Mobile Device Social Pairing via Proximity Criteria
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system and method to enable social interactive wireless communication between mobile devices when they are in physical or geographic proximity, allowing users to connect with friends or potential matches based on shared criteria, which is not effectively addressed by current mobile technologies.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that synchronizes and affiliates mobile devices with social networks, using pairing criteria such as physical features and profiles to establish communication channels when devices are in proximity, allowing users to communicate via various digital media.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices are equipped with social networking synchronization and automatic pairing capabilities, then social interactive communication is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising servers and databases that mediate between mobile devices. These intermediaries handle the complex tasks of synchronization, profile matching, and communication coordination, allowing individual devices to remain relatively simple while achieving sophisticated social interactive capabilities through the networked system.
2Ease of operation
If automatic pairing based on pairing criteria is implemented, then communication channel establishment is facilitated, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-synchronizing profiles and pairing criteria through GPS location data before actual communication is needed. Mobile devices continuously update their location and profile information in advance, so when devices come into proximity, the pairing decision can be made quickly based on pre-processed information rather than real-time analysis.
3Measurement precision
If GPS location tracking and proximity detection are continuously monitored, then social matching accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous monitoring, the system employs periodic GPS location updates and proximity checks. Mobile devices update their location at intervals rather than continuously, and proximity detection is triggered at specific moments when devices are known to be in areas where matching might occur, reducing energy consumption while maintaining sufficient location accuracy for social matching purposes.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices is presented. In particular, the system and method comprises affiliating and/or synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network. Further, the present invention comprises associating at least one first social interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, and associating at least one second social interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device. Upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a physical and/or geographic proximity to one another, the present invention further comprises determining whether the first and second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another, and establishing a communication channel between the first and second mobile devices for communication therebetween.