Creating a projection of a situational network
View Patent ↗A method of creating a projection of a situational network includes creating, by an event node server, an event node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, where the event node corresponds to a situation. A projection of nodes of the situational network is formed using geographic locations of a plurality of devices corresponding to nodes in the multi-dimensional personal information network. An invitation is transmitted to establish a link with the event node server to the devices corresponding to each node in the projection. A response is received from at least one of the devices accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server. A link with each device accepting the invitation is established.
1. A method of creating a projection of a situational network, the method comprising:
(a) establishing, by a first personal information aggregator, a connection with one or more other personal information aggregators based on an occurrence of a situation, each personal information aggregator corresponding to a node in a multi-dimensional personal information network;
(b) obtaining, by the first personal information aggregator, a geographic location for each of the one or more other personal information aggregators; and
(c) forming, by the first personal information aggregator, one or more projections of nodes of the multi-dimensional personal information network based on the geographic locations of each of the other personal information aggregators.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
(d) exchanging a first set of information about the situation with the other personal information aggregators corresponding to nodes in a first projection; and
(e) exchanging a second set of information about the situation with the other personal information aggregators corresponding to nodes in a second projection.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the nodes in the first projection is included in the second projection.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
(d) providing one of the one or more projections to a subset of the other personal information aggregators.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the projections of nodes includes an event-node established by a situation authority in response to an identification of the situation.
6. A method of propagating information in a situational network, the method comprising:
(a) receiving by a second personal information aggregator from a first personal information aggregator, a message relating to a situation, the first and second personal information aggregators corresponding to nodes in a multi-dimensional personal information network;
(b) automatically creating by the second personal information aggregator one or more projections of nodes of the multi-dimensional personal information network based on the situation; and
(c) concurrently transmitting notifications to a set of third personal information aggregators corresponding to the nodes of the one or more projections, wherein each projection receives a different notification.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
(d) concurrently transmitting with the notifications in step (c), a reply to the first personal information aggregator.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the notifications include the message.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the situation is a weather phenomenon.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first personal information aggregator corresponds to an event node of the situational network established by a situation authority.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the nodes corresponding to the first personal information aggregator and the second personal information aggregator are separated by an order of one.
12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the nodes corresponding the second personal information aggregator and the set of third personal information aggregators are separated by an order of one.
13. The method of claim 6 , wherein the notifications are transmitted using a single action by a user of the second personal information aggregator.
14. The method of claim 6 , wherein each projection of nodes are related to the second personal information aggregator along a common dimension.
15. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the one or more projections of nodes corresponds to a set of users with a shared interest with a user of the second personal information aggregator.
16. A system for propagating information within a situational network, the system comprising:
a first device configured to receive a message with information related to a situation, determine at least one subset of a plurality of second devices to receive notifications corresponding to the situation, wherein the notifications include the message, generate a different notification for each of the at least one subset of the second devices, and concurrently transmit, via the situational network, the different notifications to the at least one subset of the second devices,
wherein each of the second devices is configured to receive, via the situational network, one of the different notifications from the first device.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first device is a personal information aggregator.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the second devices is a personal information aggregator.