JP2010520540A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2010520540A5
Application number: JP2009551974A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-02-28
Publication date: 2011-02-10
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-28

Claims

A method performed by a computer system for sharing the location of a user participating in a social network service at a geographical location, comprising:
Receiving location information and status information from a mobile device of a first user of the social network service, wherein the location information represents a geographical location of the first user, and the status information is the mobile device Manually input by the first user in the input module of
Associating the status information of the first user with the location information in a database;
Sending the status information and location information of the first user to a second user for display;
A method comprising the steps of:

Receiving a request from the second user for information related to a geographic location;
Requesting the database to retrieve the status information of the first user associated with the location information of a geographic location in response to the request;
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second user is designated by the first user to be connected to the first user in the social network service.

The step of sending the status information and location information to the second user comprises generating a page of information about the first user including the status information and location information of the first user. The method according to claim 1.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the position information includes an address determined by processing a wireless position signal detected by a sensor in the mobile device.

5. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the location information is determined by a wireless location signal generated at the mobile device.

5. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the location information is provided manually by the first user at the mobile device.

Receiving the location information of the second user;
Determining whether the first user is near the second user based on the position information of the first user and the position information of the second user;
In response to determining that the first user is near the second user, starting transmission of information about the first user to the second user;
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

A computer server for providing a social network service,
A database module configured to store the location information in association with the status information of the first user in a database in response to receiving location information and status information from the mobile device of the first user; Wherein the location information represents a geographical location of the first user, and the status information is manually input by the first user at an input module of the mobile device,
Configured to receive the location information and status information associated with the first user from the mobile device and to send the status information and location information of the first user to a second user for display. Communication module and
A computer server comprising:

Determining whether the second user of the social network service is included in a list of members selected by the first user to receive the location information and status information; and
In response to determining that the second user is included in the list, transmission of the status information and position information to the second user is started.
Privacy settings module configured for
The computer server according to claim 9, further comprising:

Determining a specification of the computing device including at least one of the second user's computing device type and display capability; and
Format at least the data including the location information and status information into an information page for transmission to the computing device according to the specifications of the computing device
Device specification and optimization module configured
The computer server according to claim 9, further comprising:

10. A query module configured to retrieve the location information and status information of the first user from the database module in response to receiving a query from the second user. The computer server in any one of thru | or 11.

The query module further comprises:
Receiving location information of the second user;
Determining whether the first user is near the second user based on the position information of the first user and the position information of the second user; and
In response to determining that the first user is near the second user, transmission of information about the first user to the second user is started.
The computer server according to claim 12, wherein the computer server is configured as follows.

The computer server according to claim 9, wherein the second user is designated by the first user to be connected to the first user in the social network service.

15. The computer server according to claim 9, wherein the communication module is further configured to send the status information and location information in a page of information about the first user. .

The method according to claim 9, wherein the position information includes an address determined by a sensor in the mobile device.

16. A method according to any of claims 9 to 15, wherein the geographical location is determined by a wireless location signal generated at the mobile device.

A method performed by a computer system for sharing a location of a user of a social network service, comprising:
Receiving input information and location information from a first user, wherein the location information represents a geographical location of the first user of the social network service due to the mobile device of the first user; The input information is manually input by the first user in the input module of the mobile device;
Associating the input information of the first user with the location information in a database;
Receiving a request from a second user for information associated with a geographic location;
Requesting the database to retrieve the input information of the first user associated with the location information of the geographical location in response to receiving the request;
Sending the input information of the first user retrieved from the database to the second user for display on the computing device of the second user;
A method comprising the steps of:

The method of claim 18, wherein the location information is determined by a wireless location signal generated at the mobile device.

The method of claim 18, wherein the location information is manually provided by the first user at the mobile device.

A method performed by a computer system for sharing the location of a user participating in a social network service at a geographical location, comprising:
Receiving location information and status information from a device of a first user of the social network service, wherein the location information represents a geographical location of the first user, and the status information of the mobile device. Manually input by the first user in the input module;
Associating the status information of the first user with the location information in a database;
Sending the status information and location information of the first user to a second user for display;
A method comprising the steps of: