Patent ID: 8417261
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A63B,A63F,G01S,G02B,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for participating in a mobile social networking situation, comprising: a. selecting on a portable device accompanying a user the user's desired level of participation in a social networking situation, which includes a defined criteria said defined criteria not including position; b. wirelessly logging into a server connected to a communication network by said user using said portable device; c. wirelessly communicating the user's desired level of participation in said social networking situation to said server; d. communicating to said server a participant's election of social information; e. wirelessly publishing the user's GPS location in a geographic area of interest to said server; f. wirelessly communicating to said user said participant's position and identity information stored on said server, where said participant is located in said geographic area of interest and said participant social information meets said user defined criteria; and g. displaying on said portable device accompanying said user said participant's position and identity, wherein said display on said portable device is a perspective view of said geographic area of interest and said other participant's position is displayed, and wherein said perspective view includes an augmented reality view of said geographic area of interest.