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Granted Patent B2
US 10,448,223 · App. 16/047,916 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Specially programmed computing devices being continuously configured to allow unfamiliar individuals to have instantaneous real-time meetings to create a new marketplace for goods and/or services

Inventors: John Kime (Austin, TX); Nathan Robert Jones (Austin, TX); Christopher Tice Peifer (Greenwich, CT); Andrew David Michaelis (Austin, TX); Quenby Justina Swinson-Mitchell (Austin, TX); David Rodriguez (Austin, TX); Nathan Madera (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Hopgrade, Inc.
H04W4/20H04L12/1813H04M3/42008H04W4/023H04W4/21H04W4/80H04W12/02H04M2203/105H04M2203/2072H04M2203/2094H04M2203/256H04M2203/6045
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Patent No.
US 10,448,223
App. No.
16/047,916
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer system which includes at least the following components: a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users; where each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: electronically receive software which, when being executed, cause such computing device to display a plurality of instances of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI); where each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between at least two computing devices associated with at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for a period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes.

Claims (69)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

causing to display, by each computing device of at least two computing devices associated with at least two users an instance of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI);

wherein each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between the at least two computing devices associated with the at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both;

wherein the meeting information comprises:

1) a first data representative of the particular location;

2) a second data representative of at least one unique user authentication identifier, which has been assigned to:

i) a particular computing device of the at least two computing devices or

ii) the at least two computing devices; and

3) a third data representative of a real-time adjustable visual indicator, allowing the least two users to visually identify each other computing devices, wherein the real-time adjustable visual indicator has been uniquely assigned based, at least in part, on at least one other visual indicator being assigned to at least one other computing device to be located in a visual vicinity of the particular location at which the at least two users to meet;

receiving, by each of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, an indication that the at least two users who desire to meet to engage in the transaction of the at least one good, the at least one service, or both;

establishing, by each of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, the direct electronic proximity-based communication between the at least two computing devices;

dynamically determining, in real time, by each of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, the first data, the second data, and the third data of the meeting information; and

dynamically controlling, by each of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, based on the meeting information, a visual appearance of the GUI to facilitate the at least two users to meet at the particular location.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the meeting information comprises a fourth data representative of a real-time sharable drawing pad which is shared among the at least two computing devices associated with the at least two users.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the meeting information comprises a fifth data representative of an amount of desired compensation for the at least one good, the at least one service, or both; and

wherein the method further comprises:

dynamically adjusting, in real time, by each of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, the fifth data based on a time which takes for the at least two users to meet.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the meeting information 1s configured to maintain an anonymity of the at least two users from each other.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time adjustable visual indicator is one of: color, text, image, and or any combination thereof.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, by a first computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at

least two users, a first real-time adjustable visual indicator comprising at least one first color; displaying, by a second computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, a second real-time adjustable visual indicator comprising at least one second color; and

wherein the at least one first color is distinct from the at least one second color.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

dynamically determining, by the second computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users, the at least one second color based on a random number based algorithm.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed over a half of a screen of each computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed after the at least two computing devices have established the direct electronic proximity-based communication.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed by undimming a respective screen of a respective computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the direct electronic proximity-based communication comprises:

a transmission of the at least one unique user authentication identifier.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the direct electronic proximity-based communication comprises at least one of: direct Bluetooth transmissions and direct transmissions at an inaudible audio frequency.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a textual direction, a visual direction, or both, from the current location of the particular user to the particular location at which the at least two users to meet.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a distance from a current location of a particular user to the particular location at which the at least two users to meet.

15. A system, comprising:

a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users;

wherein each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to:

display an instance of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI);

wherein each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between the at least two computing devices associated with the at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both;

wherein the meeting information comprises:

1) a first data representative of the particular location;

2) a second data representative of at least one unique user authentication identifier, which has been assigned to:

i) a particular computing device of the at least two computing devices or

ii) the at least two computing devices; and

3) a third data representative of a real-time adjustable visual indicator, allowing the least two users to visually identify each other computing devices, wherein the real-time adjustable visual indicator has been uniquely assigned based, at least in part, on at least one other visual indicator being assigned to at least one other computing device to be located in a visual vicinity of the particular location at which the at least two users to meet;

wherein each computing device of the at least two computing devices associated with the at least two users is further configured to:

receive an indication that the at least two users who desire to meet to engage in the transaction of the at least one good, the at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for the period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes;

establish the direct electronic proximity-based communication between the at least two computing devices;

dynamically determine, in real time, the first data, the second data, and the third data of the meeting information; and

dynamically control, based on the meeting information, a visual appearance of the GUI to facilitate the at least two users to meet at the particular location.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the meeting information comprises a fourth data representative of a real-time sharable drawing pad which is shared among the at least two computing devices associated with the at least two users.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the meeting information comprises a fifth data representative of an amount of desired compensation for the at least one good, the at least one service, or both; and

wherein each computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users is further configured to:

dynamically adjust, in real time, the fifth data based on a time which takes for the at least two users to meet.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the meeting information is configured to maintain an anonymity of the at least two users from each other.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the real-time adjustable visual indicator is one of: color, text, image, and or any combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 19 ,

wherein a first computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users is further configured to display a first real-time adjustable visual indicator comprising at least one first color;

wherein a second computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users is further configured to display a second real-time adjustable visual indicator comprising at least one second color; and

wherein the at least one first color is distinct from the at least one second color.

21. The system method of claim 20 , wherein the second computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users is further configured to:

dynamically determine the at least one second color based on a random number based algorithm.

22. The system method of claim 21 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed over a half of a screen of each computing device of the at least two computing devices of the at least two users.

23. The system method of claim 21 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed after the at least two computing devices have established the direct electronic proximity-based communication.

24. The system method of claim 21 , wherein each real-time adjustable visual indicator is displayed by undimming a respective screen of a respective computing device.

25. The system method of claim 15 , wherein the direct electronic proximity- based communication comprises:

a transmission of the at least one unique user authentication identifier.

26. The system method of claim 15 , wherein the direct electronic proximity-based communication comprises at least one of: direct Bluetooth transmissions and direct transmissions at an inaudible audio frequency.

27. The system method of claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises a textual direction, a visual direction, or both, from the current location of the particular user to the particular location at which the at least two users to meet.

28. The system method of claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises a distance from a current location of a particular user to the particular location at which the at least two users to meet.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 15864831 · Jan 8, 2018
Continuation 15368219 · Dec 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62262015 · Dec 2, 2015
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