Patent ID: 6507802
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for mobile user collaborator discovery among a plurality of users viewing portions of an area comprising the steps of:(a) collecting a set of user views for the plurality of users, with the set of user views including a plurality of entries, with each entry including a user identity associated with a particular one of the plurality of users, a location within the area for the particular one of the plurality of users, and a view direction including a portion of the area for the particular one of the plurality of users; (b) uniquely associating at least one scent score from the location of the particular one of the plurality of users to a portion of the area included in the view direction of the particular one of the plurality of users; (c) storing the at least one scent score from step (b), along with information regarding the identification of the user with which the at least one scent score that was associated in step (b), in a computer memory; and (d) determining a set of scent match scores by correlating the scent scores from at least a portion of the plurality of users to provide a set of users sharing points of common viewing as determined by overlaps in the areas for which scent scores were associated in step (b), whereby overlapping user views are utilized to determine a set of users which have viewed portions of the area in common.