Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, systems and methods for visually connecting people
- Patent Title (中): 用于视觉连接人的设备,系统和方法
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Application No.: US14251368Application Date: 2014-04-11
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Publication No.: US09351118B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Keith Crutchfield
- Applicant: Keith Crutchfield
- Agency: CIONCA Law Group P.C.
- Agent Marin Cionca
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; G06F3/0481 ; H04N5/232 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
A method for visually finding and interacting with people, operable on a computing system including a server and a mobile device comprising a processor, a display and a camera, the method comprising: detecting the current location of members of a group, which a user of the mobile device has created or is a member of, if the group members have similar mobile devices and if they have set to permit their visibility when the user or other group members wish to locate them by scanning their surroundings with the camera of their mobile device; and, for each group member detected while the user is scanning user's surroundings, and having a position falling in the direction the mobile device's camera points to at a particular moment, displaying on the mobile device's display a group member representation associated with the group member's position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150296340A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY CONNECTING PEOPLE Public/Granted day:2015-10-15
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