Location based mobile device linking system using short link codes

Abstract

A networking system utilizes a mobile device which communicates through a host server that identifies the location of a user's device and allows users to easily connect anonymously on their mobile devices over a data network through the host server with other people, businesses, websites and informational pages by simply inputting or saying out loud a short code into their mobile device when the user is within a certain radius of the code they see posted and/or advertised, or, by way of example, flashed at them by another user.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A computerized method comprising:
 connecting a microprocessor-controlled apparatus over a data network to a host server;   ascertaining a location of the microprocessor-controlled apparatus via the host server;   conveying a code through the microprocessor-controlled apparatus;   receiving information from the microprocessor-controlled apparatus from the data network.   
     
     
         2 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein connecting the microprocessor-controlled apparatus comprises a mobile device. 
     
     
         3 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein connecting the microprocessor-controlled apparatus includes at least one of a mobile phone, a digital music player, a tablet computer, a vehicle dashboard computer, and a computerized mobile eyewear device. 
     
     
         4 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein conveying the code includes at least one of keyboard entry and vocal command. 
     
     
         5 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein conveying the code includes conveying alphanumeric symbols. 
     
     
         6 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein conveying the code includes conveying a sequence of alphanumeric symbols. 
     
     
         7 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein conveying the code includes at least one of a microprocessor-apparatus provided code and an external provided code. 
     
     
         8 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving information includes communicating between at least two users connected with the data network. 
     
     
         9 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving information includes communicating between at least two users connected with the data network within a distance limit between the at least two users. 
     
     
         10 . The computerized method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving information includes one or more of the following items of information: text, audio, files, web links, and video information.