Patent ID: 8832566
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving and displaying by a computerized communication system the information published by one user of the system to a set of users of the system specified by said one user, wherein the information comprises time-driven, event-driven or localization information, and the method comprises the steps of: (a) computing time, event and localization information relating to one or more of said set of other users in accordance with system rules and criteria; (b) compiling differences in the computed localization, event and time information based on a set of criteria specified by said one user and one or more of said set of users; (c) reconciling time, event and localization information by resolving differences according to a set of priorities specified by said one user and one or more of said set of users; (d) compiling a set of recipients of information as a subset of said set of users based on criteria specified by said one user and one or more of said set of users, wherein said criteria include specification by said one user of the level of details of localization, event and time information shareable with one or more of said set of users and specification by one or more of said set of users of the level of details of localization, event and time information shareable with said one user, where said details depend on the privacy and alert settings by said user or by one or more of said set of users; and (e) recording of time, event and localization information for said subset of the set of users; (f) providing a graphical user interface displayed as a circular disc with said one user represented at the center of the disc by using the localization information of said one user; (g) graphically representing and displaying another user, other than said one user, on said circular disc by a point, wherein the radial distance of the point from the center denotes a metric between the localization information of said one user and the localization information of said another user, wherein the metric is the distance between the physical location of two users, or a measure of time which corresponds to a traversal of the distance between the physical locations of two users, or a pre-specified proportion of the disc when localization information is not in reference to a physical location; (h) displaying a graphical representation of the passage of a time duration on said circular disc by an angular deviation of a radial line from an initial position, where the representational correspondence between time and angle is specified by said one user or determined by the system based on criteria specified by said one user; and (i) providing a visual display of the passage of time duration with reference to said one user on said circular disc by the movement of said radial line, and wherein, localization information is specified by one or more of the users or generated by the system, and includes time information, spatial or online location information, online presence information, and information about a predefined activity in which one or more users participate.