| 摘要 |
Methods, systems, programs, and devices are presented that enable local communication between client devices, e.g., smart phones, while allowing self-policing of content by the recipients. In one instance, messages created in a certain communication area are transmitted to other users in that geographical area. Users may attenuate a message, which sends a request that a communication zone of that message be decreased. In some instances, users may also request that a message be amplified, which sends a request for the communication zone of that message to be enlarged. Other embodiments and features are presented. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for a plurality of client devices to communicate in a geographic region using one or more messaging server devices, the method comprising:
for each client device, sending a location declaration to the one or more messaging server devices, where the message includes the client device's id and current geographic location, and receiving active messages from the one or more message servers based upon the client device being within a communication zone of a message, wherein the communication zone is a space around an initial location of a particular message; transmitting from at least one client device an attenuation request associated with a first message of the active messages to the message server to request that the communication zone of the first message be decreased; and creating from at least one client device a new message and transmitting the new message to the one or more message servers to be included in the active messages for a communication zone. |
