Social Network For Users Sharing Geolocation-Based Information

摘要

A social network enabling a plurality of users to post and access current information on a server related to topics of interest, where an information topic is referenced by a geolocation having a physical geographical location. There may be a plurality of geolocations that serve as contexts and references for organizing information related to different topics. A user establishes a certain geographic viewing area and view and access geolocations within that area. Generally, a user may access a geolocation without regard to the user's location, although some geolocations may be restricted and require the user to have certain attributes or a certain location for access.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for communicating information in a network comprising a server connected via the network to a plurality of user devices embodying processors, the method comprising:
receiving, at the server, geolocation data for creating a geolocation having a physical geographic location, said geolocation forming a reference for information that is related to said geolocation and to a topic of interest, said geolocation data comprising geographical coordinates defining said physical geographic location and defining user access privileges to said geolocation, there being other geolocation data at the server defining a plurality of other geolocations; receiving, at the server, a request from a user to display on said user's device geolocations within a user-defined area; determining, at the server, a set of one or more accessible geolocations within said user-defined area to which the user has access privileges by evaluating said data defining user access privileges to each of said set of geolocations with respect to said user; providing display data to said user for displaying locations of said set of accessible geolocations on said user's device; and upon receiving a request from the user to access a selected geolocation of said displayed accessible geolocations, granting by said server to said user access to said selected geolocation without requiring said user to have a predetermined location.