Method for establishing and maintaining a digital family and friends tree and adding newborn or unborn to same

Abstract

The present web-based system and methods enabled by an application executable on a computing device of the system allow subscribers to develop a private circle and interactive family & friends tree within a private social network, adding a newborn or unborn person to same, and scheduling delivery of selected content to a designated recipient, either on a future date or upon occurrence of a future event having a date unknown to the subscriber. The system may determine a delivery date for the selected content, even if no date is specified by the subscriber, based on data obtained from other subscribers to the private circle and/or machine learning analysis, and may validate the delivery date before delivering the content.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for establishing and maintaining a digital family & friends tree, comprising:
 providing a private social network operating on a system that comprises:
 a cloud-based server having a memory and programmed instructions stored therein, 
 a plurality of computing devices in operative connection and communication with the cloud-based server, each computing device in the plurality comprising a display, a processor and a memory, wherein the computing device is configured to access the memory and programmed instructions stored in the cloud-based server and execute at least some of the programmed instructions; 
 
 enabling a user to subscribe to the private social network to become a subscriber, 
 wherein the private social network comprises other subscribers who can execute the programmed instructions using a computing device in the plurality of computing devices, the private social network further comprising a private circle comprising the subscriber and of some of the other subscribers to the private social network, wherein the private circle is enabled to include both current subscribers and future subscribers who are not yet born but are identified by relationship with the subscriber; 
 wherein the subscriber accesses the programmed instructions with a computing device and actuates the accessed programmed instructions to perform:
 adding a newborn or unborn subscriber to the private circle; 
 confirming that the newborn or unborn subscriber is a child of the subscriber; 
 creating a new account for the added newborn or unborn subscriber, and adding a digital profile of the newborn or unborn subscriber to the digital family & friends tree, wherein the digital family & friends tree is accessible only to the other subscribers included in the private circle; 
 creating and storing digital content associated with the newborn or unborn subscriber's digital profile in a data library located in the memory of the cloud-based server of the system; 
 enabling the other subscribers included in the private circle to:
 select digital content and/or identified physical content for delivery to the newborn or unborn subscriber; and 
 select a future delivery triggering event with known or unknown date for sending the selected digital content for delivery to the newborn or unborn subscriber; and 
 
 delivering the selected digital content and/or identified physical content to the newborn or unborn subscriber on the scheduled delivery date. 
 
 
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the subscriber accessing the programmed instructions with a computing device and actuating the accessed programmed instructions to create an email address and password for the newborn or unborn subscriber, wherein the email address and password is associated with an account operated by the subscriber, and wherein delivering the selected digital content to the newborn or unborn subscriber on the scheduled delivery date comprises delivering the selected digital content to the email address. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein a digital will associated with the subscriber comprises the email address and password. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the digital content associated with the newborn or unborn subscriber's digital profile comprises the name of the subscriber and one or more of the name, birthdate, and contact information of the newborn or unborn subscriber. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the subscriber adding a newborn or unborn subscriber to the private circle are designated, by execution of the programmed instructions, as custodians. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein, by execution of the programmed instructions, the subscribers designated as custodians are issued a notification of the custodian designation. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the subscribers designated as custodians are prompted by execution of the programmed instructions to either accept or deny the designation, wherein acceptance indicates a confirmed custodian, wherein one of the confirmed custodians comprises the subscriber who created the account for the newborn or unborn child. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the newborn or unborn child may, on a future date, assume control of the account created by the subscriber for the newborn or unborn child. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein if the subscriber who created the account for the newborn or unborn child dies before the newborn or unborn child assumes control of the account, the remaining confirmed custodians assume control of the account until the newborn or unborn child assume control of the account at the future date. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein when the newborn or unborn child assumes control of the account, execution of the programmed instructions comprise transfer of the account's password and email address associated with the account. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising the execution of programmed instructions requiring at least three confirmed custodians. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the execution of the programmed instructions enables the subscriber that created the account for the newborn or unborn child to invite other subscribers to the private circle to create, store and/or send digital content to the account. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein execution of the programmed instructions adds a pin for the newborn or unborn child is added to the family and friends tree, wherein the pin is associated with the account of the newborn or unborn child. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein subscribers to the family and friends tree may, by execution of the programmed instructions, select the pin and create, store and/or send content to the account associated with the pin.