the neighborhood ‘Famiglia Pizzaria’, the best pizza this side of Texas through his desktop computer using Fatdoor (e.g., and/or another website such as familiapizzariaofHouston.com having the Fatdoor Connect API integration). Famiglia Pizzaria may have purchased two Fatdoor rovers for pizza deliveries in the neighborhood. Once Phil places an order for pizza, the Fatdoor rovers (branded on the side with Famiglia Pizzaria) may deliver pizza's to Phil's house once the pizzas come out of the oven. Phil may be able to track and view the progress and estimated delivery time of his pizzas through his mobile device, and may even see the current location of the Fatdoor rover assigned to deliver his pizza to him. The storage compartment of the Fatdoor rovers used by Famiglia pizza may be heated to keep the pizzas warmth while in route. The Fatdoor rovers may keep a log and centrally store the video that they capture to ensure that there is no theft and/or breach of security of the storage compartment during transit. Further, the Fatdoor rovers may be able to safely be able to navigate over sidewalks, yield signs, stop signs, people, bikes, and cars in the roads as they navigate from Famiglia Pizzaria to Phil's home. Once the pizzas are delivered, the Fatdoor rovers purchased by Famiglia may automatically make their way back to Famiglia's pizza headquarters for the next delivery.
In the example embodiment illustrated in
The verified registered user 4110 may be verified registered user of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
For example, a social community module (e.g., a social community module 2906 of
In operation 1700 the search for the user profile (e.g., the user profile 4000 of
For example, a no-match module (e.g., a no-match module 3112 of
The GUI display 1802 and GUI display 1804 may display particular case of user interface for interacting with a device capable of representing data (e.g., computer, cellular telephones, television sets etc.) which employs graphical images and widgets in addition to text to represent the information and actions available to the user (e.g., the user 2916 of
The router 1812 may forward packets between networks and/or information packets between the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The application server #2 1822 may be server computer on a computer network dedicated to running certain software applications of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The image server 1832 may store and provide digital images of the registered user of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The database 1900 be may include descriptive data, preference data, relationship data, and/or other data items regarding the registered user of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The user data 1902 may be a descriptive data referring to information that may describe a user (e.g., the user 2916 of
The locations data 1904 may clarify the location details in formatted approach. For example Zip code may be formatted as integer, City may be in text and/or State may be in text. The zip codes data 1906 may provide information of a user location in formatted manner. For example Zip code may be formatted as text, Latitude may be in integer and/or Longitude may be in integer. The profile data 1908 may clutch personnel descriptive data that may be formatted.
For examples ID may be formatted as integer, Interests may be in text, Favoritemusic may be in text, Favaoritebooks may be in text, Favoritetv may be in text, Favoritemovies may be in text, Aboutme may be in text, Wanttommet may be in text, Ethnicity may be in integer, Hair may be in integer, Eyes may be in integer, Height may be in integer, Body may be in integer, Education may be in integer, Income may be in integer, Religion may be in integer, Politics may be in integer Smoking may be in integer, Drinking may be in integer and/or Kids may be in integer.
The photos data 1910 may represent a digital image and/or a photograph of the user formatted in certain approach. For example Id may be formatted as integer, User may be in integer, Fileid may be in integer and/or Moderation may be in integer. The testimonials data 1912 may allow users to write “testimonials” 1912, or comments, about each other and in these testimonials, users may describe their relationship to an individual and their comments about that individual. For example the user might write a testimonial that states “Rohan has been a friend of mine since graduation days. He is smart, intelligent, and a talented person.” The elements of testimonials data 1912 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, User may be in integer, Sender may be integer, Approved may be in y/n, Date may be in date and/or Body may be formatted in text.
The search parameters data 1914 may be preference data referring to the data that may describe preferences one user has with respect to another (For example, the user may indicate that he is looking for a female who is seeking a male for a serious relationship). The elements of the search parameters data 1914 may be formatted as User 1902 may be in integer, Photosonly may be in y/n, Justphotos may be in y/n, Male may be in y/n, Female may be in y/n, Men may be in y/n, Women may be in y/n, Helptohelp may be in y/n, Friends may be in y/n, Dating may be in y/n, Serious may be in y/n, Activity may be in y/n, Minage may be in integer, Maxage may be in integer, Distance may be in integer, Single may be in y/n, Relationship may be in y/n, Married may be in y/n and/or Openmarriage may be in y/n.
The neighbor's data 1916 may generally refer to relationships among registered users of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The elements of the invites data 1920 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, Key may be in integer, Sender may be in integer, Email may be in text, Date may be in date format, Clicked may be in y/n, Joined may be in y/n and/or Joineduser may be in integer. The bookmarks data 1922 may be provide the data for a process allowed wherein a registered user of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The message data 1924 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, User may be in integer, Sender may be in integer, New may be in y/n, Folder may be in text, Date may be in date format, Subject may be in text and/or Body may be in text format. The bulletin board data 1926 may supports the function of a bulletin board that users may use to conduct online discussions, conversation and/or debate. The claimable data 1928 may share the user profiles (e.g., the user profile 4000 of
The “From” section may include the senders email id (e.g., user@domain.com). The “To” section may be provided to add the email id of the person to whom the sender may want to join the neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 2902A-N of
In operation 2310, response from the user (e.g., the user 2916 of
In operation 2316, if the invitee accepts the invitation sent by the registered user then system may notify the registered user that the invitee has accepted the invitation. In operation 2318, the input from the present invitee(s) that may contain the descriptive data about the friend (e.g., registered user) may be processed and stored in the database.
For example, each registered user associated e-mail addresses of individuals who are not registered users may be stored and identified by each registered user as neighbors. An invitation to become a new user (e.g., the user 2916 of
The neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 2920 of
If it is determined that depth is more than maximum allowable degrees of separation then it may repeat the operation 2408. In operation 2414, if may be determined that the depth of the geographical location (e.g., the geographical location 4004 of
In operation 2418, if all the neighbors (e.g., the neighbor 2920 of
If it is determined that the neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 2920 of
For example, a first user ID with the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
Furthermore, the user ID of the different registered user may be searched (e.g., the method limits the searching of the different registered user in the sets of user IDs that may be stored as registered users who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
Moreover, the sets of user IDs that may be stored of registered users may be searched initially who are directly connected to the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In addition, the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
For example, the brief profiles of registered users, including a brief profile of the different registered user, to the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
Furthermore, the hyperlink selection from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2806, a map (e.g., a map 4002 of
In operation 2810, a query of at least one of the user profile (e.g., the user profile 4000 of
In operation 2814, a certain claimable profile (e.g., the claimable profile 4006 of
In operation 2816, the certain claimable profile (e.g., the claimable profile 4006 of
In operation 2822, a commercial user (e.g., a commercial user 4100 of
In operation 2826, a payment of the commercial user (e.g., the commercial user 4100 of
In operation 2830, a claimant of any claimable profile (e.g., the claimable profile 4006 of
In operation 2838, a maximum degree of separation (Nmax) of at least two may be set that is allowed for connecting any two registered users, wherein two registered users who are directly connected may be deemed to be separated by one degree of separation and two registered users who are connected through no less than one other registered user may be deemed to be separated by two degrees of separation and two registered users who may be connected through no less than N other registered users are deemed to be separated by N+1 degrees of separation. In operation 2840, the user ID of the different registered user may be searched in a set of user IDs that are stored of registered users who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2842, the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2848, a connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2850, the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2852, a hyperlink in the connection path of each of the at least one registered users may be embedded through whom the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2856, an invitation may be communicated to become a new user (e.g., a user 2916 of
In operation 2864, inputs from the neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 2920 of
In operation 2868, the hyperlink selection from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In operation 2870, brief profiles of those registered users who may be more than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
In one embodiment, a neighborhood communication system 2950 is described. This embodiment includes a privacy server 2900 to apply an address verification algorithm (e.g., using verify module 3006 of
A network 2904, and a mapping server 2926 (e.g., providing global map data) communicatively coupled with the privacy server 2900 through the network 2904 generate a latitudinal data and a longitudinal data associated with each claimable residential address (e.g., using sub-modules of the claimable module 2910 as described in
The privacy server 2900 automatically determines a set of access privileges in the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
The privacy server 2900 (e.g., a hardware device of a global neighborhood environment 1800) may transform the claimable residential address (e.g., using sub-modules of the claimable module 2910 as described in
The privacy server 2900 may constrain the threshold radial distance to be less than a distance of the neighborhood boundary using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040. The privacy server 2900 may permit the neighborhood boundary to take on a variety of shapes based on an associated geographic connotation, a historical connotation, a political connotation, and/or a cultural connotation of neighborhood boundaries. The privacy server 2900 may apply a database of constraints (e.g., the databases of
The privacy server 2900 may generate a user-generated boundary in a form of a polygon describing geo spatial boundaries defining the particular neighborhood when a first user of a particular neighborhood that verifies a first residential address of the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900 prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses in that particular neighborhood places a set of points defining the particular neighborhood using a set of drawing tools in the map view of the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
The separate login may permit the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader to: (1) invite residents of the particular neighborhood themselves (e.g., see the user interface view of
The privacy server 2900 may permit each of the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900 to: (1) share information about a suspicious activity that is likely to affect several neighborhoods, (2) explain about a lost pet that might have wandered into an adjoining neighborhood, (3) rally support from neighbors 2920 (e.g., such as the neighbor 2920 of
The privacy server 2900 may flag a neighborhood feed from the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood as being inappropriate. The privacy server 2900 may suspend users that repeatedly communicate self-promotional messages that are inappropriate as voted based on a sensibility of any one of the verified users (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
The privacy server 2900 may filter feeds to only display messages from the particular neighborhood associated with each verified user. The privacy server 2900 may restrict posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
The privacy server 2900 may initially set the particular neighborhood to a pilot phase status in which the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
In another embodiment a method of a neighborhood communication system 2950 is described. The method includes applying an address verification algorithm (e.g., using verify module 3006 of
The method may transform the claimable residential address (e.g., using sub-modules of the claimable module 2910 as described in
The method may constrain the particular user 2916 to communicate through the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
The method may constrain the threshold radial distance to be less than a distance of the neighborhood boundary using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040.
In addition, the method may define a neighborhood boundary to take on a variety of shapes based on an associated geographic connotation, a historical connotation, a political connotation, and/or a cultural connotation of neighborhood boundaries. The method may apply a database of constraints (e.g., the databases of
The method may generate a user-generated boundary in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the particular neighborhood when a first user of a particular neighborhood that verifies a first residential address of the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900 prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses in that particular neighborhood places a set of points defining the particular neighborhood using a set of drawing tools in the map view of the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
The method may generate a separate login to the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
The method may permit the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader to: (1) invite residents of the particular neighborhood themselves (e.g., see the user interface view of
The method may permit each of the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900 to: (1) share information about a suspicious activity that is likely to affect several neighborhoods, (2) explain about a lost pet that might have wandered into an adjoining neighborhood, (3) rally support from neighbors 2920 (e.g., such as the neighbor 2920 of
The method may flag a neighborhood feed from the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood as being inappropriate. The method may suspend users that repeatedly communicate self-promotional messages that are inappropriate as voted based on a sensibility of any one of the verified users (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
The method may filter feeds to only display messages from the particular neighborhood associated with each verified user. The method may restrict posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
The method may initially set the particular neighborhood to a pilot phase status in which the online community (e.g., as shown in the social community view 3650 of
In yet another embodiment, another neighborhood communication system 2950 is described. This embodiment includes a privacy server 2900 to apply an address verification algorithm (e.g., using verify module 3006 of
In addition, in this yet another embodiment the privacy server 2900 transforms the claimable residential address (e.g., using sub-modules of the claimable module 2910 as described in
The privacy server 2900 may include any number of neighborhoods having registered users and/or unregistered users. The neighborhood(s) 2902 may be a geographically localized community in a larger city, town, and/or suburb. The network 2904 may be search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks and static website that may unite individuals, groups and/or community. The social community module 2906 may generate a building creator in which the registered users may create and/or modify empty claimable profiles (e.g., a claimable profile 4006 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
Furthermore, the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The Bezier curve algorithm 3040 may operate as follows, according to one embodiment. The radial algorithm (e.g., the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
g(r)
In the neighborhood communication system 2950. The radial distribution function may describe how density varies as a function of distance from a user 2916, according to one embodiment.
If a given user 2916 is taken to be at the origin O (e.g., the epicenter), and if
ρ=N/V
is the average number density of recipients (e.g., other users of the neighborhood communication system 2950 such as neighbors 2920 of
ρg(r)
according to one embodiment. This simplified definition may hold for a hom*ogeneous and isotropic type of recipients (e.g., other users of the neighborhood communication system 2950 such as neighbors 2920 of
A more anisotropic distribution (e.g., exhibiting properties with different values when measured in different directions) of the recipients (e.g., other users of the neighborhood communication system 2950 such as neighbors 2920 of
The histogram may then be normalized with respect to an ideal user at the origin o, where user histograms are completely uncorrelated, according to one embodiment. For three dimensions (e.g., such as a building representation in the privacy server 2900 in which there are multiple residents in each floor), this normalization may be the number density of the system multiplied by the volume of the spherical shell, which mathematically can be expressed as
g(r)1=4πr2ρdr,
where ρ may be the user density, according to one embodiment of the Bezier curve algorithm 3040.
The radial distribution function of the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 can be computed either via computer simulation methods like the Monte Carlo method, or via the Ornstein-Zernike equation, using approximative closure relations like the Percus-Yevick approximation or the Hypernetted Chain Theory, according to one embodiment.
This may be important because by confining the broadcast reach of a verified user in the neighborhood communication system 2950 to a specified range, the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
In effect, the radial algorithm (e.g., the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The various embodiments described herein of the privacy server 2900 using the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The radial algorithm (e.g., the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
A Bezier curve algorithm 3040 may be a method of calculating a sequence of operations, and in this case a sequence of radio operations, according to one embodiment. Starting from an initial state and initial input, the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 describes a computation that, when executed, proceeds through a finite number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing radial patterned distribution (e.g., simulating a local radio station), according to one embodiment.
The privacy server 2900 may solve technical challenges through the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
By using the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
In order to implement the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The Bezier curve algorithm 3040 may be used to calculate relative distances between each one of millions of records as associated with each placed geo-spatial coordinate in the privacy server 2900 (e.g., a neighborhood social network such as Fatdoor.com, Nextdoor.com). Calculations of relative distance between each geospatial coordinate can be a large computational challenge because of the high number of reads, writes, modify, and creates associated with each geospatial coordinate added to the privacy server 2900 and subsequent recalculations of surrounding geospatial coordinates associated with other users and/or other profile pages based a relative distance away from a newly added set of geospatial coordinates (e.g., associated with the neighborhood broadcast data and/or with other pushpin types). To overcome this computational challenge, the radial algorithm (e.g., the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
In order to achieve the utilization of the massively parallel computing architecture 146 in a context of a radial distribution function of a privacy server 2900, a number of technical challenges have been overcome in at least one embodiment. Particularly, the social community module 2906 constructs a series of tables based on an ordered geospatial ranking based on frequency of interaction through a set of ‘n’ number of users simultaneously interacting with the privacy server 2900, in one preferred embodiment. In this manner, sessions of access between the privacy server 2900 and users of the privacy server 2900 (e.g., the user 2916) may be monitored based on geospatial claimed areas of the user (e.g., a claimed work and/or home location of the user), and/or a present geospatial location of the user. In this manner, tables associated with data related to claimed geospatial areas of the user and/or the present geospatial location of the user may be anticipatorily cached in the advertiser(s) 2924 to ensure that a response time of the privacy server 2900 may be not constrained by delays caused by extraction, retrieval, and transformation of tables that are not likely to be required for a current and/or anticipated set of sessions between users and the privacy server 2900.
In a preferred embodiment, an elastic computing environment may be used by the social community module 2906 to provide for increase/decreases of capacity within minutes of a database function requirement. In this manner, the social community module 2906 can adapt to workload changes based on number of requests of processing simultaneous and/or concurrent requests associated with neighborhood broadcast data by provisioning and de-provisioning resources in an autonomic manner, such that at each point in time the available resources match the current demand as closely as possible.
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
In one or more embodiments, the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
Another advantage of this broadcast via the social community module 2906 (e.g., that applies the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
The claimable module 2910 may enable the registered users to create and/or update their information. A ‘claimable’ (e.g., may be enabled through the claimable module 2910) can be defined as a perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a claimable allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog (e.g., or a social network page), typically authored by an individual, may not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content. The term claimable refers to either the web site or the software used to create the site. The term ‘claimable’ also implies fast creation, ease of creation, and community approval in many software contexts (e.g., claimable means “quick” in Hawaiian).
The commerce module 2912 may provide an advertisem*nt system to a business that may enable the users to purchase location in the neighborhood(s) 2902. The map module 2914 may be indulged in study, practice, representing and/or generating maps, or globes. The user 2916 may be an individuals and/or households that may purchase and/or use goods and services and/or be an active member of any group or community and/or resident and/or a part of any neighborhood(s) 2902. The residence 2918 may be a house, a place to live and/or like a nursing home in a neighborhood(s) 2902.
The community center 2921 may be public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. The business 2922 may be a customer service, finance, sales, production, communications/public relations and/or marketing organization that may be located in the neighborhood(s) 2902. The advertiser(s) 2924 may be an individual and/or a firm drawing public who may be responsible in encouraging the people attention to goods and/or services by promoting businesses, and/or may perform through a variety of media. The mapping server 2926 may contain the details/maps of any area, region and/or neighborhood. The social community module 2906 of the privacy server 2900 may communicate with the neighborhood(s) 2902 through the network 2904 and/or the search module 2908. The social community module 2906 of the privacy server 2900 may communicate with the advertiser(s) 2924 through the commerce module, the database of neighbors 2928 (e.g., occupant data) and/or mapping server 2926 through the map module 2914.
For example, the neighborhoods 2902A-N may have registered users and/or unregistered users of a privacy server 2900. Also, the social community module 2906 of the privacy server 2900 may generate a building creator (e.g., building builder 1602 of
In addition, the claimable module 2910 of the privacy server 2900 may enable the registered users to create a social network page of themselves, and/or may edit information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through a viewing of physical properties in which, the unregistered users reside when the registered users have knowledge of characteristics associated with the unregistered users.
Furthermore, the search module 2908 of the privacy server 2900 may enable a people search (e.g., the people search widget 3100 of
The commerce module 2912 of the privacy server 2900 may provide an advertisem*nt system to a business who purchase their location in the privacy server 2900 in which the advertisem*nt may be viewable concurrently with a map indicating a location of the business, and/or in which revenue may be attributed to the privacy server 2900 when the registered users and/or the unregistered users click-in on a simultaneously displayed data of the advertisem*nt along with the map indicating a location of the business.
Moreover, a map module 2914 of the privacy server 2900 may include a map data associated with a satellite data (e.g., generated by the satellite data module 3400 of
In addition, a first instruction set may enable a social network to reside above a map data, in which the social network may be associated with specific geographical locations identifiable in the map data. Also, a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set may enable users of the social network to create profiles of other people through a forum which provides a free form of expression of the users sharing information about any entities and/or people residing in any geographical location identifiable in the satellite map data, and/or to provide a technique of each of the users to claim a geographic location (e.g., a geographic location 29024 of
Furthermore, a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set may enable searching of people in the privacy server 2900 by indexing each of the data shared by the user 2916 of any of the people and/or the entities residing in any geographic location (e.g., a geographic location 29024 of
Also, a fifth instruction set may enable an insertion of any content generated in the privacy server 2900 in other search engines through a syndication and/or advertising relationship between the privacy server 2900 and/or other internet commerce and search portals.
Moreover, a sixth instruction set may grow the social network through neighborhood groups, local politicians, block watch communities, issue activism groups, and neighbor(s) 2920 who invite other known parties and/or members to share profiles of themselves and/or learn characteristics and information about other supporters and/or residents in a geographic area of interest through the privacy server 2900.
Also, a seventh instruction set may determine quantify an effect on at least one of a desirability of a location, a popularity of a location, and a market value of a location based on an algorithm that considers a number of demographic and social characteristics of a region surrounding the location through a reviews module.
The Nth degree module 3002 may enable the particular registered user to communicate with an unknown registered user through a common registered user who may be a friend and/or a member of a common community. The tagging module 3004 may enable the user 2916 to leave brief comments on each of the claimable profiles (e.g., the claimable profile 4006 of
The verify module 3006 may validate the data, profiles and/or email addresses received from various registered user(s) before any changes may be included. The groups generator module 3008 may enable the registered users to form groups may be depending on common interest, culture, style, hobbies and/or caste. The pushpin module 206 may generate customized indicators of different types of users, locations, and interests directly in the map. The profile module 3012 may enable the user to create a set of profiles of the registered users and to submit media content of themselves, identifiable through a map.
The announce module 3014 may distribute a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users when a registered user purchases a message to communicate to certain ones of the registered users surrounding a geographic vicinity adjacent to the particular registered user originating the message. The people database 3016 may keep records of the visitor/users (e.g., a user 2916 of
For example, the verify module 3006 of the social community module 2906 of
In addition, the tagging module 3004 of the social community module (e.g., the social community module 2906 of
Further, the announce module 3014 of the social community module 2906 of
In addition, the Nth degree module 3002 of the social community module 2906 of
Moreover, the profile module 3012 of the social community module 2906 of
The people search widget 3100 may help in getting the information like the address, phone number and/or e-mail id of the people of particular interest from a group and/or community. The business search module 3102 may help the users (e.g., the user 2916 of
The category search widget 3104 may narrow down searches from a broader scope (e.g., if one is interested in information from a particular center, one can go to the category under the center and enter one's query there and it will return results from that particular category only). The communication module 3106 may provide/facilitate multiple by which one can communicate, people to communicate with, and subjects to communicate about among different members of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The directory assistance module 3108 may provide voice response assistance to users (e.g., the user 2916 of
The no-match module 3112 may request additional information from a verified registered user (e.g., a verified registered user 4110 of
The chat widget 3116 may provide people to chat online, which is a way of communicating by broadcasting messages to people on the same site in real time. The group announcement widget 3118 may communicate with a group and/or community in may be by Usenet, Mailing list, calling and/or E-mail message sent to notify subscribers. The Voice over IP widget 3120 may help in routing of voice conversations over the Internet and/or through any other IP-based network. The communication module 3106 may communicate directly with the people search widget 3100, the business search module 3102, the category search widget 3104, the directory assistance module 3108, the embedding module 3110 may communicate with the no-match module 3112 through the range selector module 3114.
For example, a search module 2908 of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
In addition, the communication module 3106 of the search module 2906 may enable voice over internet, live chat, and/or group announcement functionality in the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
Also, the directory assistance module 3108 of the search module 2908 may provide voice response assistance to users (e.g., the user 2916 of
The embedding module 3110 of the search module 2908 may automatically extract address and/or contact info from other social networks, search engines, and content providers, and/or to enable automatic extraction of group lists from contact databases of instant messaging platforms.
Furthermore, the no-match module 3112 of the search module 2908 to request additional information from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
The user-place claimable module 3200 may manage the information of the user (e.g., the user 2916 of
The claimable-social network conversion module 3212 of the claimable module 2910 of
The claim module 3214 may enable the unregistered users to claim the physical properties associated with their residence (e.g., the residence 2918 of
The media manage module 3220 may communicate with the user-place claimable module 3200, user-user claimable module 3202, the user-neighbor claimable module 3204 and the reviews module 3208 through user-business claimable module 3206. The user-place claimable module 3200 may communicate with the dispute resolution module 3218 through the claim module 3214. The user-user claimable module 3202 may communicate with the data segment module 3216 through the claimable-social network conversion module 3212. The user-neighbor claimable module 3204 may communicate with the defamation prevention module 3210. The user-business claimable module 3206 may communicate with the reviews module 3208. The claimable-social network conversion module 3212 may communicate with the claim module 3214.
For example, the claimable module 2910 of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
Furthermore, the dispute resolution module 3218 of the claimable module 2910 may determine a legitimate user of different unregistered users who claim a same physical property. The defamation prevention module 3210 of the claimable module 2910 may enable the registered users to modify the information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through the viewing of the physical properties, and/or to enable registered user voting of an accuracy of the information associated with the unregistered users.
Moreover, the reviews module of the claimable module 2910 may provide comments, local reviews and/or ratings of various businesses as contributed by the registered users and/or unregistered users of the global network environment (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The community marketplace module 3310 may contain garage sales 3316, a free stuff 3318, a block party 3320 and a services 3322, according to one embodiment. The geo-position advertisem*nt ranking module 3304 may determine an order of the advertisem*nt in a series of other advertisem*nts provided in the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
A click-in tracking module 3312 may determine a number of user (e.g., the user 2916 of
The business display advertisem*nt module 3302 may impart advertisem*nts related to business (e.g., the business 2922 of
The block party 3320 may be a large public celebration in which many members of a single neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 2902A-N of
The geo position advertisem*nt ranking module 3304 may communicate with the resident announce payment module 3300, the business display advertisem*nt module 3302, the content syndication module 3306, the text advertisem*nt module 3308, the community marketplace module 3310, the click-in tracking module 3312 and the click-through tracking module 3314.
For example, the commerce module 2912 of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
Also, the geo-position advertisem*nt ranking module 3304 of the commerce module 2912 to determine an order of the advertisem*nt in a series of other advertisem*nts provided in the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
Moreover, the click-through tracking module 3314 of the commerce module 2912 of
The community marketplace module 3310 of the commerce module 2912 of
Also, the content syndication module 3306 of the commerce module 2912 of the
The simplified map generator module 3402 may receive the data (e.g., maps) from the satellite data module 3400 and/or may convert this complex map into a simplified map with fewer colors. The cartoon map converter module 3404 may apply a filter to the satellite data (e.g., data generated by the satellite data module 3400 of
The parcel module 3408 may identify some residence, civic, and business locations in the satellite data (e.g., the satellite data module 3400 of
For example, a map module 2914 of the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
Also, the cartoon map converter module 3404 in the map module 2914 may apply a filter to the satellite data (e.g., data generated by the satellite data module 3400 of
The verified? field 3502 may indicate the status whether the data, profiles and/or email address received from various registered user are validated or not. The range field 3504 may correspond to the distance of a particular registered user geographical location in the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The principal address field 3506 may display primary address of the registered user in the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
The user field 3500 displays “Joe” in the first row and “Jane” in the second row of the user field 3500 column of the table 3550 illustrated in
The contributed? field 3510 displays “858 Bette Cupertino, Calif., Farallone, Calif.” in the first row and “500 Hamilton, Palo Alto, Calif., 1905E. University” in the second row of the contributed? field 3510 column of the table 3550 illustrated in
In addition, the user interface 3650 may provide a building creator (e.g., the building builder 1602 of
The diagrammatic system view 3900 may indicate a personal computer and/or a data processing system in which one or more operations disclosed herein are performed. The processor 3902 may be microprocessor, a state machine, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, etc. (e.g., Intel® Pentium® processor). The main memory 3904 may be a dynamic random access memory and/or a primary memory of a computer system.
The static memory 3906 may be a hard drive, a flash drive, and/or other memory information associated with the data processing system. The bus 3908 may be an interconnection between various circuits and/or structures of the data processing system. The video display 3910 may provide graphical representation of information on the data processing system. The alpha-numeric input device 3912 may be a keypad, keyboard and/or any other input device of text (e.g., a special device to aid the physically handicapped). The cursor control device 3914 may be a pointing device such as a mouse.
The drive unit 3916 may be a hard drive, a storage system, and/or other longer term storage subsystem. The signal generation device 3918 may be a bios and/or a functional operating system of the data processing system. The machine readable medium 3922 may provide instructions on which any of the methods disclosed herein may be performed. The instructions 3924 may provide source code and/or data code to the processor 3902 to enable any one/or more operations disclosed herein.
The map 4002 may indicate the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
For example, a verified registered user (e.g., a verified registered user 4110 of
Similarly, a tag data (e.g., the tags 4010 of
For example, a particular claimable profile (e.g., the particular claimable profile may be associated with a neighboring property to the specific property in the neighborhood) of the claimable profiles (e.g., the claimable profile 4102 of
In addition, a certain claimable profile of the claimable profiles may be delisted when a private registered user claims a certain geographic location (e.g., the geographical location 4004 of
Furthermore, a tag data (e.g., the tags 4010 of
Moreover, the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 4110 of
For example, the commercial user 4100 may be permitted to purchase a customizable business profile 4104 associated with a commercial geographic location. Also, the verified registered user 4110 may be enabled to communicate a message to the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
A target advertisem*nt 4106 may display the information associated with the offers and/or events of the customizable business. The display advertisem*nt 4108 may display ads of the products of the customizable business that may be displayed to urge the verified registered user 4110 to buy the products of the customizable business. The verified registered user 4110 may be user associated with the global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., the privacy server 2900 of
People in suburbia and urban cities now may not even know who their neighbors are. Communities have become more insular. There may be a few active people in each neighborhood who know about their neighborhood and are willing to share what they know with others. They should be able to share this information with others through the Internet. Many people want to know who their neighbors are and express themselves and their families through the internet. People want to also know about recommendations and what kind of civic and cultural things are in the neighborhood. What is contemplated includes: A social network for people who want to get to know their neighbors and/or neighborhoods. Particularly, one in which a set of maps of neighborhoods (e.g., such as those on Zillow.com or provided through Google® or Microsoft®) are used as a basis on which a user can identify themselves with a particular address. This address may be verified through one or more of the modules on
The address may be verified through a credit check of the user, or a copy of the user's drivers license. Once the user is approved in a particular home/location, the user can leave their comments about their home. They can mark their home information proprietary, so that no one else can contribute to their info without their permission. They can have separate private and public sections, in which the private section is shared with only verified addresses of neighbors, and the public section is shared with anybody viewing their profile. The user can then create separate social networking pages for homes, churches, locations, etc. surrounding his verified address. As such, the user can express him/herself through their profile, and contribute information about what they're neighborhood is like and who lives there. Only verified individuals or entities might be able to view information in that neighborhood.
The more information the user contributes, the higher his or her status will be in the neighborhood through a marker (e.g., a number of stars), or through additional services offered to the neighbor, such as the ability to search a profiles of neighbors in a larger distance range from a verified address of the user. For example, initially, the user may only be able to search profiles within 1 mile on their principal, current home after being verified as living in there. When they create a profiles for themselves and/or contribute profiles of other people, they may widen their net of private profiles they may be allowed to search (e.g., because they become a trusted party in the neighborhood by offering civic information). Neighbors can leave feedback for each other, and arrange private block parties, etc. through their private profile. All these features may possible through one or more of the embodiments and/or modules illustrated in
A neighborhood expression and user contribution system is disclosed. In one aspect, the technology allows users to see the value of millions of homes across the United States and/or the world, not just those that the user themselves own or live in, because they can share information about their neighbors. People living in apartments or condos can use the apartment/condo modeler wizard (e.g., as illustrated in
Aside from giving user generated content of information of homes, the system may also provide value estimates of homes it may also offers several unique features including value changes of each home in a given time frame (e.g. 1, 5, or 10 years) and aerial views of homes as well as the price of the surrounding homes in the area. It may also provides basic data of a given home such as square footage and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Users may can also obtain current estimates of homes if there was a significant change made such as recently modeled kitchen.
In the example systems and methods illustrated in
Residential location: (1) name of the persons/family living in that residence (2) Their profession if any 3) Their educational background if any (4) Their recreational interests (5) About their family description box (6) Anything else people want to post about that person including their interests, hobbies, etc. (7) An ability for users to leave endorsem*nts.
Business location or civic location (e.g., park, govt. building, church, etc.): (1) name of the business/location (2) email of the manager of the business/location (3) phone number of the business/location if known (4) anything else people want to say about the business (good or bad), for example, contributable through a claimable.
These two will be the primary types. Various features differentiate example embodiments of the social community module from other social networks. These differentiators include (1) interface driven by address (2) maps that can be viewed, zoomed in on, tied to a parcel #, etc. (3) Anyone can populate anyone's social network page. (4) Anybody can post in one of the boxes. They can post anonymously or publicly (5) If someone wants to override information that already has been established, they will need to have an identity (e.g., user name), to override published posting information.
However, according to one embodiment, if an owner of an entity location wishes to mark their location private, and uneditable by the public without their permission, they will need to pay (e.g., a monthly fixed fee) through the social community module. Alternatively, the owner of the entity location may not need to pay to mark the location as private and uneditable by the public without the owner's permission. Example embodiments of the social community module may feature info about businesses. They may also feature info about people that live in the homes, and may/may not display information on prices, number of bedrooms, etc.
The social community module (e.g., as described in
The example systems and methods illustrated in
For example, they can get a rebate, and not have to pay the monthly fee for a particular month, if they invite at least 15 people that month AND contribute information about at least 10 of their neighbors, friends, civic, or business locations in their neighborhood. People can post pics of their family, their business, their home, etc. on their profile once they ‘own’ their home and register. In another embodiment, endorsem*nts for neighbors by others will be published automatically. People can search for other people by descriptors (e.g., name, profession, distance away from me, etc.)
Profiles of users may be created and/or generated on the fly, e.g., when one clicks on a home.
People may be able to visually see directions to their neighborhood businesses, rather than reading directions through text in a first phase. After time, directions (e.g., routes) can be offered as well. Users can leave their opinions on businesses, but the social community module also enables users to leave opinions on neighbors, occupants or any entity having a profile on the map display. The social community module may not attempt to restrict freedom of speech by the users, but may voluntarily delete slanderous, libelous information on the request of an owner manually at any time.
In one embodiment, the methods and systems illustrated in
In another example embodiment, the social community module may enable users of the social network to populate profiles for apartments, buildings, condos, etc. People can create floors, layout, etc. of their building, and add social network pages on the fly when they click on a location that has multiple residents, tenants, or lessees.
A user interface associated with the social community module 2906 may be clean, simple, and uncluttered (e.g., Simple message of “get to know your neighbors”). For example, the map interface shows neighbors. Methods and systems associated with the features described may focus on user experience, e.g., ensuring a compelling message to invite friends and/or others to join. A seed phase for implementation of the methods and systems illustrated in
For example, a user having extensive networks in a certain area (e.g., a city) may seed those communities as well. The social network may encourage user expression, user content creation, ease of use on site to get maximum users/distribution as quickly as possible. In another embodiment, the social community module may ensure that infrastructure associated with operation of the social community module (e.g., servers) are able to handle load (e.g., data traffic) and keep up with expected growth.
For example, the user interface view illustrated in the various figures shows an example embodiment of the social community module of
Names featured on the profile wall may be links to the user profiles on the map (e.g., giving an immediate sense for the location of admirers (or detractors) relative to user location). In one embodiment, an action (e.g., mouse-over) on a comment would highlight the comment user's house on the map and names linking to user profiles. The user interface view may also utilize the mapping interface to link comments to locations.
For example, the various embodiments illustrate a comment announcing a garage sale, that is tied to a mappable location on the mapping interface. (e.g., allows people to browse references directly from people's profiles.). In the various figures, an example display of the mapping interface is illustrated. In this example display, houses are shown in green, a church is shown in white, the red house shows the selected location and/or the profile owner's house, question marks indicate locations without profile owners, blue buildings are commercial locations, and the pink building represents an apartment complex.
Houses with stars indicate people associated with (e.g., “friends”) of the current user. In one embodiment, a user action (e.g., mouse-over) on a commercial property displayed in the mapping interface may pull up a star (e.g., “***) rating based on user reviews, and/or a link to the profile for the property. A mouse-over action on the apartment complex may pull up a building schematic for the complex with floor plans, on which the user can see friends/profiles for various floors or rooms. Question marks indicated in the display may prompt users to own that profile or post comments on the wall for that space. A user action on any house displayed in the mapping interface may pull up a profile link, summary info such as status, profession, interests, etc. associated with the profile owner, a link to add the person as a friend, and/or a link to send a message to the user (e.g., the profile owner).
In another embodiment, a default profile view shown is that of the current user (e.g., logged in), and if the user clicks on any other profile, it may show their profile in that space instead (with few text changes to indicate different person). The events in your area view of the profile display in may have a default radius for notification of events (e.g., by street, by block, by neighborhood, county, etc.) Events are associated with user profiles and may link to locations displayed on the mapping interfaces. The hot picks section may be an ad/promotional zone, with default settings for radius of alerts also configurable.
For example, the “Find a Friend” section may permit users to search by name, address, interests, status, profession, favorite movies/music/food etc. Users are also able to search within a given radius of their location. In one embodiment, the user interface view may include a link for the user to invite other people to join the network (e.g., may encourage users who see a question-mark on a house or a location on the mapping interface that corresponds to a real location associated with someone they know to contact that person and encourage them to join and own that profile through the social community module).
Some of the reasons we believe these embodiments are unique include:
Search engine that provides a visual map (e.g., rather than text) display of information relevant to user queries.
Users can search on the map for other people having certain professional, educational, personal, extracurricular, cultural, political and/or family etc. profiles or interests, within any location range.
Users can search for information on the map, that is accessible directly through profile displays. For example, the user may search for information about a certain subject and be directed to a profile of another user having information about the subject. Alternatively, the user may view the search subject itself as a visible item (e.g., if applicable to the search query) having a profile on the map display, along with additional information associated with the item (e.g., contributed by other users).
Allows users to search, browse and view information posted by other users about an entity location such as a home, a business property, a condo, an apartment complex, etc. directly on a map display
Allows users to browse, form and join groups and communities based on location, preferences, interests, friend requests, etc.
Users can send messages to other people through their profiles within the map display
Users can find friends, business associates, vendors, romantic partners, etc. on the map within any location range (e.g., in their neighborhood, street, subdivision, etc.) by browsing the map display or searching for people with certain profile characteristics and/or similar interests.
Users can view, browse and post comments/information/reviews about entity locations and/or people associated with those locations (e.g., occupants of a house, families, apartment residents, businesses, non-governmental entities, etc.), even for locations that do not have a profile owner. For example, all entity locations visible on the map display may link to a profiles on which any user can post comments. To own the profile and edit the information posted about an entity location or the occupant(s), the occupant(s) would have to join the network associated with the social community module and become the owner of the profile. The profile owner would then become visible in the map display (e.g., entity locations without profile owners may only be visible as questions marks on the map, having blank profiles but public comment sections).
Users can share their comments and opinions about locations, preferences and/or interests on their profiles that are visible and searchable on the map display
Automatically notifies users of events and promotions in an area (e.g., scope of area can be selected by the user), and highlights venues and user profiles on the map.
Users can post reviews about entity locations (e.g., businesses) such that ratings for entity locations are visible on the map. Other users can trace the location of the users that posted the comments on the map.
Users who post comments on other profiles can be traced directly on the map through their comments. Alternatively, users can choose to submit anonymous postings or comments on other user/entity profiles, and/or may choose not to be traceable on the map through their comments.
For entity locations having more than one residency unit (e.g., apartment complexes), people can create and post on profiles for any room/floor of the location (e.g., by entering information on a schematic view of the location that is visible on the map).
Users can visually determine routes/directions/orientation to locations that they can browse within the map display. Additionally, users can generate written driving, walking or public transit directions between points of interest (e.g., from the user's house to a friend's house) within the map display.
Users can communicate (e.g., through live chat) directly with other users in the area based on an association determined through their profiles
Business entity locations can generate targeted ads and promotions within locations on the map display (e.g., virtual billboards).
The social community module can realize revenue based on ad clickthroughs by users, without the users being directed away from the interface. For example, when a user clicks on any targeted ad/promotion displayed on the map, the profile of the entity associated with the ad/promotion may be generated alongside the map display.
Neighborhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localized community located within a larger city or suburb. The residents of a given neighborhood are called neighbors (or neighbors), although this term may also be used across much larger distances in rural areas.
Traditionally, a neighborhood is small enough that the neighbors are all able to know each other. However in practice, neighbors may not know one another very well at all. Villages aren't divided into neighborhoods, because they are already small enough that the villagers can all know each other.
The system however may work in any country and any geography of the world. In Canada and the United States, neighborhoods are often given official or semi-official status through neighborhood associations, neighborhood watches, or block watches. These may regulate such matters as lawn care and fence height, and they may provide such services as block parties, neighborhood parks, and community security. In some other places the equivalent organization is the parish, though a parish may have several neighborhoods within it depending on the area.
In localities where neighborhoods do not have an official status, questions can arise as to where one neighborhood begins and another ends, such as in the city of Philadelphia, Pa. Many cities may use districts and wards as official divisions of the city, rather than traditional neighborhood boundaries.
In the mainland of the People's Republic of China, the term is generally used for the urban administrative unit usually found immediately below the district level, although an intermediate, sub-district level exists in some cities. They are also called streets (administrative terminology may vary from city to city). Neighborhoods encompass 2,000 to 10,000 families. Within neighborhoods, families are grouped into smaller residential units or quarters of 2900 to 3400 families and supervised by a residents' committee; these are subdivided into residents' small groups of fifteen to forty families. In most urban areas of China, neighborhood, community, residential community, residential unit, residential quarter have the same meaning: or or or , and is the direct sublevel of a subdistrict (), which is the direct sublevel of a district (), which is the direct sublevel of a city (). (See Political divisions of China.
The system and methods may be distributed through neighborhood associations. A neighborhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localized community located within a larger city or suburb. The residents of a given neighborhood are called neighbors (or neighbors), although this term may also be used across much larger distances in rural areas.
Traditionally, a neighborhood is small enough that the neighbors are all able to know each other. However in practice, neighbors may not know one another very well at all. Villages aren't divided into neighborhoods, because they are already small enough that the villagers can all know each other. Each of the technologies and concepts disclosed herein may be embodied in software and/or hardware through one or more of the modules/embodiments discussed in
A block party is a large public celebration in which many members of a single neighborhood congregate to observe a positive event of some importance. Many times, there will be celebration in the form of playing music and dance. Block parties gained popularity in the United States during the 1970s. Block Parties were often held outdoors and power for the DJ's sound system was taken illegally from street lights. This was famously referenced in the song “South Bronx” by KRS-One with the line:
“Power from a street light made the place dark. But yo, they didn't care, they turned it out.” It is also interesting to note that many inner city block parties were actually held illegally, as they might be described as loitering. However, police turned a blind eye to them, reasoning that if everyone from the neighborhood was gathered in one place there was less chance of crime being committed elsewhere.
In the suburbs, block parties are commonly held on holidays such as Fourth of July or Labor Day. Sometimes the occasion may be a theme such a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” for a new family or a recent popular movie. Often block parties involve barbecuing, lawn games such as Simon Says and group dancing such as the Electric Slide, the Macarena or line dancing.
In other usage, a block party has come to mean any informal public celebration. For example, a block party can be conducted via television even though there is no real block in the observance. The same is true for the Internet. The block party is closely related to the beach party. The British equivalent is the street party.
The systems and methods illustrated in
The current American system of neighborhood watches began developing in the late 1960s as a response to the rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, N.Y. People became outraged that three dozen witnesses did nothing to save Genovese or to apprehend her killer. Some locals formed groups to watch over their neighborhoods and to look out for any suspicious activity in their areas. Shortly thereafter, the National Sheriffs' Association began a concerted effort in 1972 to revitalize the “watch group” effort nationwide.
A neighborhood watch (also called a crime watch or neighborhood crime watch) is a citizens' organization devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within a neighborhood. It is not a vigilante organization, since members are expected not to directly intervene in possible criminal activity. Instead, neighborhood watch members are to stay alert to unusual activity and contact the authorities. It builds on the concept of a town watch from Colonial America.
The current American system of neighborhood watches began developing in the late 1960s as a response to the rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, N.Y. People became outraged that three dozen witnesses did nothing to save Genovese or to apprehend her killer. Some locals formed groups to watch over their neighborhoods and to look out for any suspicious activity in their areas. Shortly thereafter, the National Sheriffs' Association began a concerted effort in 1972 to revitalize the “watch group” effort nationwide.
The various methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein and illustrated and described using the attached
As people grow, they learn about and form perceptions of social structures. During this progression, they form personal and cultural values, a world view and attitudes toward the larger society. Gaining an understanding of group dynamics and how to “fit in” is part of socialization. Individuals develop interpersonal relationships and begin to make choices about whom to associate with and under what circ*mstances.
During adolescence and adulthood, the individual tends to develop a more sophisticated identity, often taking on a role as a leader or follower in groups. If associated individuals develop the intent to give of themselves, and commit to the collective well-being of the group, they begin to acquire a sense of community.
Socialization: The process of learning to adopt the behavior patterns of the community is called socialization. The most fertile time of socialization is usually the early stages of life, during which individuals develop the skills and knowledge and learn the roles necessary to function within their culture and social environment. For some psychologists, especially those in the psychodynamic tradition, the most important period of socialization is between the ages of 1 and 10. But socialization also includes adults moving into a significantly different environment, where they must learn a new set of behaviors.
Socialization is influenced primarily by the family, through which children first learn community norms. Other important influences include school, peer groups, mass media, the workplace and government. The degree to which the norms of a particular society or community are adopted determines one's willingness to engage with others. The norms of tolerance, reciprocity and trust are important “habits of the heart,” as de Tocqueville put it, in an individual's involvement in community.
Continuity of the connections between leaders, between leaders and followers, and among followers is vital to the strength of a community. Members individually hold the collective personality of the whole. With sustained connections and continued conversations, participants in communities develop emotional bonds, intellectual pathways, enhanced linguistic abilities, and even a higher capacity for critical thinking and problem-solving. It could be argued that successive and sustained contact with other people might help to remove some of the tension of isolation, due to alienation, thus opening creative avenues that would have otherwise remained impassable.
Conversely, sustained involvement in tight communities may tend to increase tension in some people. However, in many cases, it is easy enough to distance oneself from the “hive” temporarily to ease this stress. Psychological maturity and effective communication skills are thought to be a function of this ability. In nearly every context, individual and collective behaviors are required to find a balance between inclusion and exclusion; for the individual, a matter of choice; for the group, a matter of charter. The sum of the creative energy (often referred to as “synergy”) and the strength of the mechanisms that maintain this balance is manifest as an observable and resilient sense of community.
McMillan and Chavis (1986) identify four elements of “sense of community”: 1) membership, 2) influence, 3) integration and fulfillment of needs, and 4) shared emotional connection. They give the following example of the interplay between these factors: Someone puts an announcement on the dormitory bulletin board about the formation of an intramural dormitory basketball team. People attend the organizational meeting as strangers out of their individual needs (integration and fulfillment of needs). The team is bound by place of residence (membership boundaries are set) and spends time together in practice (the contact hypothesis). They play a game and win (successful shared valent event). While playing, members exert energy on behalf of the team (personal investment in the group). As the team continues to win, team members become recognized and congratulated (gaining honor and status for being members). Someone suggests that they all buy matching shirts and shoes (common symbols) and they do so (influence).
A Sense of Community Index (SCI) has been developed by Chavis and his colleagues (1986). Although originally designed to assess sense of community in neighborhoods, the index has been adapted for use in schools, the workplace and a variety of types of communities.
Communitarianism as a group of related but distinct philosophies (or ideologies) began in the late 20th century, opposing classical liberalism, capitalism and socialism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Not necessarily hostile to social liberalism, communitarianism rather has a different emphasis, shifting the focus of interest toward communities and societies and away from the individual. The question of priority, whether for the individual or community, must be determined in dealing with pressing ethical questions about a variety of social issues, such as health care, abortion, multiculturalism, and hate speech.
Effective communication practices in group and organizational settings are important to the formation and maintenance of communities. How ideas and values are communicated within communities are important to the induction of new members, the formulation of agendas, the selection of leaders and many other aspects. Organizational communication is the study of how people communicate within an organizational context and the influences and interactions within organizational structures. Group members depend on the flow of communication to establish their own identity within these structures and learn to function in the group setting. Although organizational communication, as a field of study, is usually geared toward companies and business groups, these may also be seen as communities. The principles can also be applied to other types of communities.
If the sense of community exists, both freedom and security exist as well. The community then takes on a life of its own, as people become free enough to share and secure enough to get along. The sense of connectedness and formation of social networks comprise what has become known as social capital.
Azadi Tower is a town square in modern Iran. Social capital is defined by Robert D. Putnam as “the collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).” Social capital in action can be seen in groups of varying formality, including neighbors keeping an eye on each others' homes. However, as Putnam notes in Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival of American Community (30000), social capital has been falling in the United States. Putnam found that over the past 25 years, attendance at club meetings has fallen 58 percent, family dinners are down 33 percent, and having friends visit has fallen 45 percent.
Western cultures are thus said to be losing the spirit of community that once were found in institutions including churches and community centers 2921. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg states in The Great Good Place that people need three places: 1) The home, 2) the workplace, and, 3) the community hangout or gathering place.
With this philosophy in mind, many grassroots efforts such as The Project for Public Spaces are being started to create this “Third Place” in communities. They are taking form in independent bookstores, coffeehouses, local pubs and through many innovative means to create the social capital needed to foster the sense and spirit of community.
Community development is often formally conducted by universities or government agencies to improve the social well-being of local, regional and, sometimes, national communities. Less formal efforts, called community building or community organizing, seek to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. These skills often assist in building political power through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community development practitioners must understand both how to work with individuals and how to affect communities' positions within the context of larger social institutions.
Formal programs conducted by universities are often used to build a knowledge base to drive curricula in sociology and community studies. The General Social Survey from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and the Saguaro Seminar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University are examples of national community development in the United States. In The United Kingdom, Oxford University has led in providing extensive research in the field through its Community Development Journal, used worldwide by sociologists and community development practitioners.
At the intersection between community development and community building are a number of programs and organizations with community development tools. One example of this is the program of the Asset Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University. The institute makes available downloadable tools to assess community assets and make connections between non-profit groups and other organizations that can help in community building. The Institute focuses on helping communities develop by “mobilizing neighborhood assets”—building from the inside out rather than the outside in.
Community building and organizing: M. Scott Peck is of the view that the almost accidental sense of community which exists at times of crisis, for example in New York City after the attacks of Sep. 11, 30001, can be consciously built. Peck believes that the process of “conscious community building” is a process of building a shared story, and consensual decision making, built upon respect for all individuals and inclusivity of difference. He is of the belief that this process goes through four stages:
Pseudo-community: Where participants are “nice with each other”, playing-safe, and presenting what they feel is the most favorable sides of their personalities. Chaos: When people move beyond the inauthenticity of pseudo-community and feel safe enough to present their “shadow” selves. This stage places great demands upon the facilitator for greater leadership and organization, but Peck believes that “organizations are not communities”, and this pressure should be resisted.
Emptying: This stage moves beyond the attempts to fix, heal and convert of the chaos stage, when all people become capable of acknowledging their own woundedness and brokenness, common to us all as human beings. Out of this emptying comes
Authentic community: the process of deep respect and true listening for the needs of the other people in this community. This stage Peck believes can only be described as “glory” and reflects a deep yearning in every human soul for compassionate understanding from one's fellows.
More recently Scott Peck has remarked that building a sense of community is easy. It is maintaining this sense of community that is difficult in the modern world. The Ithaca Hour is an example of community-based currency. Community building can use a wide variety of practices, ranging from simple events such as potlucks and small book clubs to larger-scale efforts such as mass festivals and construction projects that involve local participants rather than outside contractors. Some communities have developed their own “Local Exchange Trading Systems” (LETS) and local currencies, such as the Ithaca Hours system, to encourage economic growth and an enhanced sense of community.
Community building that is geared toward activism is usually termed “community organizing.” In these cases, organized community groups seek accountability from elected officials and increased direct representation within decision-making bodies. Where good-faith negotiations fail, these constituency-led organizations seek to pressure the decision-makers through a variety of means, including picketing, boycotting, sit-ins, petitioning, and electoral politics. The ARISE Detroit! coalition and the Toronto Public Space Committee are examples of activist networks committed to shielding local communities from government and corporate domination and inordinate influence.
Community organizing is sometimes focused on more than just resolving specific issues. Organizing often means building a widely accessible power structure, often with the end goal of distributing power equally throughout the community. Community organizers generally seek to build groups that are open and democratic in governance. Such groups facilitate and encourage consensus decision-making with a focus on the general health of the community rather than a specific interest group.
The three basic types of community organizing are grassroots organizing, coalition building, and faith-based community organizing (also called “institution-based community organizing,” “broad-based community organizing” or “congregation-based community organizing”).
Community service is usually performed in connection with a nonprofit organization, but it may also be undertaken under the auspices of government, one or more businesses, or by individuals. It is typically unpaid and voluntary. However, it can be part of alternative sentencing approaches in a justice system and it can be required by educational institutions.
The most common usage of the word “community” indicates a large group living in close proximity. Examples of local community include: A municipality is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a town or village. Although large cities are also municipalities, they are often thought of as a collection of communities, due to their diversity.
A neighborhood is a geographically localized community, often within a larger city or suburb. A planned community is one that was designed from scratch and grew up more or less following the plan. Several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, notably Washington, D.C., in the United States, Canberra in Australia, and Brasilia in Brazil. It was also common during the European colonization of the Americas to build according to a plan either on fresh ground or on the ruins of earlier Amerindian cities. Identity: In some contexts, “community” indicates a group of people with a common identity other than location. Members often interact regularly. Common examples in everyday usage include: A “professional community” is a group of people with the same or related occupations. Some of those members may join a professional society, making a more defined and formalized group.
These are also sometimes known as communities of practice. A virtual community is a group of people primarily or initially communicating or interacting with each other by means of information technologies, typically over the Internet, rather than in person. These may be either communities of interest, practice or communion. (See below.) Research interest is evolving in the motivations for contributing to online communities.
Some communities share both location and other attributes. Members choose to live near each other because of one or more common interests. A retirement community is designated and at least usually designed for retirees and seniors—often restricted to those over a certain age, such as 55. It differs from a retirement home, which is a single building or small complex, by having a number of autonomous households.
An intentional community is a deliberate residential community with a much higher degree of social interaction than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political or spiritual vision and share responsibilities and resources. Intentional communities include Amish villages, ashrams, cohousing, communes, ecovillages, housing cooperatives, kibbutzim, and land trusts.
Special nature of human community Music in Central Park, a public space. Definitions of community as “organisms inhabiting a common environment and interacting with one another,” while scientifically accurate, do not convey the richness, diversity and complexity of human communities. Their classification, likewise is almost never precise. Untidy as it may be, community is vital for humans. M. Scott Peck expresses this in the following way: “There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.” This conveys some of the distinctiveness of human community.
Embodiments described herein in
A user can “Claim” one or more Business Pages and/or a Residential Pages, according to one embodiment. In order to secure their Claim, the user may verify their location associated with the Business Page and/or Residential page within 30 days, or the page becomes released to the community, according to one embodiment. A user can only have a maximum of 3 unverified Claims out at any given time, according to one embodiment. When a user clicks on “Claim this Page” on Business Profile page and/or a Residential Profile page, they can indicate the manner in which they intend to verify their claim, according to one embodiment. Benefits of Claiming a Business Page and/or Residential page may enable the user to mark their page ‘Self-Editable only’ from the default ‘Fully Editable’ status, and see “Private” listings in a claimed neighborhood around the verified location, according to one embodiment. Each edit by a user on a Residential Profile page and/or a Business Profile page may be made visible on the profile page, along with a date stamp, according to one embodiment.
Browse Function:
Based on the user's current location, the browse function may display a local map populated with pushpins for location-specific information, and a news feed, made up of business page edits, public people page edits, any recent broadcasts, etc., according to one embodiment. The news feed may show up on each Business Page and each Residential Page, based on activity in the surrounding area, according to one embodiment. Secure a Neighborhood function: May allow the user to identify and “secure” a neighborhood, restricting certain types of access to verified residents, according to one embodiment. Add a Pushpin function: May allow any registered or verified user to add any type of Pushpin (as described in
In addition to the map, the search results page may display a news feed, made up of business page edits, public people page edits, any recent broadcasts, and autogenerated alerts who has moved into the neighborhood, who has moved out of the neighborhood, any recent reviews in the neighborhood, any pushpins placed in the immediate area, etc., according to one embodiment. The news feed may prioritize entries relating to the search results, and will take into account privacy policies and preferences, according to one embodiment.
Example Newsfeeds may include:
Joe Smith moved into the neighborhood in September 2013. Welcome Joe! Like Share; 43 neighbors (hyperlink) moved in to the Cupertino library neighborhood in July 2013. Like Share; 12 neighbors (hyperlink) verified in to the Cupertino library neighborhood in July 2013. Like Share; Rai Abhyanker invited Paul Smith, a guest to the Cupertino neighborhood. Raj indicates Paul is a friend from college looking to move into the neighborhood. Welcome Paul!: Raj Abhyanker posted a Nissan Leaf for rent $35 a day, in mountain view Rent now. Like Share
This content may feed each Profile Page and helps to increase Search Engine value for content on the site, according to one embodiment. Alerts may be created and curated (prioritized, filtered) automatically and/or through crowdsourcing, to keep each page vibrant and actively updating on a regular basis (ideally once a day or more), according to one embodiment.
A Multi-Family Residence page will display a list of residents in the entire building, according to one embodiment. Clicking on any resident will display a Single Family Residence page corresponding to the individual living unit where that person resides, according to one embodiment.
For example, suppose that John Smith and Jane Smith live in apartment 12 of a large building. Their names are included in the list of residents. When a user clicks on either John Smith or Jane Smith, we will display a “Single Family Residence” page showing both John and Jane, just as if apartment 12 was a separate structure, according to one embodiment.
The broadcast feature (e.g., associated with the neighborhood broadcast data and generated by the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906) may be a “Radio” like function that uses the mobile device's current geospatial location to send out information to neighbors around the present geospatial location of the user, according to one embodiment. Broadcasts may be posted to neighbor pages in the geospatial vicinity (e.g., in the same neighborhood) on public and private pages in the geospatial social network, according to one embodiment. These broadcasts may enable any user, whether they live in a neighborhood or not to communicate their thoughts to those that live or work (or have claimed) a profile in the neighborhood around where the broadcaster is physically at, regardless of where the broadcaster lives, according to one embodiment. Broadcasts can be audio, video, pictures, and or text, according to one embodiment. For accountability, the broadcaster may be a verified user and their identity made public to all users who receive the broadcast in one embodiment.
This means that the broadcast feature may be restricted to be used only by devices (e.g., mobile phones) that have a GPS chip (or other geolocation device) that an identify a present location of where the broadcast is originating from, according to one embodiment. The broadcast may be sent to all users who have claimed a profile in the geo spatial vicinity where the broadcast originates, according to one embodiment. This can either be broadcast live to whoever is “tuned” in to a broadcast of video, audio, picture, and text in their neighborhood, or can be posted on each users profile if they do not hear the broadcast to the neighborhood in a live mode in one embodiment.
When a broadcast is made neighbors, around where the broadcast is made, they may receive a message that says something like:
Raj Abhyanker, a user in Menlo Park just broadcast “Japanese cultural program” video from the Cupertino Union church just now. Watch, Listen, View
This broadcast may be shared with neighbors around Menlo park, and or in Cupertino. This way, Raj's neighbors and those in Cupertino can know what is happening in their neighborhoods, according to one embodiment. In one embodiment, the broadcast only goes to one area (Cupertino or Menlo park in the example above).
Broadcasts could be constrained to devices that have geospatial accuracy of present location and a current only (mobile devices for example). Otherwise, broadcasts won't mean much, according to one embodiment (would otherwise be just like thoughts/video upload without this). Broadcasts shouldn't be confused with ‘upload videos’, according to one embodiment. Different concepts. Why? Broadcasts have an accuracy of time and location that cannot be altered by a user, according to one embodiment, Hence, mobile is the most likely medium for this not desktop computer, according to one embodiment. We should not let the user set their own location for broadcasts (like other pushpin types), according to one embodiment. Also time is fixed, according to one embodiment. Fixing and not making these two variables editable give users confidence that the broadcast was associated with a particular time and place, and creates a very unique feature, according to one embodiment. For example, it would be not useful if the broadcast is untrusted as to location of origination, according to one embodiment. E.g., I broadcast when I am somewhere only about the location I am at, according to one embodiment.
Broadcasts are different that other pushpins because location of where a broadcast, and time of broadcast is
*current location* and *current time*, according to one embodiment. They are initiated wherever a broadcaster is presently at, and added to the news feed in the broadcasters neighborhood and in the area wherever a broadcaster is presently at, according to one embodiment.
Broadcast rules may include:
1. If I post a Broadcast in my secured neighborhood, only my neighbors can see it, according to one embodiment.
2. If I post a Broadcast in different secured neighborhood then my own, my neighbors can see it (e.g., unless I turn this off in my privacy setting) and neighbors in the secured neighborhood can see it (e.g., default not turn-offable, but I can delete my broadcast), according to one embodiment.
3. If I post a Broadcast in different unsecured neighborhood then my own, my neighbors can see it (unless I turn this off in my privacy setting) and the broadcast is publicly visible on user pages of public user profiles in the unsecured neighborhood until profiles are claimed and/or the neighborhood is secured, according to one embodiment.
4. If an outsider in a secure neighborhood posts a broadcast in my secure neighborhood, it's not public, according to one embodiment.
5. If an outsider in a unsecure neighborhood posts a broadcast in my secure neighborhood, the system does not post on profiles in his unsecure neighborhood (to prevent stalking, burglary), but does post in my secure neighborhood, according to one embodiment.
Privacy settings. For each verified residential or business location, the user may set Privacy to Default, Public, Private, or Inactive, according to one embodiment. The Default setting (which is the default) means that the profile will be public, until the neighborhood is secured; in a secured neighborhood, the profile will be Private, according to one embodiment. By changing this setting, the user may force the profile to be Public or Private, regardless of whether the neighborhood is secured, according to one embodiment.
For each verified residential location, the user may set edit access to Group Editable or Self Editable, according to one embodiment.
Residential Privacy example. The residential profiles can be: Public: anyone can search, browse, or view the user profile, according to one embodiment. This is the default setting for unsecured neighborhoods (initially, all the content on the site), according to one embodiment. Private: only people in my neighborhood can search, browse, or view the user's profile, according to one embodiment. This is the default for secured neighborhoods, according to one embodiment. Inactive: nobody can search, browse, or view the profile, even within a secured neighborhood, according to one embodiment. A user may have at least one active (public or private), verified profile in order to have edit capabilities, according to one embodiment; if the user makes all profiles inactive, that user is treated (for edit purposes) as an unverified user, according to one embodiment.
Verified users can edit the privacy setting for their profile and override the default, according to one embodiment. Group Editable: anyone with access to a profile based on the privacy roles above can edit the profile, according to one embodiment. This is the default setting, according to one embodiment Self Editable, only the verified owner of a profile can edit that profile, according to one embodiment.
Exceptions Guest User. A verified user in another neighborhood is given “Guest” access to a neighborhood for a maximum of 340 days by a verified user in the neighborhood in which the guest access is given, according to one embodiment. In effect, the guest becomes a member of the neighborhood for a limited period, according to one embodiment. Friend. When a user has self-elected being friends with someone in a different neighborhood, they can view each other's profiles only (not their neighbors), according to one embodiment. One way for a user to verify a location is to submit a scanned utility bill, according to one embodiment.
When a moderator selects the Verify Utility Bills function, the screen will display a list of items for processing, according to one embodiment. Accept the utility bill as a means of verification, according to one embodiment. This will verify the user's location, and will also generate an e-mail to the user, according to one embodiment. Or Decline the utility bill as a means of verification, according to one embodiment. There will be a drop-down list to allow the moderator to select a reason, according to one embodiment; this reason will be included in an e-mail message to the user. Reasons may include: Name does not match, address does not match, name/address can't be read, not a valid utility bill, according to one embodiment.
In one embodiment, a method includes associating a verified registered user (e.g., a verified registered user 4110 of
In another embodiment, a system includes a plurality of neighborhoods (e.g., the neighborhood(s) 2902A-N Of
In addition, the system may include search module (e.g., a search module 2908 of
The system may also provide an advertisem*nt system to a business (e.g., through business display advertisem*nt module 3302 of
In yet another embodiment, a global neighborhood environment 1800 (e.g., a privacy server 2900 of
A method, apparatus and system of automatic publication of garage sale broadcast data 102 on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance 119 from a set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102, according to one embodiment.
In one aspect, a method of a garage sale server 100 includes validating that a garage sale broadcast data 102 is associated with a verified user 706 of a garage sale network 150 using a processor 120 and a memory 124. The method includes verifying that a set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150, and determining that a time stamp 510 associated with a creation date 508 and a creation time 507 of the garage sale broadcast data 102 is trusted based the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150. The method includes automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 using a radial algorithm 240.
A listing criteria 712 comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a price, a type, a category, and/or a functional status of an item offered in a garage sale 600 associated with the garage sale listing may be processed. The item may be a physical good and/or a service offered by the verified user 706 through the garage sale 600. An availability chart 714 may be populated when the garage sale associated with the listing criteria 712 is posted. The availability chart 714 may include a delivery radius, a pickup timing, an on-home lockbox access key, and/or a sold status indicator of items of the garage sale. The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be presented as a garage sale pushpin 806 of the garage sale 600 in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and/or business listings in a surrounding vicinity (such that the garage sale pushpin 806 of the garage sale is automatically presented on a geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geo spatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102) of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150.
The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be radially distributed through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification delivered to desktop and/or data processing systems 104 associated with users and/or their user profiles around an epicenter 144 (defined at the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102) to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area (defined by a threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102) through the radial algorithm 240 of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from a current geospatial location at the epicenter 144. The verified user 706 may be permitted to drag and/or drop the garage sale pushpin 806 on any location on the geospatial map, and/or automatically determining a latitude and/or a longitude associated a placed location.
A for-sale view of the garage sale 600 may be generated (in which the verified user 706 offers items of the garage sale for sale through the garage sale server 100 to other users in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150). A for-rent view of the garage sale 600 may be generated in which the verified user 706 offers items of the garage sale 600 for rent through the garage sale server 100 to other users in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150. A geospatial coordinates 103 may be extracted from a metadata associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150.
A relative match between a persistent clock associated with the garage sale server 100 and a digital clock of a data processing system 104 may be determined to determine that the time stamp 510 associated with the creation date and time of the garage sale broadcast data 102 is accurate and therefore trusted. The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be automatically deleted on the set of user profiles (having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102) of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on a listing expiration time. A set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name may be geocoded in a neighborhood surrounding the data processing system 104, and/or prepopulating the set of residential addresses (each associated with the resident name) as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the garage sale network 150.
The verified user 706 may be permitted to modify content in each of the set of user profiles, tracking a modified content through the neighborhood curation system, and/or generating a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user 706 can be undone on a modified user profile page. An editing credibility of the verified user 706 may be determined based on an edit history of the verified user 706 and/or a community contribution validation of the verified user 706 by other users of the neighborhood curation system, and/or automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 to the set of user profiles (having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100) using the radial algorithm 240.
A claim request of the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 may be processed to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system. It may be determined if a claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system, and/or associating the verified user 706 with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system (if the private neighborhood community has been activated by the verified user 706 and/or a different verified user 706). The verified user 706 may be permitted to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood (in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request) creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive.
The claim request of the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system may be verified when the address is determined to be associated with a work address and a residential address of the verified user 706. The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be simultaneously published on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 (through the data processing system 104) in the threshold radial distance 119 from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user 706 of the neighborhood curation system (when automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on a set of preferences of the verified user 706 using the radial algorithm 240).
A summary data of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data 102 may be provided to the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 when publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 in the private neighborhood community and the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on the set of preferences of the verified user 706. The garage sale broadcast data 102 may be live-broadcasted to the different verified user 706 and/or other verified users 706 (in the private neighborhood community and/or currently within the threshold radial distance 119 from the current geospatial location) through a multicast algorithm in the garage sale server 100 such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems 104 associated with each of a different user and/or other verified users 706 simultaneously (when the data processing system 104 of the verified user 706 generating a live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the garage sale broadcast data 102 to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the data processing system 104 of the verified user 706 generating a broadcast and/or in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user 706 has a non-transitory connection).
The different verified user 706 and/or other verified users 706 in the private neighborhood community may be permitted to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user 706 generating the broadcast through the garage sale network 150. Any private neighborhood community in which the verified user 706 has the non-transitory connection may be the residential address of the verified user 706 and the work address of the verified user 706 that has been confirmed by the garage sale server 100 as being associated with the verified user 706. The threshold distance may be between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast. The garage sale server 100 may include a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the garage sale server 100 persists and which is deleted. The garage sale server 100 may permit users to mute messages of specific verified users 706 to prevent misuse of the garage sale network 150.
In another aspect a method of a neighborhood communication system includes applying an address verification algorithm associated with each user of an online community of a private neighborhood using a privacy server 2900, determining that a neighbor in the private neighborhood wishes to enter into a transaction related to an item in possession of the neighbor in the private neighborhood, and automatically publishing the item to a set of adjacent neighbors to the neighbor such that the item is visible only to users of the private neighborhood. The neighbor and the other neighbors are each users of the online community.
An address verification algorithm associated with each user of an online community may be applied using a privacy server 2900. It may be determined that a marker is colliding with another marker simultaneously displayed in a map based on an overlap area of the marker with the another marker. A group pointer that replaces the marker and/or the another marker may be automatically created on the map, and/or generating a view of the marker and/or the another marker when a user selects the group pointer. A multiple-structure group pointer may be constructed when the marker and the another marker are associated with adjacent structures which are not shared by occupants identified through the marker and the another marker.
It may be verified that each user lives at a residence associated with a claimable residential address of the online community formed through a social community module of the privacy server 2900 using a processor 120 and a memory 124, and/or generating a latitudinal data and a longitudinal data associated with each claimable residential address of the online community associated with each user of the online community. A set of access privileges in the online community associated with each user of the online community may be determined by constraining access in the online community based on a neighborhood boundary determined using a Bezier curve algorithm of the privacy server 2900, and/or transforming the claimable residential address into a claimed address upon an occurrence of an event.
The event may be instantiated (when a particular user is associated with the claimable residential address based on a verification of the particular user as living at a particular residential address associated with the claimable residential address using the privacy server 2900). The particular user may be constrained to communicate through the online community only with a set of neighbors having verified addresses using the privacy server 2900. The set of neighbors may be defined as other users of the online community (that have each verified their addresses in the online community using the privacy server 2900 and which have each claimed residential addresses that are in a threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed address of the particular user). It may be determined that a time stamp 510 associated with a creation date 508 and a creation time 507 of the garage sale broadcast data 102 is trusted based the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150.
The threshold radial distance 119 may be constrained to be less than a distance of the neighborhood boundary using the Bezier curve algorithm. The neighborhood boundary may be permitted to take on a variety of shapes based on an associated geographic connotation, a historical connotation, a political connotation, and a cultural connotation of neighborhood boundaries. A database of constraints associated with neighborhood boundaries that are imposed on a map view of the online community may be applied when permitting the neighborhood boundary to take on the variety of shapes.
A user-generated boundary may be generated in a form of a polygon describing geospatial boundaries defining the particular neighborhood (when a first user of a particular neighborhood that verifies a first residential address of the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900 prior to other users in that particular neighborhood verifying their addresses in that particular neighborhood places a set of points defining the particular neighborhood using a set of drawing tools in the map view of the online community). The threshold radial distance 119 may be optionally extended to an adjacent boundary of an adjacent neighborhood based a request of the particular user. A separate login to the online community designed to be usable by a police department, a municipal agency, a neighborhood association, and/or a neighborhood leader associated with the particular neighborhood may be generated.
The police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader may be permitted to invite residents of the particular neighborhood themselves (using the privacy server 2900 using a self-authenticating access code that permits new users that enter the self-authenticating access code in the online community to automatically join the particular neighborhood as verified users 706), generate a virtual neighborhood watch group and/or an emergency preparedness group restricted to users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900, conduct high value crime and safety related discussions from local police and/or fire officials that is restricted to users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900, broadcast information across the particular neighborhood, and/or receive and/or track neighborhood level membership and/or activity to identify leaders from the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood using the privacy server 2900.
Each of the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood may be verified using the privacy server 2900 to share information about a suspicious activity that is likely to affect several neighborhoods, explain about a lost pet that might have wandered into an adjoining neighborhood, rally support from neighbors from multiple neighborhoods to address civic issues, spread information about events comprising a local theater production and/or a neighborhood garage sale, and/or solicit advice and recommendations from the restricted group of users verified in the particular neighborhood and/or optionally in the adjacent neighborhood. A neighborhood feed from the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood may be flagged as being inappropriate. Users that repeatedly communicate self-promotional messages that are inappropriate as voted based on a sensibility of any one of the verified users 706 of the particular neighborhood and/or optionally from the adjacent neighborhood may be flagged.
Which nearby neighborhoods that verified users 706 are able to communicate through may be personalized based on a request of the particular user. The neighborhood leader may be permitted to communicate privately with leaders of an adjoining neighborhood to plan and organize on behalf of an entire constituency of verified users 706 of the particular neighborhood associated with the neighborhood leader. Feeds may be filtered to only display messages from the particular neighborhood associated with each verified user 706, and/or restricting posts only in the particular neighborhood to verified users 706 having verified addresses within the neighborhood boundary. A set of verification methods may be utilized to perform verification of the particular user through generating a physical postcard that is postal mailed to addresses of requesting users in the particular neighborhood and/or having a unique alphanumeric sequence in a form of an access code printed thereon which authenticates users that enter the access code to view and/or search privileges in the particular neighborhood of the online community.
The claimable residential address may be verified when at least one a credit card billing address and/or a debit card billing address is matched with an inputted address through an authentication services provider. An instant access code may be communicated to user profiles of the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader. The instant access code may be printable at town hall meetings and/or gatherings sponsored by any one of the police department, the municipal agency, the neighborhood association, and/or the neighborhood leader. New users may be authenticated when existing verified users 706 agree to a candidacy of new users in the particular neighborhood. New users whose phone number is matched with an inputted phone number may be authenticated through the authentication services provider. New users whose social security number is matched with an inputted social security number may be authenticated through the authentication services provider.
The particular neighborhood may be initially set to a pilot phase status in which the online community of the particular neighborhood is provisionally defined until a minimum number of users verify their residential addresses in the particular neighborhood through the privacy server 2900. Profiles of users that remain unverified after a threshold window of time may be automatically deleted. The neighborhood communication system may be designed to create private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods.
In yet another embodiment, a system includes a garage sale server 100 to automatically publish a garage sale broadcast data 102 on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance 119 from a set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of a verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 using a radial algorithm 240. The system includes a network and a data processing system 104 communicatively coupled with the garage sale server 100 through the network to generate a garage sale data (using a camera, a microphone, and a sensory capability of the data processing system 104 to generate a captured data that is appended with a present geospatial location and a time stamp 510 associated with a creation date 508 and a creation time 507 of captured data in generating the garage sale data).
The garage sale server 100 of the system may include a validation module 200 to determine that the garage sale broadcast data 102 is associated with the verified user 706 of a garage sale network 150 using a processor 120 and a memory 124 and/or to ensure that the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 are trusted based on a claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150. The garage sale server 100 of the system may include a time stamp module 202 to determine that the time stamp 510 associated with the creation date 508 and/or a creation time 507 of the garage sale broadcast data 102 is trusted based the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150 and/or a listing module comprising a listing criteria 712 (comprising a description, a photograph, a video, a price, a type, a category, and/or a functional status of an item offered in a garage sale 600 associated with the garage sale listing). The item may be a physical good and a service offered by the verified user 706 through the garage sale.
The garage sale server 100 of the system may include a charting module 204 to populate an availability chart 714 when the garage sale associated with the listing criteria 712 is posted. The availability chart 714 may include a delivery radius, a pickup timing, an on-home lockbox access key, and/or a sold status indicator of items of the garage sale. The garage sale server 100 of the system may include a pushpin module 206 to present the garage sale broadcast data 102 as a garage sale pushpin 806 of the garage sale in a geospatial map surrounding pre-populated residential and/or business listings in a surrounding vicinity (such that the garage sale pushpin 806 of the garage sale is automatically presented on a geospatial map in addition to being presented on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150).
The garage sale server 100 of the system may include a radial distribution module 140 to radially distribute the garage sale broadcast data 102 through an on-page posting, an electronic communication, and/or a push notification to desktop and/or data processing systems 104 (associated with users and their user profiles) around an epicenter 144 defined at the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 to all subscribed user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area (defined by a threshold distance from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102) through the radial algorithm 240 of a neighborhood broadcasting system that measures a distance away of each address associated with each user profile from a current geospatial location at the epicenter 144. A placement module 232 may enable the verified user 706 to drag and drop the garage sale pushpin 806 on any location on the geospatial map, and/or automatically determining a latitude and a longitude associated a placed location.
The placement module 232 may generate a for-sale view of the garage sale (in which the verified user 706 offers items of the garage sale for sale through the garage sale server 100 to other users in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150), and/or a for-rent view of the garage sale (in which the verified user 706 offers items of the garage sale for rent through the garage sale server 100 to other users in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150). An extraction module 234 may separate a geospatial coordinates 103 from a metadata associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 when verifying that the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 are trusted based on the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale network 150.
A matching module 210 may determine a relative match between a persistent clock associated with the garage sale server 100 and a digital clock of the data processing system 104 to determine that the time stamp 510 associated with the creation date 508 and/or time 507 of the garage sale broadcast data 102 is accurate and therefore trusted. A deletion module 236 may automatically delete the garage sale broadcast data 102 on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on a listing expiration time. A plotting module 238 may geocode a set of residential addresses each associated with a resident name in a neighborhood surrounding the data processing system 104. A data-seeding module 241 may prepopulate the set of residential addresses each associated with the resident name as the set of user profiles in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 in a neighborhood curation system communicatively coupled with the garage sale network 150.
A modification module 242 may alter content in each of the set of user profiles and/or a discovery module may find a modified content through the neighborhood curation system. An undo module 246 may generate a reversible history journal associated with each of the set of user profiles such that a modification of the verified user 706 can be undone on a modified user profile page. A reputation module 248 may determine an editing credibility of the verified user 706 based on an edit history of the verified user 706 and/or a community contribution validation of the verified user 706 by other users of the neighborhood curation system. A publishing module 214 may automatically publish the garage sale broadcast data 102 to the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 using the radial algorithm 240.
A claiming module 250 may process a claim request of the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 to be associated with an address of the neighborhood curation system. A private-neighborhood module 252 may determine if a claimable neighborhood in the neighborhood curation system is associated with a private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system. An association module 216 may associate the verified user 706 with the private neighborhood community in the claimable neighborhood of the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community has been activated by the verified user 706 and a different verified user 706.
A boundary module 254 may permit the verified user 706 to draw a set of boundary lines in a form of a geospatial polygon such that the claimable neighborhood in a geospatial region surrounding the claim request creates the private neighborhood community in the neighborhood curation system if the private neighborhood community is inactive. An address type module 256 may verify the claim request of the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 to be associated with a neighborhood address of the neighborhood curation system (when the address is determined to be associated with a work address and/or a residential address of the verified user 706).
A concurrency module 258 may simultaneously publish the garage sale broadcast data 102 on the private neighborhood community associated with the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 through the data processing system 104 in the threshold radial distance 119 from the address associated with the claim request of the verified user 706 of the neighborhood curation system (when automatically publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 on the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on a set of preferences of the verified user 706 using the radial algorithm 240). A summary module 262 may generate a summary data to the verified user 706 generating the garage sale broadcast data 102 (through the data processing system 104) of how many user profile pages were updated with an alert of the garage sale broadcast data 102 (when publishing the garage sale broadcast data 102 in the private neighborhood community and/or the set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in the threshold radial distance 119 from the claimed geospatial location 700 of the verified user 706 of the garage sale server 100 based on the set of preferences of the verified user 706).
A live broadcast module 228 may live broadcasting the garage sale broadcast data 102 to the different verified user 706 and/or other verified users 706 in the private neighborhood community and/or currently within the threshold radial distance 119 from the current geo spatial location through a multicast algorithm in the garage sale server 100 such that a live broadcast multicasts to a plurality of data processing systems 104 associated with each of a different user and other verified users 706 simultaneously (when the data processing system 104 of the verified user 706 generating a live-broadcast enables broadcasting of the garage sale broadcast data 102 to any one of a geospatial vicinity around the data processing system 104 of the verified user 706 generating a broadcast and in any private neighborhood community in which the verified user 706 has a non-transitory connection). A bi-directional communication module 230 may permit the different verified user 706 and/or other verified users 706 in the private neighborhood community to bi-directionally communicate with the verified user 706 generating the broadcast through the garage sale network 150.
A non-transitory module 270 may determine any private neighborhood community in which the verified user 706 has the non-transitory connection is the residential address of the verified user 706 and/or the work address of the verified user 706 that has been confirmed by the garage sale server 100 as being associated with the verified user 706. A threshold module 268 may automatically set the threshold distance between 0.2 and 0.4 miles from the set of geospatial coordinates 103 associated with the garage sale broadcast data 102 to optimize a relevancy of the live-broadcast. A moderation module 264 may apply a crowdsourced moderation algorithm in which multiple neighbors to a geospatial area determine what content contributed to the garage sale server 100 persists and which is deleted and a muting module may permit users to mute messages of specific verified users 706 to prevent misuse of the garage sale network 150.
The methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein may be implemented in any means for achieving various aspects, and may be executed in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform any of the operations disclosed herein. Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description.
An example embodiment will now be described. A resident of a home may amass a number of items that they choose to store. The resident may store these items in a storage location (e.g., a garage, a ministorage, etc.). However, the resident may never use items stored in their storage location. As such, the items may lose value over time because of depreciation and/or obsolescence. The resident may place the items for sale through the garage sale broadcast data 102 that they broadcast (e.g., post using the radial algorithm 240) using a desktop computer at their work address and/or through their data processing system 104. The seller may connect with serious local buyers presented with an item of a garage sale through the embodiments described in
Any users of a garage sale network 150 may be able to view local a garage sale broadcast data 102 as a listing on a data processing system 104. Users who might be interested in the items of a garage sale are guaranteed to never miss a favorable deal in their neighborhood through notifications of the garage sale network 150.
An additional example embodiment will now be described. A resident of a home may amass a number of items that they choose to store. The resident may store these items in a storage location (e.g., a garage, a ministorage, etc.). However, the resident may never use items stored in their storage location. As such, the items may lose value over time because of depreciation and/or obsolescence. The resident may place the item on the garage sale network 150 through the garage sale broadcast data 102 that they broadcast (e.g., post using the radial algorithm 240) using a desktop computer, mobile device, and/or another data processing system 104 as a garage sale listing. Users of the garage sale network 150 may become aware of the garage sale as a result of their participation through the geospatially constrained social network 142 having the garage sale server 100.
Users of the garage sale network 150 may view the garage sale listing and inquire about the item of the garage sale. The resident may respond to the inquiries from the users of the garage sale network 150. The resident may be able to analyze and sort the inquiries of the users of the garage sale network 150 and may communicate with the most favorable inquired user of the garage sale network 150. The resident and the favorable user of the garage sale network 150 may agree to a time to meet for the exchange of the item of the garage sale for payment from the user of the garage sale network 150. Payments may be in the form of money, PayPal, credit card charge authorization, and etc.
The resident may be relieved from the obligations of packing and shipping the item of the garage sale to the user of the garage sale network 150. The user of the garage sale network 150 may be guaranteed of all favorable deals within their neighborhood through the setup of a notification from the radial algorithm 240 of the garage sale network 150.
For example, a resident and seller of an item of a garage sale, Bob Jones, may post a garage sale for a bicycle and a toolset at his home in the Portero Hill neighborhood on Nextdoor.com (or Fatdoor.com). Bob Jones may receive inquiries from users of the garage sale network 150 interested in purchasing the item of the garage sale based on a garage sale broadcast data 102 that Bob Jones broadcast (e.g., post using the radial algorithm 240) using a desktop, mobile phone, and/or a data processing system 104.
Bob Jones may be able to analyze and sort the inquiries from the users of the garage sale network 150 based on personal objectives, such as proximity to Bob Jones. Bob Jones may also communicate with a favorable inquired user, Jane Smith, of the garage sale network 150 to set up a time to meet Bob Jones for the exchange of the item of the garage sale in exchange for payment from Jane Smith. Jane Smith may walk over to Bob Jones' place of residence. Jane Smith may inspect the item of the garage sale to ensure that it is of sufficient quality for purchase. Bob Jones and Jane Smith may complete the purchase at Bob Jones' place of residency.
Bob Jones may be relieved from the obligations of packing and shipping the item of the garage sale to Jane Smith. Jane Smith may never miss a chance at a favorable deal from a seller around her neighborhood through the notification of the radial algorithm 240 of the garage sale network 150.
An example embodiment will now be described. A person confronted with an emergency situation (e.g. the user 2916, the verified user 706) may send a broadcast on a geospatially constrained social network (e.g. Fatdoor.com, Nextdoor.com). To accomplish this broadcast the person may generate the broadcast data 2902 which will be sent to the privacy server 2900 to generate the notification data 2912. The notification data 2912 may include any information contained in the broadcast data 2902 such as the geospatial location, time, date, a textual description and live broadcast of audio and/or video generated by the user 2916. The notification data 2912 may then be radially distributed in the area with a threshold radial distance of the epicenter that may be the location of the device observing the emergency. The person may be hoping for immediate assistance from other people living nearby (e.g. the recipients (e.g., other users of the neighborhood communication system 2950 such as neighbors 2920 of
Additionally, for example, the broadcast may even occur automatically upon the dialing of neighborhood services as to allow concurrent notification of nearby recipients (e.g., other users of the neighborhood communication system 2950 such as neighbors 2920 of
For example, in an elementary school setting (e.g., the threshold radial distance may be set to a boundaries of the elementary school using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906). A principal of the Sacred Brooks Elementary School Mr. Higgins may hear gunshots that he believes are coming from an on-campus location. Screams of panicked teachers and children may soon follow. Mr. Higgins may use his mobile device (e.g., his cellular phone) to call an emergency number ‘911’. Calling this emergency number ‘911’ may also trigger an automatic alert to the privacy server 2900 to generate the neighborhood broadcast data (or alternatively Mr. Higgins may separately send an emergency broadcast (e.g., a neighborhood broadcast using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906) using the Fatdoor mobile application). All teachers at the school and parents in adjacent neighborhoods may be instantly notified (e.g., through the creation of the neighborhood broadcast data distributed as the notification data 2912).
Wilson Brighton at the Fatdoor Emergency Center may receive a message that there is an emergency at the Sacred Brooks Elementary school. Wilson Brighton may open up a communication channel with Mr. Brighton and invite adjacent neighborhoods and medical professionals having claimed profiles and/or living in the area to help. In addition, Wilson may merge the emergency transmissions into a single session so that Mr. Higgins initial emergency broadcast (e.g., a neighborhood broadcast using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906) is automatically merged with related other broadcasts by teachers, parents, staff, and children at the school. This single thread of broadcasts related to the Sacred Brooks Elementary school may be provided as live-feed emergency broadcast (e.g., a neighborhood broadcast using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906)s to all users of Fatdoor.com having a claimed profile (e.g., a home address and/or a work address) within the threshold radial distance from Mr. Higgins (e.g., the epicenter of the broadcast). Even when parents are at work, they may still receive the broadcast live on their mobile devices because they have downloaded the Fatdoor application and have claimed their home/business address around a location of the emergency.
As a result, local neighborhood parents may arrive from their work locations, even when they work at a different location than where they live. This may save lives at the Sacred Brooks elementary school because help may arrive sooner.
For example, one recipient of Mr. Higgin's broadcast may be Samuel Wilson (“Sam”), who has two children at Sacred Brooks Elementary School: John, a bright kindergartener 6, and Samantha, a talented artist of age 10. Sam may be alerted even when he is at work on a construction site 6 miles away from the Sacred Brooks Elementary School where John and Samatha are located. Sam may receive an alert on his mobile phone that there is an emergency in his neighborhood. Jumping into his truck, Sam may drive to the school to render assistance, tuning in to the live broadcast as events unfold. Others may join in and as well and communicate and provide instructions and reassurance to Mr. Higgins and other broadcasters.
Nearby resident Chen Su, whose backyard fence adjoins the playground of Sacred Brooks, may also receive the broadcast. Chen may run outside and unlock his gate, opening it so that children may not be trapped in the playground area. Chen may then send a separate broadcast a new escape route has been established. Mr. Higgins may gather as many nearby children as he can and lead them safety through Chen's gate.
Henry Stewart, a decorated army veteran who lives a few blocks away from Sacred Brooks Elementary, may also receive the broadcast. Alarmed for the safety of the children, and knowing that it may take the police several minutes to arrive at the school, Henry may decide that it will maximize the children chance at survival if he is the first responder. Equipping his .22 caliber rifle, he may run to the school and distract or defeat the shooter in time to save many lives.
Similarly, Dr. Juan Sanchez, M.D. may have an office in the neighborhood immediately adjacent to Sacred Brooks. Dr. Sanchez and his team of medical professionals may rush to the scene, engaging in bi-directional communications with the school staff during the live broadcast event so that he knows exactly which building to arrive at. Calming victims and putting pressure on wounds until ambulances arrive, Dr. Sanchez and his team may save the lives of wounded children.
When the incident is over, many people may want to recreate the events for journalistic or evidentiary purposes. They may also want to study generally the flow of information during emergencies in their neighborhood, and decide how their school could better prepare. Similarly, they may want to ensure they are part of the broadcast system in cast there are future incidents. Persons who have not yet claimed their verified profiles in the area surrounding Sacred Brooks Elementary School on Fatdoor may go online and find profiles pre-seeded with data associated with their address. Those pre-seeded profiles may have been updated with local broadcasts. These people may be able to claim their profile and have access to previous broadcasts, including those associated with the school shootings. This may help them to better prepare for the safety of their children.
Because of the technologies described herein, the neighborhood, city, and country is a better place because emergency response teams are supplemented with information from those who have a claimed geo-spatial location around a neighborhood in which there is trouble. In addition, evidence may be formed that is admissible to prove guilt of the gunmen, defeat a defense of insanity, or impose a maximum sentence.
In another example, a user Bob Jones may be walking around Menlo Park, Calif. when he observes a robber pull out a knife and threaten to harm Paula Nelson in a parking lot if she does not give the robber her car keys. Bob may take out his mobile device and select the emergency listing criteria “major violent crime” in the user interface of the mobile application that communicates with the emergency response server. Bob may center his viewfinder on the unfolding robbery and select the “broadcast live” indicator on the user interface, as well as entering the brief description “Car jacking in progress” in a small data field. The broadcast data, including live video and audio, may be generated and sent to the emergency response server where it may be radially distributed to user profiles at a threshold radial distance from the epicenter centered on Bob's mobile device. Because Bob specified the emergency as a “major violent crime” its threshold radial distance may be larger than if Bob had selected mere “vandalism.”
To further illustrate, several relevant parties may receive the broadcast. Patrick Sloan, an off-duty police detective, is alerted to Bob Jones' broadcast data by a notification sent to his mobile device. Patrick, looks his mobile device to read Bob's brief description, and notices that the event is only “0.3 miles away.” Patrick selects the “respond indicator” to let Bob know he is on his way, and also selects “dial broadcaster” to establish a bi-directional communication with Bob. A map on Patrick's mobile device and a set of directions may show Patrick the fastest way to travel to the epicenter, along with warning Patrick when he is within 2900 yards of the emergency.
Jason Steinbrenner, a retired surgeon, also receives Bob's broadcast. Jason opts to view Bob's live video feed. Jason notices that the robber severely lacerates Paula with his knife as he grabs Paula's keys away. Jason sees that he is only 0.7 miles away from the emergency and also selects the “respond indicator” to let Bob know he will arrive shortly. Through his user interface he sends Bob a text message “I′m a doctor.”
Jane Doe, a resident living within the threshold radial distance also receives Bob's broadcast. Jane, while viewing Bob's live feed, takes note of the vehicle make, model and color. As the robber gets in Paula's car and drives away, out of Bob's view, Jane goes to her apartment window and looks outside. A minute later, Jane sees the woman's car, driven by the robber, headed down her street, trying to keep a low profile. Jane generates her own broadcast including a video feed of the car stopped at a stoplight. Patrick Sloan, driving his car to reach Bob's location, receives Jane's broadcast. Patrick, now using Jane's epicenter, redirects his path to intercept the robber. Using Jane's live video broadcast to remotely view the intersection, Patrick is able to safely approach the robber from behind and surprise him at the stoplight, capturing him.
Emergency services, which may subscribe to all emergency broadcast (e.g., a neighborhood broadcast using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906)s within the threshold radial distance of the epicenter, may also have been notified. The police department and an ambulance arrive after Patrick catches the robber and Jason stabilizes the woman.
Bob and Jane may receive a summary of their broadcast data that shows them how many recipients received his broadcast, the emergency services contacted, and who was responding. Their broadcast submissions may also include a unique identifies such that the live video, recorded by the emergency response server, which may be later retrieved to provide evidence against the robber with a unique identification code.
Because of the emergency response sever described in
Bob and Jane may live in the Lorelei neighborhood of Menlo Park, and for this reason receive the emergency broadcast data (e.g., a neighborhood broadcast generated by the social community module 2906). If Bob creates an emergency broadcast, Bob may choose to restrict dissemination of his emergency broadcast just to the Lorelei neighborhood because it is an ‘active’ neighborhood around where Bob lives. Particularly, a minimum number of Bob's neighbors in the Lorelei neighborhood, such as 10 neighbors in the Lorelei neighborhood, may have signed up and verified their profiles through an online neighborhood social network (e.g., Fatdoor.com). If Bob is the first user that creates a private network for his neighborhood (e.g., a ‘founding member’), he may need to draw geospatial boundaries and/or claim geospatial boundaries around his neighborhood and invite a threshold number of neighbors (e.g., 10 neighbors) to activate it. An amount of time for Bob to invite and activate his neighborhood may be limited (e.g., 21 days). However, Bob may request an extension of time from the privacy server 2900 if Bob needs more time to invite users, and the privacy server 2900 may grant this extra time. In other words, if Bob is a founding member, he may have the ability to define the neighborhood boundary and choose the neighborhood name.
The privacy server 2900 may internally make corrections to either the boundaries or name that Bob set based on feedback from other neighbors and/or based on internal policies. These internal policies may include a preference for a use of official names for a community (e.g., based on local thoroughfares, a nearby park, or landmark for inspiration), a neighborhood name that is short and sweet (e.g., eliminating unnecessary words like city, state, neighbors, neighborhood, HOA, friends, etc.), with correct capitalization (e.g., to ensure that a first letter of each word is capitalized), and/or use of spaces between each word in a neighborhood name. In one embodiment, Bob may designate neighborhood ‘leads’ who can adjust boundaries of their neighborhood through an adjust boundaries tool. Bob may be part of an elite group of neighborhood ‘leads’ who keep the privacy server 2900 operating smoothly by organizing information and posting neighborhood-wide information. The neighborhood leads like Bob may have special privileges such as removing inappropriate messages, adjusting neighborhood boundaries, verifying unverified members, editing the about section on a neighborhood feed, and/or promoting other members to become neighborhood leads.
Bob and his neighbors may have each verified their addresses through a postcard verification system in which they received a postcard at their home with an access code that permits each of them to access their private Lorelei neighborhood community information including emergency broadcast alerts in the online neighborhood social network (e.g., the Fatmail postcard system through which an access code may have been received at a respective Lorelei home that uniquely identifies and verifies a home in the Lorelei neighborhood). Bob may have invited a threshold number (e.g., 10) of his Lorelei neighbors prior to the Lorelei neighborhood becoming active. Bob may choose to disseminate his emergency broadcast data to a neighborhood adjacent to Lorelei, such as Menlo Park downtown (e.g., using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906). Optionally, Bob may choose to restrict his emergency broadcast data just to Lorelei neighbors (e.g., using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of the social community module 2906). In other words, users of the neighborhood social network in an entirely different neighborhood, such as the Financial District neighborhood of San Francisco (about 20 miles away) may not be able to access the emergency broadcast data that Bob generates.
For example, the emergency broadcast data may be disseminated to adjacent neighborhoods that have been claimed by different users in a manner such that the emergency broadcast data is optionally disseminated to the surrounding claimed neighborhoods based on Bob's preference.
It will be understood with those skill in the art that in some embodiments, the social community module 2906 may restrict dissemination of broadcast data by verified users to claimed neighborhoods in a private neighborhood social network (e.g. the privacy server 2900 may be a private social network, the neighborhood curation system described herein may also be part of the private neighborhood social network) in which the broadcaster resides (e.g., has a home) using the radial algorithm (e.g., the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
Further, it follows that the threshold radial distance generated through the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
In an alternative embodiment, the threshold radial distance generated using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 by the privacy server 2900 may be restricted to a shared apartment building (e.g., and/or an office building). In addition, it will be understood with those skilled in the art that the privacy server 2900 may be operate as a function of the privacy server 2900 (e.g., a neighborhood social network).
In addition, it will be understood that in some embodiments, the neighborhood broadcast data is generated by the police department (e.g., and/or others of the neighborhood services) in the form of crime alerts, health alerts, fire alerts, and other emergency alerts and provided as a feed (e.g., a Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feed) to the privacy server 2900 for distribution to relevant ones of the claimed neighborhoods in the privacy server 2900. It will be understood that the neighborhood broadcast data may appear in a ‘feed’ provided to users of the privacy server 2900 (e.g., a private social network for neighbors) on their profile pages based on access control privileges set by the social community module using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040. For example, access to the neighborhood broadcast data may be limited to just a claimed neighborhood (e.g., as defined by neighborhood boundaries) and/or optionally adjacent neighborhoods.
In one embodiment, the privacy server 2900 may provide police departments and other municipal agencies with a separate login in which they can invite neighbors themselves, provide for a virtual neighborhood watch and emergency preparedness groups, and conduct high value crime and safety related discussions from local police and fire officials without requiring any technical integration. This may provide police departments and municipalities with a single channel to easily broadcast information across neighborhoods that they manage, and receive and track neighborhood level membership and activity to identify leaders of a neighborhood.
For example, communications defined from one broadcasting user to an adjacent neighborhood o may involve sharing information about a suspicious activity that might affect several neighborhoods, explaining about a lost pet that might have wandered into an adjoining neighborhood, to rally support from neighbors from multiple neighborhoods to address civic issues, to spread the word about events like local theater production or neighborhood garage sales, and/or to ask for advice or recommendations from the widest range of people in a community). In one embodiment, the privacy server 2900 may prevent self-promotional messages that are inappropriate (e.g., a user sending such messages may be suspended from the geospatially constrained social network using the crowd sourced moderation algorithm tagging module 3004. In one embodiment, the user 2916 may personalize nearby neighborhoods so that the user can choose exactly which nearby neighborhoods (if any) they wish to communicate with. The user 2916 may be able to flag a neighborhood feeds from adjacent neighborhoods. In addition, leaders from a particular neighborhood may be able to communicate privately with leaders of an adjoining neighborhood to plan and organize on behalf of an entire constituency. Similarly, users 2906 may be able to filter feeds to only display messages from the neighborhood that they reside in. The user 2916 may be able to restrict posts (e.g., pushpin placements) only in the neighborhood they are presently in. In one embodiment, nearby neighbors may (or may not) be able to access profiles of adjacent neighborhoods.
It will also be understood that in some embodiments, that users may be ‘verified through alternate means, for example through a utility bill verification (e.g., to verify that a user's address on a utility bill matches the residential address they seek to claim), a credit card verification (e.g., or debit card verification), a phone number verification (e.g., reverse phone number lookup), a privately-published access code (e.g., distributed to a neighborhood association president, and/or distributed at a neighborhood gathering), and a neighbor vouching method (e.g., in which an existing verified neighbor ‘vouches’ for a new neighbor as being someone that they personally know to be living in a neighborhood.
In one embodiment, the privacy server 2900 ensures a secure and trusted environment for a neighborhood website by requiring all members to verify their address. In this embodiment, verification may provide assurance the assurance that new members are indeed residing at the address they provided when registering for an account in the privacy server 2900. Once a neighborhood has launched out of pilot status, only members who have verified their address may be able access to their neighborhood website content.
It will be understood that among the various ways of verifying an address, a user of the privacy server 2900 may uses the following methods to verify the address of every member:
A. Postcard.
The privacy server 2900 can send a postcard to the address listed on an account of the user 2916 with a unique code printed on it (e.g., using the Fatmail postcard campaign). The code may allow the user 2916 to log in and verify their account.
B. Credit or Debit Card.
The privacy server 2900 may be able to verify a home address through a credit or debit card billing address. In one embodiment, billing address may be confirmed without storing personally identifiable information and/or charging a credit card.
C. Home Phone.
If a user 2916 has a landline phone, the user may receive an automated phone call from the privacy server 2900 that may provide with a unique code to verify an account of the user 2916.
D. Neighborhood Leader.
A neighborhood leader of the geo-spatially constrained social network can use a verify neighbors feature of the privacy server 2900 to vouch for and verify neighbors.
E. Mobile Phone.
A user 2916 may receive a call to a mobile phone associated with the user 2916 to verify their account.
F. Neighbor Invitations.
A neighbor who is a verified member of the privacy server 2900 can vouch for, and may invite another neighbor to join the privacy server 2900. Accepting such an invitation may allow the user 2916 to join the privacy server 2900 as a verified member, according to one embodiment.
H. Social Security Number (SSN).
The privacy server 2900 can verify a home address when the user 2916 provides the last 4 digits of a SSN (e.g., not stored by the privacy server 2900 for privacy reasons).
It will be also understood that in a preferred embodiment neighborhood boundaries are defined by the social community module 2906 using the Bezier curve algorithm 3040 of
It will also be appreciated that in some embodiments, a mobile device (e.g., the device 1806, the device 1808 of
Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments. For example, the various devices, modules, analyzers, generators, etc. described herein may be enabled and operated using hardware circuitry (e.g., CMOS based logic circuitry), firmware, software and/or any combination of hardware, firmware, and/or software (e.g., embodied in a machine readable medium). For example, the various electrical structure and methods may be embodied using transistors, logic gates, and electrical circuits (e.g., application specific integrated ASIC circuitry and/or in Digital Signal; Processor DSP circuitry).
For example, the social community module 2906, the search module 2908, the claimable module 2910, the commerce module 2912, the map module 2914, the building builder module 3000, the Nth degree module, the tagging module 3004, the verify module 3006, the groups generator module 3008, the pushpin module 206, the profile module 3012, the announce module 3014, the friend finder module 3022, the neighbor-neighbor help module 3024, the business search module 3102, the communicate module 3106, the directory assistance module 3108, the embedding module 3110, the no-match module 3112, the range selector module 3114, the user-place claimable module, the user-user claimable module 3202, the user-neighbor claimable module 3204, the user-business claimable module 3206, the reviews module 3208, the defamation prevention module 3210, the claimable social network conversion module 3212, the claim module 3214, the data segment module 3216, the dispute resolution module 3218, the resident announce payment module 3300, the business display advertisem*nt module 3302, the geo-position advertisem*nt ranking module 3304, the content syndication module 3306, the text advertisem*nt module 3308, the community market place module 3310, the click-in tracking module 3312, the satellite data module 3400, the cartoon map converter module 3404, the profile pointer module 3406, the parcel module 3408 and the occupant module 3410 of
In addition, it will be appreciated that the various operations, processes, and methods disclosed herein may be embodied in a machine-readable medium and/or a machine accessible medium compatible with a data processing system (e.g., a computer system), and may be performed in any order. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.