Patent ID: 8271529

Claim:
A method of creating, or providing access to, or hosting at least one information group in the format of online user community, or forum, or trading platform, wherein the one information group is uniquely identified by topic, geographical location, and time span attributes; wherein the geographical location attribute of an information group is defined as at least one particular geographical region that is defined as a geographical point and a surrounding area around that geographical point; wherein the time span attributes of an information group are defined as the time between a starting point in time and an ending point in time, wherein the starting point has to be a specific time, defined in either local time or universal time, and the ending point can be either a specific time, defined in either local time or universal time, or an indefinite time instance; wherein a user can login at least one information group if: the time instance of user login is inside the time span of the community, the time difference between the moment of user login and ending point in time is longer than a pre-defined time threshold, and the user can prove he/she is located at the same geographical location specified by that community at the time of login and during the time that he/she remains in the community; wherein the information group has at least one content section, summarized by its topic attribute; wherein a successfully logged-in user can retrieve, modify, delete, and create information stored inside information group content section; wherein a successfully logged-in user can communicate with other users who are also in the same information group.; and wherein the value of geographical location or time span attributes of an information group will dynamically change based on its users' activity.