Using internet content as a means to establish live social networks by linking internet users to each other who are simultaneously engaged in the same and/or similar content
US8117281B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method that uses internet content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social networking, communications, sharing, e-commerce, advertising, search, hosting and registry services, push and pull applications, anonymous communications, and rich presence.
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