File Sharing in a Social Network

摘要

Technical features described herein can be used to construct various embodiments of a file share server implemented over a computer network to serve a social network of users. In one approach, files are uploaded to the file share server by members of a social network based on time and location of creation and related to a particular real world event, either at a physical location or online. Members of a social network then access the file share server, search for the real world event, and retrieve files as desired from the file share server. Secondary files may be created by users that describe other files such as visual files, and may be annotations of the visual files, or aural descriptions of the files to which they relate.

主权项

1. A method of sharing files over a computer network, comprising:
a. providing a file share server, the file share server accessible to a plurality of users over a computer network, the file share server associating a plurality of files by a real-world event and time; b. connecting to a plurality of users and receiving files from users in the plurality; c. determining a time and place at which a received file was created; d. storing files that meet a requirement for time and place; and e. sending stored files to users in the plurality.