Patent ID: 8386619
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: recording logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user device and other user devices, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking site; monitoring communications between the first user device and the other user device; transmitting a recommendation to the first user device to join a device group based on the logical relationship information; receiving an acceptance from the first user device to join the device group; receiving content from the first user device, the content having been generated in the first user device, wherein the first user device is a mobile device; receiving metadata from the first user device, the metadata corresponding to the received content, the metadata including information indicating acceleration of the first user device when the content was generated; determining, at a server using at least one processor, the device group to which the first user device was associated when the first user device generated the content, the device group comprising a plurality of user devices, the determining of the device group being based on at least one logical relationship between the first user device and the plurality of user devices as described in the recorded logical relationship information, based on the metadata, based on the monitored communications, and based on the acceptance; and transmitting the received content to the plurality of user devices of the device group.