Location-Aware Social Media Platform for Owners of Non-Human Animals

Abstract

An example method of presenting animal-related alerts includes receiving information pertaining to a plurality of non-human animals, where the information includes, for each non-human animal, an indication of a location associated with that non-human animal. The method also includes determining a location of a user's device, determining that a location associated with a particular non-human animal is within a pre-defined distance from the location of the user's device, and generating an alert, where the alert comprises information pertaining to that particular non-human animal. The method also includes presenting, using the user's device, the alert to the user.

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         30 . A method of presenting animal-related alerts, the method comprising:
 receiving information pertaining to a plurality of non-human animals, wherein the information comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of a location associated with that non-human animal;   determining a location of a user's mobile device;   determining that a location associated with a particular non-human animal is within a pre-defined distance from the location of the user's mobile device;   generating an alert, wherein the alert comprises information pertaining to that particular non-human animal; and   presenting, using the user's mobile device, the alert to the user.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein a platform module of a server system receives the information pertaining to the plurality of non-human animals,
 wherein the platform module determines the location of the user's mobile device, and   wherein the platform module determines that the location associated with the particular one of the non-human animal is within the pre-defined distance from the location of the user's mobile device.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the user's mobile device receives the information pertaining to the plurality of non-human animals from a server module of a server system,
 wherein the user's mobile device determines the location of the user's mobile device, and   wherein the user's mobile device determines that the location associated with the particular one of the non-human animal is within the pre-defined distance from the location of the user's mobile device.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards others. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards other non-human animals. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards humans. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein at least one of the locations associated with a non-human animal corresponds to a current location of a particular non-human animal. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein at least one of the non-human animals was reported as lost, and wherein the location associated with that lost non-human animal corresponds to a reported last known location of the lost non-human animal. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein presenting the alert to the user comprises:
 determining that the information pertaining to that particular non-human animal satisfies one or more filtering criteria; and   upon determining that the information pertaining to that particular non-human animal satisfies one or more filtering criteria, presenting the alert to the user using a user interface of the user's mobile device.   
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 38 , wherein the one or more filtering criteria comprises a particular time period, a particular physical characteristic, and/or particular identifying information associated with at least a subset of the plurality of non-human animals. 
     
     
         40 . A system for presenting animal-related alerts, the system comprising:
 a server system coupled to a platform module; and   a plurality of mobile user devices each coupled to a respective client module, wherein each client module is operable to:
 receive, from the platform module, information pertaining to a plurality of non-human animals, wherein the information comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of a location associated with that non-human animal; 
 determine a location of the respective mobile user device; 
 determine that a location associated with a particular non-human animal is within a pre-defined distance from the location of the respective mobile user device; 
 generate an alert, wherein the alert comprises information pertaining to that particular non-human animal; and 
 present, using the respective mobile user device, the alert to a user. 
   
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 40 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards others. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 41 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards other non-human animals. 
     
     
         43 . The system of  claim 41 , wherein the information further comprises, for each non-human animal, an indication of that non-human animal's disposition towards humans. 
     
     
         44 . The system of  claim 40 , wherein at least one of the locations associated with a non-human animal corresponds to a current location of a particular non-human animal. 
     
     
         45 . The system of  claim 40 , wherein at least one of the non-human animals was reported as lost, and wherein the location associated with that lost non-human animal corresponds to a reported last known location of the lost non-human animal. 
     
     
         46 . The system of  claim 40 , wherein presenting the alert to the user comprises:
 determining that the information pertaining to that particular non-human animal satisfies one or more filtering criteria; and   upon determining that the information pertaining to that particular non-human animal satisfies one or more filtering criteria, presenting the alert to the user using a user interface of the respective mobile user device.   
     
     
         47 . The system of  claim 46 , wherein the one or more filtering criteria comprises a particular time period, a particular physical characteristic, and/or particular identifying information associated with at least a subset of the plurality of non-human animals.