System for creating an interest community

0001A system for creating communities of interest through the linking of people equipped with mobile device and autonomous with other people with a mobile or compatible hardware with a fixed service center.

0002The mobile device may for example be a phone or a computer pocket with adequate functions.

0003The device includes a personal profile, one or more target profiles Wanted, a comparison system and a communication vehicle without thread.

0004The system is permanently active and alert the user when to near another user / service with which profiles correspond each other, thus facilitating the linking. An assistant service by Internet mobile or stationary may be provided.

0005The invention is more particularly defined in the independent claim and the dependent claims appended to the present description.

A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

0006According to one embodiment, the invention makes use of mobile devices, fixed, and a website devices.

0007The invention will be described below with reference to the appended drawings provided to As examples only, in which: <sl><li>FIG. 1 illustrates the programming and encoding profiles</li><li>FIG. 2 illustrates the communication between mobile devices and the server central.</li><li>FIG. 3 illustrates the communication between a fixed camera, a mobile device and the central server, depending on whether or not a fixed communication devices.</li><li>FIG. 4 illustrates a user profile for an application meeting in love</li><li>FIG. 5 illustrates a target profile for the same application meeting love.</li><li>FIG. 6 illustrates the "multiplier factor" according to a "rating trust "given.</li></sl>

mobile device

0008The mobile device (1) illustrated in FIG. 1 is composed of an apparatus portable autonomous electronics, including at least one microprocessor, possibly touch screen and / or keyboard, the rewritable memory containing a program and data.

0009This device has a two-way transmission system wireless, example of the Bluetooth type, Wi-Fi, Zigbee or UWB, operable omnidirectional around the unit.

0010The device can be a phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a watches, rings or other suitable object or specifically dedicated to this invention.

0011As illustrated in Fig. 1, the user can encode its own profile and the profiles that research in several ways:<sl><li>1. in the camera (2, figure 1) directly via keyboard, touch screen, voice. The profiles are then sent to the central server (3) via a network telecommunication (4) and a mobile Internet or fixed network (5),</li><li>2. in another electronic device such as a PC (6) and transmitted to the portable device (1) over a wireless connection (7) or cable (8) or the network telecommunication (4). Profiles are also routed to the PC server (3) via the Internet (5).</li><li>3. in the mobile device (9) directly via keyboard, touch screen, voice. The profiles are transmitted to the fixed beacon (10) through wireless connection (11), then forwarded to the server (3) via the Internet (5).</li></sl>

0012Still with particular reference to FIG. 1, note that the profile own user can describe anything that is specific to a human being: physical, intellectual characteristics, interests (personal or Professional) aspirations. This set can be described by the text and (or) images, and (or) of the sound.

0013Target profiles define who or what the user wants to be related: others, described by their characteristics but also specific information requests or General.

0014Referring to Figure 2, the bidirectional communication system is then activated, controlled by a dedicated software assets as the user (12) not willfully interrupts.

0015The software embedded in the mobile device is intended:<sl><li>· Ensure research and simultaneously listen to other similar devices containing a compatible software</li><li>· Establish communication with it (s) partner (s) of communication, as (13)</li><li>· Send the own user profile (12 to 13)</li><li>· Receive the own profile (the) partner (s) (13 to 12)</li><li>· Comparing the received profile (13) with all target profiles (12), calculate a Representative correspondence rate the quality of the covering,</li><li>· The same procedure is performed by the partner (s) (s) (13)</li><li>· If the rate of correspondence based on two portions (12 and 13) communication are mutually above a threshold that each set previously, an alert is sent to users. It is reflected in the form of a text message, image, video displayed on the corresponding screen, or any other nerve stimulation of the user.</li></sl>

0016At this point, partners with profiles mutually correspond are warned, so they are by definition in a nearby area immediate, whose size depends on the range of the portable transceiver and its setting.

0017The connecting rate can be calculated by taking the example of fig. 4 and 5, by comparing the value of the own profile transmitted by the interviewee (Profile received from the type submitted in fig. 4) to the target profile (type shown in Fig. 5). Each criterion of the destination profile receives one point if he is satisfied by the received profile then the total is divided by the number of criteria. The percentage is obtained the "match rate".

0018Still referring in more detail to FIG. 2, the software in each device respective may seek to give a "trust rating" on the person / department met (e), representative of the correspondence between own profile announced and reality. This is to determine the honesty which the partner is described or if the quality of service (14) is a service.

0019This "approval rating" is such a number between 0 and 10.

0020This information can then be forwarded to a central server (steps E1 to E3) that the deal, deduce a new value as described in detail far (step E4) then return (steps E5 to E7) to the mobile device of the person concerned or fixed device of the service concerned. The rate of trust "is then updated in the own profile of the user / service without he can change it, thus forming part of the match rate calculation Subsequent meetings.

0021The new "confidence level" is for example the ancient times the "Scaling factor" given in Fig. 6 according to the "approval rating" given by the other party, and then reduced to 0.6 or 1 if it is beyond values.

0022The software embedded in mobile devices has other features. It provides the interface with the user to manage the following settings application:<sl><li>· Distance around the user in which he wishes to be connected (Typically between 0 and 100 meters)</li><li>· Adjustment of the threshold beyond which the comparison result is declared positive,</li><li>· Viewing and / or modification of user profile and target profiles,</li><li>· Visualization of contacts between the device and its peers.</li><li>· Storage profiles encountered in connection or not with the target profile when there has been detection. A further access to such information is provided. This subsequent access allows the user to inhibit the warning during meetings following with the same partner. Otherwise, in the second meeting, and if it occurs before a time limit, the user is warned the new meeting must then accept or refuse to be alerted again during a subsequent meeting with the same person.</li><li>updated periodically display the geolocation of other profiles potential interest in different points of a territory of a size limited around the user.</li></sl>

beacons

0023Fixed beacons can be placed in special places of life in society (eg public places, convention buildings), and include features reception and emission treatment Information identical to those of the mobile device.

0024Fig. 3 illustrates an example of communication between a stationary apparatus, mobile device and the central server.

0025These tags can also have the following additional functions<sl><li>A) In a communication between a mobile device and the fixed beacon, the transmission of contextual information to where the carrier of the mobile device is located and its aspirations not translated their profile becomes possible. Then, the presence of the user at this fixed beacon is forwarded to central server that processes information and makes it accessible to other user, since Internet access fixed or mobile. Everyone is free to Knowing the densely frequented by users of the service places mobile and correspondence with their profile (s).</li><li>B) A portable device connects to a fixed beacon, itself being connected to other beacons connected to other portable devices, and it request the list of portable devices connected thereto, directly or indirectly. Then the portable device recently logged starts communication, via beacons, to all or part of portable devices and establishes communication sequence described under "device mobile. "</li><li>C) The fixed tag can record the profiles of mobile devices, perform procedure comparison, and if positive a connection between Both of these devices.</li><li>D) A portable device connected to a fixed beacon may request the latter List of other portable devices connected to it directly or via another fixed tag, and initiating a uni- or bi-directional communication of any nature whatsoever.</li><li>E) A portable device connected to a fixed beacon may request the latter List of other portable devices connected to it directly or via another fixed beacon, and notify the one or more thereof that has been Connect.</li></sl>

central server

0026The central server can manage user access from a network global information, such as Internet access from fixed terminals or mobile, to encode or edit their profiles.

0027It can also make the upgrade to mobile device profiles after they have been encoded or modified on the central server, since access Internet (see Figure 1: Programming and encoding profiles).

0028An update profiles made from the mobile device is also sent to the central server as described above.

0029One feature of the invention is that the "confidence level" of a user (14 - fixed or mobile) stored in the central server can be changed according to the values ​​assigned by the user (15) having met, then returned to the apparatus (fixed or mobile) (14) where it is integrated in the profile which will be exchanged at subsequent meetings. This level of confidence is not user modifiable million, but its value can be found. See Figure 3: Communication between a still camera, a mobile device and the central server.

0030The central server has knowledge of all user profiles. the when a user connects, he has access to a number indicating the percentage of users / services with which it would alert if he was in their presence. This figure gives an immediate indication to the user of the likely to be linked with a user / service compatible.

0031Generally, but not necessarily, the transceiver device is lower increased to 500 m, preferably less than 250 m.