System and method for location and time based social networking

Abstract

The present application is directed to a system and method for creating on-line comments of a point of interest. The system and method creates a moment having a piece of digital content showing the point of interest, wherein the moment has a time stamp and a location stamp; and shares the moment with a predetermined group of members. The sharing of the moment is limited to members that meet the time stamp and the location stamp, and the system and method refuse accepting comments from members that do not meet the time stamp and location stamp.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for creating on-line comments of a point of interests, the method comprising:
 creating a moment having a piece of digital content showing the point of interest, wherein the moment has a time stamp and a location stamp; and   sharing the moment with a predetermined group of members,   wherein the sharing of the moment is limited to members that meet the time stamp and the location stamp, and   wherein the method refuses accepting comments from members that do not meet the time stamp and location stamp.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the moment has an attribute that controls the re-sharing of the moment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the attribute prevents the moment from being re-shared. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 assigning a unique handle to each moment, the handling being viewable and searchable by other members.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the handle obfuscates the real identity of the creator of the moment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the location stamp is created based on GPS data of a device that creates the moment. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the location stamp represents a property line boundary. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the location stamp is created based on input of the creator of the moment. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the input includes a user-drawn polygon on a map. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the time stamp represents a past time or a future time. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 recording a location stamp of a moment that is liked by a user.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 reminding the user about a place associated with the recorded location stamp when the user is within the proximity of the place.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a report of an emergency incident based on comments of a moment created for the emergency incident.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a report of a criminal activity based on comments of a moment created for the criminal activity.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a report of a lost item based on comments of a moment created for the lost item.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a report of maintenance work of a public road based on comments of a moment created for the public road.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a report of a public transit route based on comments of a moment created for the public transit route.   
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory recording medium storing an executable program which, when executed, causes a processor to execute a method for creating on-line comments of a point of interests, the method comprising:
 creating a moment having a piece of digital content showing the point of interest, wherein the moment has a time stamp and a location stamp; and   sharing the moment with a predetermined group of members,   wherein the sharing of the moment is limited to members that meet the time stamp and the location stamp, and   wherein the method refuses accepting comments from members that do not meet the time stamp and location stamp.