PROXIMITY-RELATED USER GROUPS
    1.
    发明申请
    PROXIMITY-RELATED USER GROUPS 有权
    与过程相关的用户组

    公开(公告)号:US20130035114A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-07

    申请号:US13418208

    申请日:2012-03-12

    IPC分类号: H04W4/02

    摘要: Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.), while in other situations at least some users who are remote from a particular geographic area may be allowed to inter-communicate with one or more other users or other entities in or related to that geographic area. In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.

    摘要翻译: 描述了以各种方式为人和计算设备提供基于位置的信息和功能的技术。 在至少一些情况下,这些技术包括允许公共地理区域中的多个人以各种方式进行交互,例如通过能够通信的设备(例如,蜂窝电话,具有有线和/或无线通信能力的计算设备等) 而在其他情况下,可以允许远离特定地理区域的至少一些用户与一个或多个其他用户或与该地理区域相关的其他实体进行互通。 此外,这些技术包括使得能够创建和维护基于位置的虚拟用户组(也称为云),诸如用于移动和/或固定位置设备的用户。 这样的云可以实现组成员之间的各种类型的交互,并且可以是临时的和/或移动的。

    Method and system for enabling the creation and maintenance of proximity-related user groups
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and system for enabling the creation and maintenance of proximity-related user groups 有权
    用于实现邻近相关用户组的创建和维护的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US09100454B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-04

    申请号:US13418208

    申请日:2012-03-12

    摘要: Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.), while in other situations at least some users who are remote from a particular geographic area may be allowed to inter-communicate with one or more other users or other entities in or related to that geographic area. In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.

    摘要翻译: 描述了以各种方式为人和计算设备提供基于位置的信息和功能的技术。 在至少一些情况下,这些技术包括允许公共地理区域中的多个人以各种方式进行交互,例如通过能够通信的设备(例如,蜂窝电话,具有有线和/或无线通信能力的计算设备等) 而在其他情况下,可以允许远离特定地理区域的至少一些用户与一个或多个其他用户或与该地理区域相关的其他实体进行互通。 此外,这些技术包括使得能够创建和维护基于位置的虚拟用户组(也称为“云”),例如用于移动和/或固定位置设备的用户。 这样的云可以实现组成员之间的各种类型的交互,并且可以是临时的和/或移动的。

    Dynamic awarding of prizes in chance-based contests
    3.
    发明授权
    Dynamic awarding of prizes in chance-based contests 有权
    在机会竞赛中动态奖励奖品

    公开(公告)号:US09142081B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-22

    申请号:US13436461

    申请日:2012-03-30

    IPC分类号: A63F13/00 G07F17/32

    摘要: Techniques are described for facilitating the awarding of prizes in chance-based contests in various ways, such as chance-based contests which are part of promotional advertising, etc. In at least some embodiments, the techniques include facilitating the awarding of prizes at the time a contestant enter or plays the contests, while awarding a selected number of prizes, which may be determined before the contest starts. In at least some embodiments, the techniques include employing an award counter to control awarding of prizes in a chance-based contest. For example, an award counter may be incremented at random or pseudo-random times. In at least some embodiments, the contest is associated with a location-based virtual group of users that has one or more associated geographical areas.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于促进以基于机会的比赛中的奖品以各种方式颁发的技术,例如作为促销广告的一部分的基于机会的比赛等。在至少一些实施例中,这些技术包括促进当时颁发奖品 参赛者进入或参加比赛,同时授予选定数量的奖品,可以在比赛开始前确定。 在至少一些实施例中,技术包括采用奖励计数器来控制在基于机会的比赛中奖励奖励。 例如,奖励计数器可以随机或伪随机时间递增。 在至少一些实施例中,比赛与具有一个或多个相关联的地理区域的基于位置的虚拟用户组相关联。