US 2013 0073473A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0073473 A1 Heath (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 21, 2013

(54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR SOCIAL application No. 13/337,275 is a continuation-in-part of NETWORKING INTERACTIONS USING application No. 13/233,352, filed on Sep. 15, 2011. ONLINE CONSUMER BROWSNG BEHAVIOR, BUYING PATTERNS, Publication Classification ADVERTISEMENTS AND AIFFLATE ADVERTISING, FOR PROMOTIONS, ONLINE (51) Int. Cl. COUPONS, MOBILE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, G06Q 99/00 (2006.01) GOODS & SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT G06Q 30/02 (2012.01) AND AUCTIONS, WITH GEOSPATIAL (52) U.S. Cl. MAPPING TECHNOLOGY USPC ...... 705/319

(76) Inventor: Stephan Heath, Highlands Ranch, CO (57) ABSTRACT (US) Systems and methods are provided using combined technolo (21) Appl. No.: 13/369,244 gies for Social networking interactions using tracking, pre dicting, and implementing online consumer communica (22) Filed: Feb. 8, 2012 tions, browsing behavior, buying patterns, and advertisements and affiliate advertising and communications, Related U.S. Application Data for online coupons, mobile services, products, goods & Ser (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 13/233,352. vices, entertainment shopping, auctions, bidding, bidding filed on Sep. 15, 2011, Continuation-in-part of appli behavior, bidding results for targeting and filtering of promo cation No. 13/337,271, filed on Dec. 26, 2011, Con tions, online coupons, mobile services, products, goods & tinuation-in-part of application No. 13/337,275, filed services, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements on Dec. 26, 2011, Continuation-in-part of application and affiliate advertising or services on a three dimensional No. 13/359.498, filed on Jan. 27, 2012, said applica geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology, tion No. 13/337,271 is a continuation-in-part of appli company-local information, Social networking, and Social cation No. 13/233,352, filed on Sep. 15, 2011, said networking communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN).

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SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR SOCIAL knowledge of the Source and/or location of particular geo NETWORKING INTERACTIONS USING graphically-referenced information and a password and/or ONLINE CONSUMER BROWSING certificate to access the information, the information is inac BEHAVIOR, BUYING PATTERNS, cessible. Integration of geographically-referenced informa ADVERTISEMENTS AND AIFFLATE tion to provide an integrated interface and/or view of the ADVERTISING, FOR PROMOTIONS, ONLINE information in context with a geographic map is usually per COUPONS, MOBILE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, formed at a user's computer using Sophisticated GM and/or GOODS & SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT GIS Software. AND AUCTIONS, WITH GEOSPATIAL 0005. Alternatively, a user can interface with a server MAPPING TECHNOLOGY device managed by the creator through a client device run ning specialized software applications to interact with the PRIORITY GM and/or GIS databases of the data creators. At present 0001. This application is a continuation in part of, and access to data in a public forum is generally restricted by claims priority to, U.S. application Ser. Nos. 13/233.352, filed standard network security measures such as digest authenti 15 Sep. 2011, 13/337,271, filed 26 Dec. 2011, 13/337,275, cation and certificates. However, there are problems and filed 26 Dec. 2011, and 13/359,498, filed 27 Jan. 2012, each shortcomings with online products or services which should of which applications are entirely incorporated herein by also provide Socially conscious information about the com reference. panies that Supply the online products or services so that consumers can see where the companies and/or stores are FIELD OF THE INVENTION located and can find out information about the companies, communities they are located in, what interaction and help 0002 The present invention provides in one aspect a sys they provide to communities and/or other economic and/or tem and method for providing combined technologies for Socially responsible activities, and to associate the geographi Social networking interactions using tracking, predicting, and cal and other geospatially available information connecting implementing online consumer communications, browsing also by the use of integrated Social media, which combination behavior, buying patterns, social networking, Social network is not current provided and/or available. ing communications, embedded advertisements and affiliate 0006 Consumers enjoy interacting with friends, acquain advertising and communications, for promotions, online cou tances and strangers across many media channels, but that pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter doesn’t mean they trust them as a source of advertising. tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, bid However, a new host of companies are connecting brands to ding, bidding behavior, bidding results for targeting and consumers through their social connections. New web tech filtering of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, nology has created unexpected ways for advertisers to track Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny your web activity without your knowledge enabling advertis auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising on a three dimensional geospatial platform using ing networks to secretly monitor a user's activity across mul geospatial mapping technology, company-local information, tiple websites and build detailed profiles of their behavior and Social networking, and Social networking communities interests. (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN). 0007 Social software applications include communica tion tools and interactive tools. Communication tools typi BACKGROUND cally handle the capturing, storing and presentation of com munications, usually written but increasingly including audio 0003 Time and resources are wasted in the marketing of and video as well. Interactive tools handle mediated interac online products and services. Consumers waste time shop tions between a pair or group of users. They focus on estab ping in person or attempting to search for products or services lishing and maintaining a connection amount users, facilitat online where they lack control or create suitable preferences ing the mechanics of conversation and talk. for access to the search results. One approach taken in response to these and other shortcomings involves providing SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION for products or services over the Internet, e.g., a system for shopping online over public computer networks Such as the 0008. The present invention provides in one aspect a sys Internet. However, users and members of such systems stem tem and method for providing combined technologies for usually must be registered, wherein registration and/or Sub Social networking interactions using tracking, predicting, and scription by the user can provide information sufficient to implementing online consumer communications, browsing identify the user. Such as the users and members name, behavior, buying patterns, social networking, social network address, Internet e-mail address, and/or an identification ing communications, embedded advertisements and affiliate number, using an Internet server and a user display terminal in advertising and communications, for promotions, online cou communication therewith. There are, however, numerous pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter shortcomings to Such a system. Group buying sites leverage tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, bid the power of collective bargaining, providing local productor ding, bidding behavior, bidding results for targeting and services deals that offer savings for consumers while deliv filtering of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, ering improved sales numbers to participating merchants. Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny 0004. In standard GM and/or GIS systems, geographi auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate cally-referenced information is maintained confidential and advertising on a three dimensional geospatial platform using protected datastores by the creators and/or collectors of such geospatial mapping technology, company-local information, data. Access to information in the datastores is controlled and Social networking, and Social networking communities provided directly by the creator and/or owner. Without (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN). 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The invention can provide Such system or method can include sional representation of information and/or scalable versions surveillance and webbot software technologies via a mobile of web and mobile device content for an infrastructure and device or computer for tracking online consumer behavior global platform that provides users and members and busi and data, cookies, embedded advertisements and affiliate nesses of all types and sizes with access to broad markets for advertising, predicting online consumer behavior and buying the delivery of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, patterns by monitoring online activity, location, online com Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny munications, search inquiries, social networking, social plu auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate gins, promotions, social applications, entertainment shop advertising, e-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and personal and financial network, travel and hospitality Ser affiliate advertising, purchasing, behavior and buying pat vices, real estate, educational services, ancillary services, terns, consumer address books and contact lists, blogs, chat service providers, Social networking, social networking com rooms, friends, acquaintances and strangers, instant messag munities, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual commu ing, text chat, internet forum, service providers, travel and nities and virtual goods, information about microloans or hospitality services, real estate, educational services, ancil microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly lary services (as defined herein) and delivery system for causes through charitable donations or Sustainable gifts for behavior targeting and filtering of promotions, online cou those in need (collectively referred to as “Products, Goods & pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter Services” as any product or service or subgroup thereof) tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver through combined Products, Goods, and Services with tisements and affiliate advertising, and service providers Geospatial Mapping/Company-Local Information/Social business centers and affiliates for related company informa Networking/Communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN”) on a three tion on a three dimensional geospatial platform using multi dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping associated with technology. One example of an aspect of the invention is a entities providing and/or members of the service and/or social geospatial website that aggregates, inter alia promotions, networking. online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser 0009. The present invention provides in one aspect of a vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc system and method for providing combined technologies for tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising from mer Social networking interactions using tracking, online Surveil chants and sellers from around the world and/or showcases lance and webbot software technologies via a mobile device them in their actual, physical location on the websites live or computer. Such social networking interactions can be gen view of Earth in combination with social networking and/or erated or provided based on tracking online consumer behav Socially conscious information and/or activities. ior and data, cookies, embedded advertisements and affiliate 0010. The present invention addresses problems and/or advertising, predicting online consumer behavior patterns, shortcomings of prior online products and services, which monitoring online activity, location, online communications, should also provide Socially conscious information about the search inquiries for Products, Goods & Services, transaction companies that Supply the online products and services so history, consumer address books and contact lists, search that consumers can see where the companies and/or stores are inquiries for social networking activities, social plugins, pro located and can find out information about the companies, motions, social applications, entertainment shopping, penny communities they are located in, what interaction and help auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate they provide to communities and/or other economic and/or advertising, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other Socially responsible activities, and to associate the geographi criteria, consumer address books & contact lists, blogs, chat cal and other geospatially available information connecting rooms, friends, instant messaging, text chat, internet forum, also by the use of integrated Social media, which combination service providers, travel and hospitality services, real estate is not current provided and/or available. (e.g. Vacantland, residential, commercial, recreational, retail, 0011. As users and members and/or subscribers of the shopping malls, hotels, motels, golfcourses, resorts, marinas, website, (e.g., “Social Shoppers') shop the world for promo industrial, vacation, time shares, condominiums, multifam tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & ily, and other types of real estate, etc.), educational services, Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online ancillary services e.g. (e.g. brokers, agents, relocation ser auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising e.g., but not vices, internet marketing, concierge, transportation, enter limited to, any promotion, products, goods or services. Such tainment, travel and hospitality services, lenders, appraisers, users and members and/or subscribers (e.g., “Social Shop education, developers, contractors, inspectors, home pers') can find great promotions, online coupons, mobile improvements/remodeling, basement designs, landscaping, services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop home warranties, insurance, indoor and outdoor furniture, ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and fixtures, windows, siding, roofing, heating/cooling, Solar, affiliate advertising from leading travel & hospitality indus plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and similar types) and try, restaurant, toy and/or entertainment companies and/or top delivery system for behavior targeting and filtering of promo retailers around the world. tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & 0012. A delivery system or providing combined social Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online behavior tracking, online surveillance and webbot software auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising and service technologies via a mobile device or computer for tracking providers, business centers and affiliates on a three dimen online consumer behavior and data, cookies, embedded sional geospatial platform using multi-dimensional and Scal advertisements and affiliate advertising, predicting online able geospatial mapping associated with entities providing consumer behavior and, buying patterns, monitoring online and/or members of the service and/or social networking and activity, location, online communications, search inquires, Social networking communities for a geospatial website (ac transaction history, consumer address books and contact lists, cessible via a mobile device or computer) for a multidimen search inquiries for social networking activities, social plu US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 gins, promotions, social applications, entertainment shop view” of the planet; optionally Receive Social Earth promo ping, penny auctions or online auctions, bidding, bidding tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate adver Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online tising, blogs, chat rooms, friends, acquaintances and strang auctions, advertisements and advertising affiliates from mer ers, instant messaging, text chat, internet forum, Service pro chants and sellers from around the world via the computer or viders, travel and hospitality services, real estate, educational mobile device based upon a desired location; View “live services, ancillary services (as defined herein) and delivery Social feeds' from Social networking sites Such as Face system for behavior targeting and filtering of promotions, bookTM and TwitterTM; Zoom to birds-eye and human scale online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser view and navigate around stunning 3D satellite images of the vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc virtual Earth; Type in an address and fly directly to the loca tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising and service tion on the platform by using the Zoom technology; and/or providers, business centers and affiliates for related company Watch videos from RSS links. The present invention provides information on a three dimensional geospatial platform using a unique interactive user experience, view live links to places multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping associ and events knowing that a portion of the dollars spent on the ated with entities providing and/or members of the service present invention are going to help those in impoverished and/or social networking on a host geospatial website (acces conditions around the world. sible via a mobile device or computer) can provide for a 0014. The invention can further provide in one aspect multidimensional representation of information and/or scal geospatial website provides combined social behavior track able version of web content for the delivery of promotions, ing, online Surveillance & webbot Software technologies via online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser a mobile device or computer for tracking online consumer vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc behavior and data, cookies, embedded advertisements and tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising on a three affiliate advertising, predicting online consumer behavior, dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping buying patterns, monitoring online activity, location, online technology. A host geospatial website can include realistic communications, search inquiries, transaction history, con virtual landscape using satellite and/or aerial photography Sumer address books and contact lists, search inquiries for that can include many content layers of web based informa Social networking activities, promotions, social plugins, tion, e-commerce links, social networking, social networking Social applications, entertainment shopping, penny auctions communities and/or advertisements and affiliate advertising or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, for a richer user experience. A host website shall store images, advertisements and affiliate advertising, purchasing, behav web-based content, social data, Social plugins, Social appli ior, buying patterns and other criteria and blogs, chat rooms, cations and/or share live social feeds from FacebookTM, Twit friends, acquaintances and strangers, instant messaging, text terTM and other popular social networks and/or other commu chat, internet forum, service providers, business centers and nications in real-time. Connecting promotions, online affiliate advertising for related company information, travel coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter and hospitality, real estate, educational services, ancillary tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver services (as defined herein) and delivery system for behavior tisements and affiliate advertising with users and members targeting and filtering of promotions, online coupons, mobile known as “Social Shoppers' based upon desired location in services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop real-time on a geographical area across multiple social layers ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and that are displayed as graphic animated color overlays on a affiliate advertising and service providers, business centers three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial map and affiliate advertising for related company information on a ping technology. The invention can also provide payment three dimensional geospatial platform using multi-dimen method and/or system for effectuating an online payment sional and Scalable geospatial mapping associated with enti through a computer or mobile device to complete an e-com ties providing and/or members of the service and/or Social merce transaction on a three dimensional geospatial platform networking and aggregates of promotions, online coupons, using geospatial mapping technology. The present invention mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment can also provide user-friendly desktop interfaces and mobile shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements apps for Smartphones and other communication devices that and affiliate advertising from merchants and sellers from will allow Social Shoppers to enjoy a unique experience around the world and/or showcasing them in their actual, utilizing a multitude of promotions, online coupons, mobile physical location on the websites unique live view of Earth. services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop 0015. As users and members and/or subscribers shop the ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and world for Products. Goods and Services, as well as bargains, affiliate advertising as they virtually tour around the globe they can view promotions, online coupons, Products, Goods using the present invention. & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online 0013 Users and members of the present invention can do auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising for various one or more of the following: Use the present invention after types of real estate (e.g. Vacant land, residential, commercial, installing Google EarthTM or similar plug-ins; View Social recreational, retail, shopping malls, hotels, motels, golf Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, courses, resorts, marinas, industrial, vacation, time shares, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions condominiums, multifamily, and other types of real estate, or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, etc.), travel and hospitality services, educational services, online retail stores, virtual communities and virtual goods and ancillary services (e.g. brokers, agents, relocation services, information about microloans or microcredit, humanitarian internet marketing, concierge, transportation, hospitality, aid and Support otherworldly causes through charitable dona entertainment, concierge, transportation, entertainment, tions or sustainable gifts for those in need around the world by lenders, appraisers, education, developers, contractors, geo-target location on the present inventions unique “live inspectors, home improvements/remodeling, basement US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

designs, landscaping, home warranties, insurance, indoor and ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc outdoor furniture, fixtures, windows, siding, roofing, heating/ tions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate cooling, Solar, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and similar advertising and service providers, business centers and affili etc.), loans and quotes, auto loans, mortgages, banking Ser ates for related company information on a three dimensional vices, and/or any other Products, Goods & Services, e.g., geospatial platform using multi-dimensional and Scalable family fun, sports, restaurants, events and/or hundreds oftop geospatial mapping associated with entities providing and/or consumer products, goods or services, e.g., but not limited to, members of the service and/or Social networking and aggre groceries, apparel, beverages, books and magazines, foods, gating of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod health care, household, office, personal care, pet care, pho ucts, Goods & Services entertainment shopping, penny auc tography, banking services, autos, business, classic car parts, tions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate restoration and maintenance services, collectibles and art, advertising on a three dimensional geospatial platform using custom car parts, restoration and maintenance services, deals geospatial mapping technology. A host geospatial website and gifts education, electronics, fashion, financial, health can include realistic virtual landscape using satellite and/or care, home, outdoor and décor, travel and hospitality services, aerial photography that can include many content layers of insurance, online services, other legal, marketing, medical web based information, e-commerce and mobile banking facilities, medical insurance, medical retailers, motors, pets, links, social networking, Social networking communities and/ physicians, dentists, other practioners, public services, psy or advertisements and affiliate advertising for a richer user chics, intuitives, metaphysical, mediums and spiritual advi experience. A host geospatial website shall store images, sors, real estate, ancillary services, sports, travel, tourism, web-based content, social data and/or share live social feeds wedding, parties and entertainment, hotels, motels, golf from social networking giants FacebookTM and Twitter'TM, courses, resorts, marinas, colleges and universities, private Social networking, social networking communities, social and public Schools, libraries, post offices, government agen plugins, social applications, promotions, online coupons, cies, transportation, AAA, equestrian, parks and recreation, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment tennis, airports, airlines, online dating and/or any other prod shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements ucts, goods or services. Social Shoppers can to find great and affiliate advertising and/or other communications in real promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, time. The use of geospatial mapping for associating informa Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions tion to specific places can include, but is not limited to, one or or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising more of Live links to places and events; Data on the land from leading travel & hospitality industry, restaurants, toy scape; Zoom to birds-eye and human scale views; 3D custom and/or entertainment companies and/or top retailers around audio/visual content; Interactive 360 panoramas; Fly-through the world. Social Shoppers can to use online access payment tours with content, narration, music: Stunning imagery and method and/or system for effectuating an online payment Videos, 3D buildings and landscaping e-commerce and through a computer or mobile device equipped carrier and/or mobile banking tools and hooks; Advertising on the land a mobile device equipped bank using a mobile users device in scape; Advanced search for private and public information; connection with e-commerce transactions on the host geospa Social networking, Social plugins, Social applications, social tial website via a website or mobile device (e.g., mobile, integration and social networking communities; Self-posting telephone, PDA, laptop computer, etc.); wherein users and for uploading user generated content; Custom tools, social members create and/or maintain a rich-media application via and mobile apps and widgets; tracking Social behaviorand the a geospatial mapping platform via the Internet comprising: like. mobile banking and/or electronic payments. 0017 Connecting promotions, online coupons, mobile 0016. The delivery system for a host geospatial website services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop (accessible via a mobile device or computer) can provide for ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and a multidimensional representation of information and/or seal affiliate advertising with users and members known as able version of web content for an infrastructure and global “Social Shoppers' in real-time on a geographical area across platform that provides users and members and businesses of multiple Social layers that are displayed as graphic animated all types and sizes with access to broad markets for the deliv color overlays on a three dimensional geospatial platform ery system and method for providing combined social behav using geospatial mapping technology. More specifically, it ior tracking, online surveillance and web bot software tech relates to a method for users and members known as “Social nologies via a mobile device or computer for tracking online Shoppers to effectuate banking and/or electronic payments consumer behavior and data, cookies, embedded advertise via a mobile device or computer, accessing a user account, ments and affiliate advertising, social plugins, social applica engaging in mobile Social activities and/or viewing available tions, predicting online consumer behavior, buying patterns, options via a three dimensional geospatial mapping platform monitoring online activity, location, online communications, using geospatial mapping technology. The present invention search inquiries, social networking, social plugins, promo provides one or more of the following advantages over online tions, social applications, entertainment shopping, penny products, goods or services, email, daily deal, coupons and auctions or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bid Social networking sites by one or more of Combining the ding results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, pur community of Social networking and connecting users, buy chasing, behavior and buying patterns, consumer address ers and sellers with promotions, online coupons, mobile ser books & contact lists, blogs, chat rooms, friends, acquaintan vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, ces and Strangers, instant messaging, text chat, internet penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili forum, service providers, travel and hospitality services, real ate advertising on a fun collective buying site along with the estate, educational services, ancillary services (as defined fastest growing business model on the Web: A portion of each herein) and delivery system for behavior targeting and filter “Social Earth Coupon that is sold on its website of the ing of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod present invention to provide information about microloans or US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

microcredit, humanitarian aid or Support other worldly cause of the information provided can automatically and cheaply through charitable donations or Sustainable gifts to help those obtain the data being generated. in need; Gathering promotions, online coupons, mobile ser 0026. These and other objects and advantages of the vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, present invention will become clear to those skilled in the art penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili in view of the description of the best presently known mode of ate advertising, as well as bargains from all over the world carrying out the invention and the industrial applicability of into one fun online shopping experience; Shoppers can search the preferred embodiment as described herein and as illus for promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, trated in the several figures of the drawings. Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions 0027 Social Networking Integration: The present inven or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising tion can also provide in certain embodiments integrated Social from merchants and sellers from around the world based upon plugins with "live Social feeds' from Social networking giants a desired geo-target locations in each market: Easy-to-scale FacebookTM and TwitterTM, e.g., but not limited to Face usability and Social networking component, SOCIAL bookTM and TwitterTM, into its website(s), which allows EARTH will spread virally and expand rapidly into different Social Shoppers to interact and share the latest promotions, regions because of Social networking integration; Allowing online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser Social Shoppers to engage in Social networking activities and vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc share the latest promotions, online coupons, mobile services, tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising with their Product, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny friends, acquaintances, Strangers, family, business associates, auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate and others. Tapping into the power of social networking users advertising and bargains with their friends will create “sticki through social networking integration will help users of the ness” and bring them back to the site again and again: Giving present invention connect with thousands or millions of users Social Shoppers a fun, hip interactive experience on a live around the world in real time. TwitterTM the latest social view of Earth with satellite imagery, aerial photography and networking phenomenon, enables its users to send and read graphic animated color overlays; and/or Having a unique other users messages called “tweets.” The present invention interactive user experience, view live links to places and provides opportunities to use open source technology to rap events and giving back to our planet. idly grow its Social Shoppers around the world by utilizing 0018. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention Social networking integration and developing Social applica to provide a new mechanism for tracking social behavior and tions with feeds' from social networking sites FacebookTM profiling a user during the marketing of digital content, by any and TwitterTM into its website and encouraging Social Shop means known in the art, e.g., as disclosed in U.S. application pers to share the latest products or services or deals with their Ser. No. 09/797,647, filed Mar. 1, 2001, which is entirely incorporated herein by reference. friends in these popular Social networks. 0019. Another object of the invention is to provide such a mechanism which is substantially ambivalent to the underly BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS ing nature of the digital content. 0028 FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic and block diagram view of 0020. Another object of the invention is to provide such a an electronic Product, Good or Service with/Geospatial Map mechanism which works when the user is off-line and access ping/Company-Local Information/Social Networking/Com ing a local inventory of the digital content. munities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN') information and/or product/ 0021 And, another object of the invention is to provide good/service distribution system, according to an exemplary Such a mechanism which operates continuously, whenever embodiment; consumers want and without need for the actual physical 0029 FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram showing, in availability of vendor and financial intermediary parties. greater detail, a database server portion of the main server 0022 Briefly, preferred embodiment of the present inven system shown in FIG. 1; tion is a method for collecting user data, and optionally cre 0030 FIGS. 3A-3B illustrate a screen display defining an ating a user profile. An inventory of digital content is Sup interface associated with a client system portion, according to plied, wherein at least part of the inventory is pre-stored on a an exemplary embodiment; client computer. The inventory includes at least one asset, collateral for an asset, or advertisement. Information about 0031 FIG. 4 is a simplified flowchart diagram view illus the inventory is displayed to a user of the client computer and trating interactions between the client system, and the main user data is collected about the user based on their actions server system, according to an exemplary embodiment; with regard to the information about the inventory. Option 0032 FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic and block diagram view of ally, a user profile is then constructed based on the user data. a system for controlling the number of clicks to a clickable 0023. An advantage of the present invention is that it pro advertisement, according to an exemplary embodiment; vides behavior tracking and user profiling at the speed of 0033 FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing, in greater detail, digital electronics, yet operates in the context of the conven the system for controlling the number of clicks to a clickable tional, time proven, widely understood, and trusted transac advertisement shown in FIG. 5, according to an exemplary tional interrelation of consumer, financial intermediary, and embodiment; vendor. 0034 FIG. 7 is a simplified flowchart diagram view illus 0024. Another advantage of the invention is that it may be trating interactions between the client system, and the main entirely automated and may employ communications with server system, according to an exemplary embodiment; outside services which may also be entirely automated. 0035 FIG. 8 is a simplified flowchart diagram view show 0025 And, another advantage of the invention is that it is ing, in greater detail, the initial steps illustrated in FIG. 4 for efficient and economical for all involved. The initial user system initialization, according to an exemplary embodi being tracked and profiled are not burdened and the end users ment; US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

0036 FIG.9 is a simplified flowchart diagram view show 0.052 FIG.29 illustrates a screen display defining an inter ing, in greater detail, an echo request step shown in block face associated with a client system portion, according to an diagram form in FIG. 8, according to an exemplary embodi exemplary embodiment; ment, 0053 FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary 0037 FIG. 10 is a simplified flowchart diagram view implementation of a geospatial decision management system showing a server selection routine performed at the main for implementing a geographic information system over a server system, according to an exemplary embodiment; network. 0038 FIG. 11 is a simplified flowchart diagram view 0054 FIG.31 is a schematic diagram of a geospatial deci showing the steps for registration of a new user on the main sion management system depicting exemplary implementa server system, according to an exemplary embodiment; tions oftechnical and management interface tools available to 0039 FIGS. 12-14 are simplified flowchart diagram views a client user. showing, in greater detail, the steps of updating the master 0055 FIG. 32 is a schematic diagram of additional com category list, plugins, and brand logo information, respec ponents of a geospatial decision management system for tively, that are shown in block diagram form in FIG.4, accord implementing access control to presentation of geospatial ing to an exemplary embodiment; attributes within a network. 0040 FIG. 15 is a simplified flowchart diagram view 0056 FIG. 33 is a flow diagram of exemplary operations showing, in greater detail, the step of updating advertising for implementing access control to presentation of geospatial data that is shown in block diagram form in FIG. 4, according attributes within a geospatial decision management system. to an exemplary embodiment; 0057 FIG. 34 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary 0041 FIG. 16 is a simplified flowchart diagram view implementation of a general purpose computer system that showing, in greater detail, the step of updating PGS-GM-CL/ that can be used to implement various aspects of a geospatial I-SN information data that is illustrated in block diagram decision management system, including access control. form in FIG. 4, according to an exemplary embodiment; 0058 FIG. 35 is flow chart and a list of representative products and services that can be provided in combination 0042 FIG. 17 is a simplified flowchart diagram view with geospatial mapping, Socially responsible information, showing, in greater detail, the step of updating the main server local, global and company information, social networking, system with a user history file that is shown in block diagram and charity/aid, according to the present invention. As pre form in FIG. 4, according to an exemplary embodiment; sented in FIG.35, the present invention provides in one aspect 0043 FIG. 18 is a simplified flowchart diagram view a delivery system for a geospatial website for a multidimen showing the steps involved in obtaining a client Script, sional representation of information and/or scalable versions according to an exemplary embodiment; of web and mobile device content for an infrastructure and 0044 FIGS. 19-20 are simplified flowchart diagram views global platform that provides users and members and busi showing alternate responses taken by client system 14 in nesses of all types and sizes with access to broad markets for response to double-clicking taskbaricon 102, according to an the delivery of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, exemplary embodiment; Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny 0045 FIG. 21 is a simplified flowchart diagram view auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate showing timing mechanisms for automatically updating advertising, e-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/or data without user personal and financial network, travel and hospitality Ser intervention, according to an exemplary embodiment; vices, real estate, educational services, ancillary services, 0046 FIGS. 22-23 are simplified flowchart diagram views advertisements and affiliate advertising, service providers, showing alternate actions taken by the client system in Social networking, Social networking communities, online response to selection by the user of a logo pane and an adver dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities and virtual tising pane, respectively, according to exemplary embodi goods, microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Sup ments; port other worldly causes through charitable donations (col 0047 FIG. 24 is a simplified flowchart diagram view lectively referred to as “Products, Goods & Services” as any showing the steps executed by the client system when a user product or service or subgroup thereof) through combined selects an item from PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/or Products, Goods and Service with Geospatial Mapping/Com data Subcategory list, according to an exemplary embodi pany-Local Information/Social Networking/Communities ment, (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN) on a three dimensional geospatial 0048 FIG. 25 is a simplified flowchart diagram view platform using geospatial mapping technology. showing the steps executed by the client system when the user 0059 FIG. 36 presents a flow chart showing a typical selects a particular PGS-GM-CL/I-SN product and/or ser transaction for the purchase online coupons, mobile services, vice, according to an exemplary embodiment; Products, Goods & Services and more that provides a portion of each sale shall be attributed to microloans or microcredit, 0049 FIG. 26 is a simplified flowchart diagram view humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes through showing the steps executed by the client system when PGS charitable donations or Sustainable gifts. In addition, users GM-CL/I-SN product, good and/or service is selected and will also be able to donate money to a worthy cause through added to a cart, according to an exemplary embodiment; the Shopping Cart or purchasing a online coupons, mobile 0050 FIGS. 27A and 27B are flow diagrams of processes services, Products, Good and Services, entertainment shop for controlling the number of clicks to a clickable advertise ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and ment, according to exemplary embodiments; affiliate advertising on the “Giving Back” Layer: “View 0051 FIG. 28 is another flow diagram of the process for Social Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile services, controlling the number of clicks to a clickable advertisement, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny according to an exemplary embodiment; auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

advertising, retail stores, virtual communities and virtual ers, business centers and affiliates for related company goods, information about microloans or microcredit, humani information on a three dimensional geospatial platform using tarian aid and Support otherworldly causes through charitable multi-dimensional representation of information and/or scal donations or sustainable gifts that will help those in need able versions of web and mobile device for the delivery of around the world by geo-target location or anywhere in the promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, world on the present inventions unique “live view of the Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions planet.” or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising for Such items, including without limitation, e-commerce, DETAILED DESCRIPTION media and entertainment, sports, personal and financial net 0060. The present invention provides in one aspect a sys work, travel and hospitality services, real estate, educational tem and method for providing combined technologies for services, ancillary services (e.g. brokers, agents, relocation Social networking interactions using tracking, predicting, and services, internet marketing, concierge, travel and hospitality implementing online consumer communications, browsing services, transportation, entertainment, lenders, appraisers, behavior, buying patterns, and advertisements and affiliate education, developers, contractors, inspectors, home advertising, for promotions, online coupons, mobile services, improvements/remodeling, basement designs, landscaping, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny home warranties, insurance, indoor and outdoor furniture, auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate fixtures, windows, siding, roofing, heating/cooling, Solar, advertising and service providers, for targeting and filtering plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and similar etc.), service of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, providers, Social networking, online dating, gaming, retail Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions stores, virtual communities and virtual goods, information or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising about microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Sup and service providers, business centers and affiliates for port other worldly causes through charitable donations or related company and local information on a three dimen sustainable gifts for those in need (collectively, “Products, sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol Goods & Services' as any product or service or Subgroup ogy, company-local information, Social networking, and thereof) from around the world and/or showcases them, e.g., social networking communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN). The in their actual, physical location on the websites live view of present invention provides in one aspecta system and method Earth in combination with Social networking and/or Socially for providing social networking and social networking inter conscious information and/or activities. actions using combined social behavior tracking, online Sur 0062 Social Earth will provide information and links to veillance and web bot software technologies via a mobile Some of the top real estate websites and integrate real estate device or computer for tracking online consumer behavior information into its website from third party websites such as, and data, cookies, embedded advertisements, predicting but not limited to, Yahoo Real Estate, Zillow, Realtor.com, online consumer behavior, buying patterns, monitoring Trulia, MSN Real Estate, Homes.com, AOL Real Estate, online activity, location, online communications, search Rent.com, ZipRealty, MyNewPlace, LoopNet, Apartment inquires, social networking, Social plugins, promotions, Guide, Re/Max Real Estate. Apartments.com, Welchet.com, Social applications, entertainment shopping, penny auctions Redfin, HomeFinder, Listingbook Services, Rentals.com, or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, ForRent.com and other real estate related websites. advertisements, purchasing, behavior and buying patterns, 0063. The present invention addresses problems and/or consumer address books & contact lists, blogs, chat rooms, shortcomings of current online products or services, retail friends, acquaintances and strangers, instant messaging, text stores, virtual communities and virtual goods, and will pro chat, internet forum, service providers, travel and hospitality vide information about microloans or microcredit, humani services, real estate, educational services, ancillary services tarian aid and Support otherworldly causes through charitable (as defined herein or as known in the art) and delivery system donations or Sustainable gifts to help those in need, which for behavior targeting and filtering of promotions, online should also provide Socially conscious information about the coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter companies that Supply promotions, online coupons, mobile tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop tisements and affiliate advertising, service providers, busi ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and ness centers and affiliates for related company information on affiliate advertising so that consumers can see where the a three dimensional geospatial platform using multi-dimen companies and/or stores are located and can find out infor sional and Scalable geospatial mapping associated with enti mation about the companies, communities they are located in, ties providing and/or members of the service and/or social what interaction and help they provide to communities and/or networking for a geospatial website (accessible via a mobile other economic and/or Socially responsible activities, and to device or computer) for a multidimensional representation of associate the geographical and other geospatially available information and/or scalable versions of web and mobile information connecting also by the use of integrated Social device content for the delivery of Products, Goods & Services media, which combination is not current provided and/or with /Geospatial Mapping/Company-Local Information/So available. As users and members and/or subscribers of the cial Networking/Communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN”) on a website, (e.g., “Social Shoppers') shop the world for promo three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial map tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & ping technology. Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online 0061. One example of an aspect of the invention is a auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, e.g., but not geospatial website that aggregates, inter alia, promotions, limited to, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, service provid advertising, residential and commercial various types of real US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

estate, travel & hospitality services, educational services and Social networking, Social networking communities, online ancillary services, auto loans, mortgages, banking services, dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities and virtual and/or any other products, goods or services, e.g., but not goods and information about microloans or microcredit, limited to, family fun, spoils, restaurants, events and/or hun humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes through dreds of top consumer packaged goods brands for, e.g., but charitable donations or Sustainable gifts on a three dimen not limited to, groceries, apparel, beverages, books and maga sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol Zines, foods, health care, household, office, personal care, pet ogy. A host geospatial website can include realistic virtual care, photography, service providers, e-commerce, media and landscape using satellite and/or aerial photography that can entertainment, sports, personal and financial network, travel include many content layers of web based information, pro and hospitality services, real estate, educational services, motions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & ancillary services, service providers, Social networking, Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online Social networking communities, Social plugins, social appli auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising and mobile cations, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual commu banking links and social networking integration for a richer nities and virtual goods for residential and commercial Vari user experience. A host website shall store images, web ous types of real estate (e.g. Vacant land, residential, based content, social data, Social plugins, Social networking, commercial, recreational, retail, shopping malls, hotels, Social networking communities, Social applications and/or motels, golf courses, resorts, marinas, industrial, vacation, share “live social feeds' from social networks and/or other time shares, condominiums, multifamily, and other types of communications in real-time. real estate, etc.), and providing information about loans and 0065. The use of geospatial mapping for associating infor quotes, auto loans, mortgages, banking services, and/or any mation to specific places can included, but it not limited to, other product or service, e.g., family fun, sports, restaurants, one or more of Live links to places and events; Data on the events and/or hundreds oftop consumer products or services, landscape; Zoom to birds-eye and human scale views, 3D e.g., but not limited to, groceries, apparel, beverages, books custom audio/visual content; Interactive 360 panoramas; Fly and magazines, foods, health care, household, office, per through tours with content, narration, music: Stunning imag Sonal care, pet care, photography, residential and commercial ery and videos, 3D buildings and landscaping, e-commerce various types of real estate (e.g. Vacantland, residential, com and mobile banking tools and hooks; Advertising on the land mercial, recreational, retail, shopping malls, hotels, golf scape; Advanced search for private and public information; courses, marinas, industrial, vacation, time shares, condo Social networking integration: Self-posting for uploading miniums, multifamily, and other types of real estate, etc.), user generated content; Custom tools, mobile apps and wid educational services, ancillary services, loans and quotes, gets; and the like. Connecting buyers and sellers with Prod auto loans, mortgages, banking services, autos, business, ucts, Goods & Services with users and members known as classic car parts, restoration and maintenance services col “Social Shoppers' in real-time on a geographical area across lectibles and art custom car parts, restoration and mainte multiple Social layers that are displayed as graphic animated nance services deals and gifts education, electronics, fashion, color overlays on a three dimensional geospatial platform financial, healthcare, home, outdoor and décor, travel and using geospatial mapping technology.” The invention can hospitality services, insurance, online services, other legal also provide mobile payment method and/or system for effec marketing, medical facilities, medical insurance, medical tuating an online payment through a computer or a mobile retailers, motors, pets, physicians, dentists, other practioners, device to complete an e-commerce and mobile banking trans public services, psychics, intuitive, metaphysical, mediums action on a three-dimensional geospatial platform using and spiritual advisors, real estate, ancillary services, sports, geospatial-mapping technology. tourism, wedding, parties and entertainment, Social network 0066. The invention can further provide in one aspect ing, Social networking communities, online dating and/or any geospatial website aggregates buyers and sellers with promo other product or service. Such users and members and/or tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Subscribers (e.g., “Social Shoppers') can find great promo Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online tions, online coupons, Products, Goods & Services, entertain auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising from mer ment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertise chants and sellers around the world and/or showcases them in ments and affiliate advertising from the leading travel & their actual, physical location on the websites unique live hospitality industry, restaurants, toy and/or entertainment view of Earth. As users and members and/or subscribers shop companies and/or top retailers around the world. the world for promotions, online coupons, mobile services, 0064. The delivery system for a host geospatial website Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny (accessible via a mobile device or computer) can provide for auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate a multidimensional representation of information and/or scal advertising, as well as the latest bargains. Users can also view able version of web content for an infrastructure and global media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial net platform that provides users and members and businesses of work, travel & hospitality services, real estate, educational all types and sizes with access to broad markets for the deliv services, ancillary services, penny auctions or online auc ery of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, service provid ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc ers, business centers and affiliates for related company infor tions or online auctions, online advertisements (including but mation, Social networking, Social networking communities, not limited to embedded advertisements) service providers, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities and business centers and affiliates for related company informa virtual goods and information about microloans or microcre tion for Such items, including without limitation, e-com dit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes merce, media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial through charitable donations or Sustainable gifts and more for network, travel & hospitality services, real estate, educational family fun, sports, restaurants, events and/or hundreds oftop services, ancillary services, advertisers, service providers, consumer packaged goods brand/brandors for groceries, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, health care, access to broad markets for the delivery of promotions, online household, office, personal care, pet care, photography, autos, coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter business, classic car parts, restoration and maintenance Ser tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver vices, collectibles & art, custom car parts, restoration and tisements and affiliate advertising and service providers, busi maintenance services, deals & gifts, education, electronics, ness centers and affiliates for related company information on fashion, financial, healthcare, home, outdoor & décor, travel a three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial & hospitality services, insurance, online services, other legal mapping technology. A host geospatial website can include marketing, medical facilities, medical insurance, medical realistic virtual landscape using satellite and/or aerial photog retailers, motors, pets, physicians, dentists, other practioners, raphy that can include any content and many layers of web public services, psychics, mediums & spiritual advisors, based information, promotions, online coupons, mobile Ser travel & hospitality services, sports, travel, tourism, wedding, vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, parties & entertainment, Social networking, social network penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili ing communities, online dating and/or the like. Social Shop ate advertising and mobile banking links, Social networking, pers can to find great promotions, online coupons, mobile Social networking communities and/or advertisements (in services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop cluding but not limited to embedded advertisements) for a ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and richer user experience. A host geospatial website shall store affiliate advertising from merchants, sellers and the leading images, web-based content, social data and/or share “live travel & hospitality industry, restaurants, toy and/or entertain social feeds” from social networking giants FacebookTM and ment companies and/or top retailers around the world. Social TwitterTM and/or other communications in real-time. Con Shoppers can to use "a mobile device payment method and/or necting an infrastructure and global platform that provides system' for effectuating an online payment through a mobile users and members and businesses of all types with access to device equipped carrier and/or a mobile device equipped broad market for the delivery of promotions, online coupons, bank using a mobile users device or computer in connection mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment with an e-commerce and mobile banking transactions on the shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements host geospatial website or mobile device (e.g., mobile tele and affiliate advertising to users and members known as phone, PDA, laptop computer, etc.); wherein users and mem “Social Shoppers' based upon their location in real-time on a bers create and/or maintain a rich-media application via a geographical area across multiple Social layers that are dis geospatial mapping platform via the Internet comprising: played as graphic animated color overlays on a three dimen mobile banking and/or electronic payments. sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol 0067 Social Earth Mobile allowing Social Shoppers to Ogy. receive promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod 0068. The invention provides in one aspect a method for ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc providing Social networking interactions using internet and tions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate adver mobile websites and related computer systems that provide tising based upon their precise location. Mobile apps for end user customized interactive displays of three dimensional smartphones (e.g., but not limited to, AndroidTM and tablets, geospatial maps comprising end user customized promo e.g., iPhoneTM, iPod TouchTM and iPadTM) are provided that tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & will allow Social Shoppers to receive promotions, online Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, social net tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver working, social networking communities, service providers, tisements and affiliate advertising based upon their online business centers and affiliates, and related company and local activities, precise location, GPS, online communications, information, the method resulting in collection and analysis search inquiries, social networking, Social networking com ofend user data relating to end users online activity, location, munities, Social plugins, promotions, Social applications, online communications, search inquiries, social networking, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, Social networking community, user profiles, messaging, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements viewing public & private user profiles, Social plugins, promo and affiliate advertising, purchasing, behavior, buying pat tions, social applications, entertainment shopping, penny terns and other criteria, such as shopping or interest prefer auctions or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bid ences. With Social Earth Mobile, Social Shoppers can explore ding results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, pur the same 3D imagery and terrain as on the desktop version. chasing, behavior, preferences and buying patterns, the col Users will be able to fly to their current location or anywhere lection and analysis used to (A) firstly provide first consumer in the world by typing in the address in the search bar. With a data sets used to generate first end user geospatial interactive touch of abutton, users will be able to Pan, Zoom, and tilt their displays comprising first promotional data collections of pro view as they virtually travel around the globe. Users will be motions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & able to Search for people, cities, places and businesses around Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online the world and View many layers of geographic information auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, adver and other information on a three-dimensional geospatial plat tisements and affiliate advertising, social networking, social form using geospatial-mapping technology. The invention networking communities, service providers, business centers provides opportunities to connect buyers and sellers and and affiliates for related company and local information, reach people at the point of shopping through GPS a benefit using multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping both to shoppers and merchants. The delivery system for a and integrated Social networking, Social networking commu host geospatial website can provide for a multidimensional nity; and to (B) secondly provide second consumer data sets representation of information and/or sealable version of web related to one or more of (i) the end users, (ii) additional end content for an infrastructure and global platform that provides users, and (iii) target end user groups, the second consumer users and members and businesses of all types and sizes with data comprising end user related consumer profiles, trends US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

and target markets, the first and second consumer data sets ties, service providers, business centers and affiliates, used to generate second end user geospatial interactive dis and related company information and related local plays comprising customized second promotional data col information; lections of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, 0093 (c) electronically displaying on the client computer Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny the first end user geospatial interactive display provided in auctions or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bid step (b): ding results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, social 0094 (d) electronically monitoring, collecting and ana networking, social networking communities, service provid lyzing, using a mobile device or computer system data analy ers, business centers and affiliates, and related company and sis system, the end user data relating to end users local information, the first and second end user displays gen (0.095 (i) online activity, erated using a three dimensional geospatial platform using (0.096 (ii) location, multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping, the 0097 (iii) online communications, method comprising: 0.098 (iv) social networking plugins, 0069 (a) electronically assigning on a computer systeman 0099 (v) search inquiries, identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiving a 0.100 (vi) social networking, request from the end user via a client application operating on 0101 (vii) social networking communities, the client mobile device or computer system for Internet 0102 (viii) user profiles, access to websites or links; 0.103 (ix) messaging, 0070 (b) electronically providing on a mobile device or 0.104 (x) viewing public & private user profiles, computer system access to the websites or links that provide 0105 (xi) social plugins, three dimensional geospatial interactive displays, the mobile 0106 (xii) promotions, device or computer system comprising a combination of: 0.107 (xiii) social applications, 0071 (i) first consumer data sets used to generate first 0.108 (xiv) entertainment shopping, end user geospatial interactive displays using multi-di 0.109 (XV) penny and online auctions, mensional and Scalable geospatial mapping and inte 0110 (xvi) bidding, grated Social networking, user profiles, online commu 0.111 (xvii) bidding behavior, nications, messaging, the first end user geospatial 0112 (xviii) bidding results, interactive displays comprising 0113 (xix) advertisements and affiliate advertising, 0072 a... first promotional data collections for sepa 0114 (XX) purchasing, rate locations shown on the displays, the first promo 0115 (xxi) behavior; tional data collections comprising 0116 (xxii) preferences 0.073 1. promotions, 0.117 (XXiii) IM, text and email messaging; and 0.074 2. online coupons, 0118 (xiv) buying patterns on the websites or links, to 0075 3. mobile services, provide end user output data; 0.076 4. products, 0119 (e) electronically processing the end user output data from step (d) to electronically generate second consumer 0.077 5. goods, data sets related to one or more of 0078 6. services, 0120 a... the end users, 0079 7. entertainment shopping, 0121 b. additional end users, and 0080 8. penny and online auctions, 0.122 c. target end user groups, I0081 9. bidding, 0123 the second consumer data sets comprising end I0082) 10. bidding behavior, user related consumer profiles, trends and target mar I0083) 11. bidding results, kets, based on the analyzing in step (c); 0084 12. advertisements and affiliate advertising, 0.124 (f) electronically processing the first and second 0085 13. social networking, consumer data sets to generate second end user geospatial I0086) 14. social networking communities, interactive displays using multi-dimensional and Scalable I0087. 15. service providers, geospatial mapping and integrated Social networking, Social 0088 16. business centers and affiliates, networking community, user profiles, online communica 0089. 17. related company information; and tions, messaging, the second end user geospatial interactive 0090 18. local information; and displays comprising 0091 b. interactive links to social networks, social 0.125 (i) customized second promotional data collec networking, social networking communities, online tions for separate locations shown on the displays, the communications, user profiles, messaging, viewing customized second promotional data collections com public & private user profiles, social plugins, promo prising tions, social applications, entertainment shopping, 0.126 (a) promotions, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, I0127 (b) online coupons, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate advertis I0128 (c) mobile services, ing; and I0129 (d) products, 0092 c. interactive links to websites displaying the 0.130 (e) goods, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod I0131 (f) services, ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, 0132 (g) entertainment shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, 0.133 (h) penny and online auctions, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate advertis 0.134 (i) bidding, ing, Social networking, Social networking communi I0135 (i) bidding behavior, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 11

0.136 (k) bidding results, Social networks, discerning human intent based on user-gen 0.137 (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising, erated metadata, discovering, creating, using, and managing 0.138 (m) social networking, Social network circuits, displaying demographic information 0.139 (n) social networking communities, of members discussing topics in a forum, dynamically gen 0140 (o) service providers and related company erating a privacy Summary, dynamically generating seg information; and mented community flyers, dynamically managing a Social 0141 (p) local information; and network group, dynamically providing a news feed about a 0.142 (q) interactive links to social networks, social user of a Social network, elements of an enterprise eventfeed, networking, social networking communities, online email confirmation page for social network notifications, communications, user profiles, messaging, viewing enabling location-dependent value exchange and object of public & private user profiles, social plugins, promo interest identification, enabling messaging between users of tions, social applications, entertainment shopping, different social networks and between users of social net penny auctions, online auctions, bidding, bidding works and users of other communication systems, enterprise behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate Social graph and contextual information presentation, estab advertising; and lishing a social network system based on motif, Social status 0.143 (o) interactive links to websites displaying the and Social attitude, facilitate real time communications promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod between members of a social network, feature propagation, ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, federation and interoperability between social networks, penny auctions, online auctions, bidding, bidding feeding updates to landing pages of users of an online Social behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate network from external sources, file sharing based on Social advertising, social networking, social networking network, friends toolbar for a virtual Social venue, generating communities, service providers and related company a feed of stories personalized for members of a social net information and related local information; and work, generating segmented community flyers in a Social 0144 (g) electronically displaying on the client mobile networking system, giving gifts and displaying assets in a device or computer system the second end user geospatial Social network environment, graphical representation of interactive display provided in step (f). Social network vitality, highlighting email recipients, hosting The method can further provide wherein the social network a social network that enables granular management of the ing is selected from one or more of access to trusted user privacy of posted information, hot video prediction system generated content using Social networks, accessing informa based on user interests social network, incentivize transac tion from multiple networks, social graphs, and content sites, tions to enhance Social goodness, incorporation of variables accumulating Social relation information for Social network into textual content, information handling system low power services, adaptive packaging of network resources, adaptive network communications, information security for recovery Social network management, advertising products to groups based social networking, integrating a social network and within social networks, aggregation of social network data, data repository to enable map creation, integrating Social aggregation, standardization and extension of social network contact identifiers into wagering games, integrating Social ing contacts to enhance a television consumer experience, networking with financial services, integrating Social net application of social networking data, assigning access privi works and wagering games, integrating updates into a social leges in a social network, associative memory operators, networking service, interacting with Social networking in an methods and computer program products for using a social interne protocol television system, leveraging a social graph network for predictive marketing analysis, automatically from a social network for Social context in other systems, locating web-based social network members, automatically leveraging information in a social network for inferential manage Social connections, auto-shared photo album, bio targeting of advertisements, managing information about metric Social networking, blocking objectionable communi relationships in a social network via a social timeline, man cations in a social network, broadcast notifications using aging information flow between members of an online Social Social networking systems, clarifying search results using network, managing organizational resources, marketing sys Social-networking information, collective socializing using a tem having multiple fulfillment channels and a method for mobile Social network, collectively giving gifts in a social directing a personalized invitation to members of a Social network environment, commercializing ideas or inventions, network, markup language for incorporating Social network communicating between users, community detection, com ing system information by an external website, measuring munity translation on a Social network, confirming an asso Social capital index in an online Social network, mobile device ciation in a web-based social network, consumption manage and method of operating same to interface content provider ment systems and methods integrated with Social networks, website, mobile network operator controlled content to content sharing across enterprise Social networks, contingent mobile Subscribers using social networking messages, rights exchange associated with a social network, controlling mobile social networking enabled by bar codes, mobile social access of user information using Social-networking informa networking system and method, modeling social networks tion, coordinated location aware brokering of Social net using analytic measurements of online Social media content, works, correlation of psycho-demographic data and social modification of social networks via design codes, monetizing network data to initiate an action, creating a social network a social network platform, monitoring activity of a specified map of non-voice communications, creating a social-net user on internet-based social networks, multi-governance working online community, cross-network Social networking Social networking groups, name conflict resolution, name applicationarchitecture, defined searching and web crawling, resolution, networking across web based and telecommuni defining user relationships in a Social networking environ cation based portals, observing responses to invitations by ment, determining a group preference in a social network, users in a web-based social network, offering discounts, device, system, and method of generating location-based online promotions through a social network-based platform, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 online promotions through social media networks, organiza and integration into a video game, user pivot navigation of tion of a contact list based on Social network context, page shared social media, using Social information for authenticat caching for rendering dynamic web pages, page rendering for ing a user session, using social networks while respecting dynamic web pages, personalized platform for accessing access control lists, vehicle based social networking, visual interne applications, platform for providing a social context tags for search results generated from Social network infor to Software applications, predictive resource identification mation, visualization application for mining of Social net and phased delivery of structured documents, presenting works, visualizing communications within a Social setting, Social networking events via a television receiver, processing web-based social networking database, weighting Social net Social relation oriented Service, profile rating and Verification work relationships based on communications history, and system, promoting shopping information on a network based youth based social networking. Social platform, providing an answer to a question from a Social network site using a separate messaging site, providing (0145 The method can include wherein said affiliate adver Social networking content, publish/Subscribe mashups for tising comprises one or more of (a) advertising content man Social networks, random Voice communications through a agement system and method; (b) advertising method and Social network, ranking search results using Social-network product; (c) affiliate distribution of advertisements with com ing information, ranking search results based on the fre pensation for attention; (d) affiliate system and affiliate quency of access on the search results by users of a Social device; (e) affiliate system on social networking; (f) affiliated networking system, ranking search results based on the advertising widget, (g) apparatus and method for internet frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a advertising and affiliate compensation: (h) apparatus, method social network who are within a predetermined degree of and article to evaluate affiliate performance: (i) arranging separation, ranking social network objects, real time media delivery of advertisements over a network such as the inter based social network notifications, recommending new indi net; (ii) assured comprehension advertising system; (k) bond viduals to be invited into a confirmed social network based on issue information management and distribution system; (1) mined social data, recording usage of an online social net buying and selling spots for advertisements in mass-market work, relationship characterization and utilization from a media; (m) centralized affiliated marketplaces systems and user's Social networks, remote work sessions, reputation methods; (n) computerized networking device with embed evaluation of online users in a Social networking scheme, ded advanced content and web traffic monetization function resource management of social network applications, scoring ality, (o) context-based transactions using broadcast advertis individual network competitiveness and network effect in an ing; (p) customer loyalty and advertising; (q) customizing an online Social network, searching data in a social network to advertisement; (r) delivery, targeting, and measuring adver provide an answer to an information request, selecting adver tising over networks: (s) electronic publication advertising tisements for output by a television receiver based on social system, (t) email-based advertising system; (u) evaluating network profile data, self funding emergency and other noti fication system, setting cookies in conjunction with phased content based advertising; (V) internet business co-op with delivery of structured documents, sharing digital content on a rotating banners; (w) internet-based and tangible referral sys Social network, sharing Social network information, sharing tem; (X) network interaction correlation; (y) non-authentica Social networking content in a conference user interface, tion access management system for affiliated websites linked single login procedure for accessing social network informa with advertisement; (Z) offering advertising services; (a) tion across multiple external systems, situation-aware ad-hoc online platform for web advertisement partnerships or affili Social interaction, Social behavior analysis and inferring ate advertising; (b) providing purchasing incentives and Social networks for a recommendation system, social capital, advertisements; (c) providing targeted advertisements based Social context for inter-media objects, social graph search on current activity; (d) quality-based online advertisement system, Social graph that includes web pages outside of a trading system; (e) revenue generation and sharing for con Social networking system, social home page, social market tent sharing services, (f) selecting a website affiliate based on ing, Social mobilized content sharing, Social network analysis maximum potential revenue generation; (g) selecting person with prior knowledge and non-negative tensor factorization, alized non-competitive electronic advertising for electronic Social network construction based on data association, social display: (h) self-funded commission management system; network marketing plan monitoring method and system, and (ii) service system and mobile communication terminal Social network message categorization systems and methods, for free using of data communication. Social network notifications for external updates, social net 0146 The method can further comprise providing remote work qualification systems, social network virtual private computing or mobile device or computer system access and network, social network-driven cooperative characterization wherein the interactive links are selected from internet sites, with non-social network sites, Social networking architecture feeds, pictures, videos, audio clips, social network, Social in which profile data hosting is provided by the profile owner, networking, Social networking community, online communi Social networking via communications over interactive cations, messaging, user profiles, viewing public & private devices, social notification for a set-top box, storing data user profiles, social plugins, promotions, social applications, related to Social publishers and associating the data with entertainment shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, electronic brand data, Suggesting contacts for social net bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affili Works, tagging digital media, targeting messages to users in a ate advertising, local promotional databased on end user's Social network, targeting online ads using social neighbor online activity, location, profile, online communication, hoods of a social network, targeting third party content to Social plugins, social networking, Social networking commu users based on Social networks, tie strength prediction and nities, user profiles, messaging, viewing public & private user Social media filtration, tracking significant topics of discourse profiles, social plugins, promotions, social applications, in forums, travel related commercial interactions, use with entertainment shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affili 0158 b. the real estate service is selected from social net ate advertising, purchasing, behavior, preferences and buying working, Social networking communities, user profiles, patterns, online behavior. online communications, messaging, viewing public & private 0147 The method can further provide wherein the second user profiles, social plugins, promotion, Social applications, consumer data sets further comprise one selected from con entertainment shopping, penny and online auctions, adver tacts information, Social network contact information, loca tisements and affiliate advertising, travel agents, brokers, tion, online communications, search inquiries, social net agents, relocation services, internet marketing, concierge, working, Social networking communities, user profiles, transportation, travel and hospitality services, lenders, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, social appraisers, education, developers, contractors, inspectors, plugins, promotions, social applications, embedded adver home improvements/remodeling, basement designs, land tisements and affiliate advertising, entertainment shopping, scaping, home warranties, insurance, indoor and outdoor fur penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bid niture, fixtures, windows, siding, roofing, heating/cooling, ding results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, pur Solar, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, or repair, chasing, behavior, preferences and buying pattern informa renovation or addition services. tion. 0159. The method can further provide wherein the Internet 0148. The method can further provide wherein the method access in step (a) is subject to identity verification. further comprises providing the second consumer data sets to 0160 The method can further provide wherein the social a third party. networking links are provided as one selected from locate, 014.9 The method can further provide wherein the third online communications, search inquiries, social networking, party is selected from a government agency, a credit reporting Social networking communities, user profiles, entertainment agency, a company, or a regulatory agency according to appli shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behav cable laws and regulations. ior, bidding results, messaging, viewing public & private user 0150. The method can further provide wherein the com profiles, Social plugins, promotions, Social applications, user pany is selected from a financial services company, a product profiles, advertisements and affiliate advertising, SSLS, cook company, a services company, a retailer, a real estate com ies, and embedded advertisements and affiliate advertising. pany, a travel & hospitality company, an entertainment com 0.161 The method can further provide wherein promotion pany, a penny or online auction, or other type of service or service comprises job or employment search inquiries. company. 0162 The method can further provide wherein promotion 0151. The method can further provide wherein the second or service comprises travel and hospitality related search promotional data collections is based in part on prior pur inquiries. chase history of one or more end users. 0163 The method can further provide wherein promotion 0152 The method can further provide wherein The or service comprises a penny auction or online auction relates method of claim 2, wherein the second consumer data sets search inquiries. further comprise one selected from statistics regarding dona 0164. The method can further provide wherein promotion tions, humanitarian aid and Sustainable gifts made by the end or service comprises of social networking, social networking users or other end users. communities, a Social networking activity, online communi 0153. The method can further provide wherein the method cations, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, further comprises providing the statistics to the end user or Social plugins, promotion, Social applications, user profiles, other end users. advertisements and affiliate advertising and other social net 0154 The method can further provide wherein the method works. further comprises the end user designating a portion of a 0.165. The method can further provide wherein promotion purchase, or providing links or websites to the end user, to or services comprises a real estate orancillary services related provide charitable contributions. search inquiries. 0155 The method can further provide wherein the product 0166 The method can further provide wherein promotion or service is a travel, hospitality, real estate, educational Ser or service comprises search inquiries related to one selected vices, entertainment shopping services, penny and online from a promotion, education services, entertainment Ser auction services, an advertisement or affiliate advertising, vices, penny and online auction services, advertisement or service provider services, business center services, affiliate affiliate advertising, business center services or affiliated ser services, or related products or services. W1CS 0156 The method can further provide wherein the search 0167. The method can further provide wherein the method inquiry is for real estate related online coupons, mobile ser further comprises behavior tracking communications with vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, Social networking, Social networking community, online penny and online auctions, advertisements and affiliate adver communications, messaging, user profiles, viewing public & tising, and wherein private user profiles and other social networks. 0157 a... the real estate product or good is selected from 0.168. The method can further provide wherein the promo Social networking, social networking communities, user pro tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & files, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online Social plugs, promotion, Social applications, entertainment auctions, advertisements or affiliate advertising are selected shopping, penny and online auctions, advertisements and from promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, affiliate advertising, sale or lease of vacant land, residential Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny and online real estate, commercial real estate, recreational real estate, auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, adver retail, shopping, hotels, motels, golf courses, resorts, mari tisements and affiliate advertising, location, online commu nas, industrial real estate, vacation, time shares, condomini nications, search inquiries, social networking, social net ums, multifamily, dwellings; working communities, user profiles, messaging, viewing US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 public & private user profiles, social plugins, promotions, auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, adver Social applications, coupons, entertainment shopping, penny tisements and affiliate advertising, social networking, social auctions, online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding networking communities, service providers, business centers results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, embedded and affiliate advertising or services for related company and advertisements and affiliate advertising by geo-target loca local information, the first and second end user displays gen tion, including without limitation, daily deal coupons, free or erated using a three dimensional geospatial platform using discounted printable coupons, business directories, advertise multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping, ments and affiliate advertising, text, SMS marketing, search, 0170 the system comprising: multimedia, operating systems, devices, banking, payment, 0171 (a) a system component for electronically assign wallet or electronic payments, express checkout, money ing on a mobile device or computer system an identifier transfer, social media, keywords, coupons, instant messaging to a client mobile device or computer receiving a request marketing. Voting, e-cards, short codes, commerce, shopping, from the end user via a client application operating on push content, geo-information, geo-social information, daily the client mobile device or computer for internet access deal coupons, art, penny auctions, online auctions, e-com to websites or links; merce, m-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, per 0172 (b) a system component for electronically provid Sonal networks, financial networks, travel and hospitality ser ing on a mobile device or computer system access to the vices, real estate, educational services, ancillary services, websites or links that provide three dimensional geospa penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili tial interactive displays, the computer system compris ate advertising, service providers and business owners, busi ing a combination of ness center services, healthcare services, financial services, 0173 (i) first consumer data sets used to generate first consumer products, specialty retail, media, entertainment, end user geospatial interactive displays using multi lenders, mortgage companies, online dating, gaming, retail dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping and stores, virtual communities, and virtual goods. integrated Social networking, the first end user geospatial interactive displays comprising 0169. The invention can further provide a computer sys 0.174 (ii) first promotional data collections for sepa tem for providing Social networking interactions using inter rate locations shown on the displays, the first promo net and mobile websites and related computer systems that tional data collections comprising provide end user customized interactive displays of three 0175 (a) promotions, dimensional geospatial maps comprising end user custom 0176 (b) online coupons, ized promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, (0177 (c) mobile services, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions, (0178 (d) products, online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising, (0179 (e) goods, Social networking, social networking community, online 0180 (f) services, communications, user profiles, messaging, service providers, 0181 (g) entertainment shopping, business centers and affiliates, and related company and local 0182 (h) penny and online auctions, information, the system comprising system components that 0183 (i) bidding, conduct computer operations that result in the collection and 0184 (i) bidding behavior, analysis of end user data relating to end users online activity, 0185 (k) bidding results, location, online communications, search inquiries, Social net working, Social networking communities, user profiles, mes 0186 (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising, saging, viewing public & private user profiles, social plugins, 0187. (m) social networking, promotions, social applications, entertainment shopping, 0188 (n) social networking communities, penny auctions, online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, (0189 (o) user profiles, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate advertising, pur 0.190 (p) messaging, chasing, behavior, preferences and buying patterns, the col 0191 (q) online communications, lection and analysis used to (A) firstly provide first consumer 0.192 (r) viewing public & private user profiles, data sets used to generate first end user geospatial interactive (0193 (s) service providers, displays comprising first promotional data collections of pro 0194 (t) business centers and affiliated advertising motions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & or services, Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions, online 0.195 (u) related company information, auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, adver 0.196 (v) local information; and tisements and affiliate advertising, social networking, social 0.197 (w) interactive links to social networks, networking communities, service providers, business cen Social networking, Social networking communi ters, and affiliated services, and related company and local ties, online communications, messaging, user pro information, using multi-dimensional and scalable geospatial files, viewing public & private user profiles, social mapping and integrated Social networking; and to (B) sec plugins, promotions, social applications, entertain ondly provide second consumer data sets related to one or ment shopping, penny and online auctions, bid more of (i) the end users, (ii) additional end users, and (iii) ding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertise target end user groups, the second consumer data comprising ments and affiliate advertising; and end user related consumer profiles, trends and target markets, 0198 (c) interactive links to websites displaying the first and second consumer data sets used to generate the promotions, online coupons, mobile services, second end user geospatial interactive displays comprising Products, Goods & Services, entertainment ser customized second promotional data collections of promo vices, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & behavior, bidding results, advertisements and Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions, online affiliate advertising, social networking, social net US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 15

working communities, service providers, business 0230 (w) interactive links to social networks, centers and affiliated advertising, and related com online communications, social networking, user pany information and related local information; profiles, messaging, viewing public & private user 0199 (c) a system component for electronically dis profiles, social plugins, promotions, social applica playing on the client mobile device or computer system tions, entertainment shopping, penny and online the first end user geospatial interactive display provided auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding in step (b): results, advertisements and affiliate advertising: 0200 (d) a system component for electronically moni and toring, collecting and analyzing, using a mobile device 0231 (n) interactive links to websites displaying or computer data analysis system, the end user data the promotions, online coupons, mobile services, relating to end users online activity, location, online Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop communications, search inquiries, social networking, ping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding Social networking communities, user profiles, viewing behavior, bidding results, advertisements and public & private user profiles, messaging, Social plugins, affiliate advertising or services, social networking, promotions, social applications, entertainment shop Social networking community, service providers, ping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding business centers, and affiliated services, and related behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate company information and related local informa advertising or services, purchasing, behavior, prefer tion; ences and buying patterns on the websites or links, to 0232 (g) electronically displaying on the client mobile provide end user output data; device or computer system the second end user geospa 0201 (e) a system component for electronically pro tial interactive display provided in step (f). cessing the end user output data from step (d) to elec 0233 More specifically, it relates to a method for users and tronically generate second consumer data sets related to members known as “Social Shoppers' to effectuate banking one or more of and/or electronic payments via a computer or mobile device; 0202 i. the end users, accessing a user account, engaging in mobile Social activities 0203 ii. additional end users, and and/or viewing available options via a three dimensional 0204 iii. target end user groups, geospatial mapping platform using geospatial mapping tech 0205 the second consumer data comprising end user nology. related consumer profiles, trends and target markets, based on the analyzing in step (c); 0234. The present invention thus provides alternative 0206 (f) electronically processing the first and second Social networking interactions, as functions or content, consumer data sets to generate second end user geospa access, systems, and the like, as known in the art, or as tial interactive displays using multi-dimensional and described herein, which can include, but are not limited to, Scalable geospatial mapping and integrated Social net access to trusted user-generated content using Social net working, the second end user geospatial interactive dis works, accessing information from multiple networks, Social plays comprising graphs, and content sites, accumulating Social relation infor 0207 (i) customized second promotional data collec mation for Social network services, adaptive packaging of tions for separate locations shown on the displays, the network resources, adaptive Social network management, customized second promotional data collections advertising products to groups within Social networks, aggre comprising gation of Social network data, aggregation, standardization 0208 (a) promotions, and extension of Social networking contacts to enhance a television consumer experience, application of Social net 0209 (b) online coupons, working data, assigning access privileges in a social network, 0210 (c) mobile services, associative memory operators, methods and computer pro 0211 (d) products, gram products for using a social network for predictive mar 0212 (e) goods, keting analysis, automatically locating web-based social net 0213 (f) services, work members, automatically manage Social connections, 0214 (g) entertainment shopping, auto-shared photo album, biometric Social networking, 0215 (h) penny and online auctions, blocking objectionable communications in a social network, 0216 (i) bidding, broadcast notifications using Social networking systems, 0217 () bidding behavior, clarifying search results using Social-networking informa 0218 (k) bidding results, tion, collective socializing using a mobile social network, 0219 (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising collectively giving gifts in a Social network environment, or services, commercializing ideas or inventions, communicating 0220 (m) social networking, between users, community detection, community translation 0221 (n) social networking communities, ona Social network, confirming an association in a web-based 0222 (o) user profiles. Social network, consumption management systems and meth 0223 (p) messaging, ods integrated with social networks, content sharing across 0224 (q) online communications, enterprise Social networks, contingent rights exchange asso 0225 (r) viewing public & private profiles, ciated with a social network, controlling access of user infor 0226 (s) service providers; mation using Social-networking information, coordinated 0227 (t) business centers and affiliated advertising location aware brokering of Social networks, correlation of or services, psycho-demographic data and social network data to initiate 0228 (u) related company information; and an action, creating a social network map of non-voice com 0229 (v) local information; munications, creating a social-networking online community, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 16 cross-network Social networking application architecture, conflict resolution, name resolution, networking across web defined searching and web crawling, defining user relation based and telecommunication based portals, observing ships in a Social networking environment, determining a responses to invitations by users in a web-based social net group preference in a social network, device, system, and work, offering discounts, online promotions through a social method of generating location-based social networks, dis network-based platform, online promotions through social cerning human intent based on user-generated metadata, dis media networks, organization of a contact list based on Social covering, creating, using, and managing Social network cir network context, page caching for rendering dynamic web cuits, displaying demographic information of members pages, page rendering for dynamic web pages, personalized discussing topics in a forum, dynamically generating a pri platform for accessing interne applications, platform for pro vacy Summary, dynamically generating segmented commu viding a Social context to Software applications, predictive nity flyers, dynamically managing a social network group, resource identification and phased delivery of structured dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social documents, presenting Social networking events via a televi network, elements of an enterprise event feed, email confir sion receiver, processing social relation oriented service, pro mation page for Social network notifications, enabling loca file rating and Verification system, promoting shopping infor tion-dependent value exchange and object of interest identi mation on a network based social platform, providing an fication, enabling messaging between users of different social answer to a question from a social network site using a sepa networks and between users of Social networks and users of rate messaging site, providing Social networking content, other communication systems, enterprise Social graph and publish/Subscribe mashups for Social networks, random Voice contextual information presentation, establishing a social communications through a social network, ranking search network system based on motif, social status and social atti results using social-networking information, ranking search tude, facilitate real time communications between members results based on the frequency of access on the search results of a social network, feature propagation, federation and by users of a Social-networking system, ranking search results interoperability between Social networks, feeding updates to based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by landing pages of users of an online Social network from members of a social network who are within a predetermined external Sources, file sharing based on Social network, friends degree of separation, ranking Social network objects, real toolbar for a virtual Social venue, generating a feed of stories time media-based social network notifications, recommend personalized for members of a Social network, generating ing new individuals to be invited into a confirmed Social segmented community flyers in a social networking system, network based on mined social data, recording usage of an giving gifts and displaying assets in a social network envi online social network, relationship characterization and uti ronment, graphical representation of social network vitality, lization from a user's Social networks, remote work sessions, highlighting email recipients, hosting a social network that reputation evaluation of online users in a Social networking enables granular management of the privacy of posted infor scheme, resource management of Social network applica mation, hot video prediction system based on user interests tions, scoring individual network competitiveness and net Social network, incentivize transactions to enhance social work effect in an online Social network, searching data in a goodness, incorporation of variables into textual content, Social network to provide an answer to an information information handling system low power network communi request, selecting advertisements for output by a television cations, information security for recovery based social net receiver based on Social network profile data, self funding working, integrating a Social network and data repository to emergency and other notification system, setting cookies in enable map creation, integrating social contact identifiers into conjunction with phased delivery of structured documents, wagering games, integrating Social networking with financial sharing digital content on a Social network, sharing Social Services, integrating Social networks and wagering games, network information, sharing Social networking content in a integrating updates into a social-networking service, interact conference user interface, single login procedure for access ing with Social networking in an interne protocol television ing Social network information across multiple external sys system, leveraging a social graph from a Social network for tems, situation-aware ad-hoc social interaction, social behav Social context in other systems, leveraging information in a ior analysis and inferring social networks for a Social network for inferential targeting of advertisements, recommendation system, social capital, social context for managing information about relationships in a social network inter-media objects, social graph search system, Social graph via a social timeline, managing information flow between that includes web pages outside of a social networking sys members of an online social network, managing organiza tem, social home page, social marketing, social mobilized tional resources, marketing system having multiple fulfill content sharing, social network analysis with prior knowl ment channels and a method for directing a personalized edge and non-negative tensor factorization, social network invitation to members of a social network, markup language construction based on data association, Social network mar for incorporating social networking system information by an keting plan monitoring method and system, social network external website, measuring Social capital index in an online message categorization systems and methods, Social network Social network, mobile device and method of operating same notifications for external updates, social network qualifica to interface content provider website, mobile network opera tion systems, social network virtual private network, Social tor controlled content to mobile Subscribers using Social net network-driven cooperative characterization with non-social working messages, mobile Social networking enabled by bar network sites, Social networking architecture in which profile codes, mobile Social networking system and method, model data hosting is provided by the profile owner, Social network ing social networks using analytic measurements of online ing via communications over interactive devices, social noti Social media content, modification of Social networks via fication for a set-top box, storing data related to Social pub design codes, monetizing a social network platform, moni lishers and associating the data with electronic brand data, toring activity of a specified user on internet-based social Suggesting contacts for Social networks, tagging digital networks, multi-governance Social networking groups, name media, targeting messages to users in a social network, tar US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

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Google EarthTM has also been able to assist in US20020087631, US20110270686, US20090307081, promoting awareness of global problems such as Hurricane US20090240582, US2004.01533.66, US20080306823, Katrina, the war in Iraq and photos of the post Japan earth US20090198551, U.S. Pat. No. 5,774,534, US20020042914, quake panoramas in Google EarthTM. Google EarthTM has US20110246391, US20080059575, each of which patents or many “layers' of data, including videos, photos, Wikipedia, patent application is entirely incorporated herein by refer real-time weather, real-time traffic, 3D buildings, GPS tracks CCC. and more. The release of free Web mapping applications opened up printable mapping to mainstream Internet users. EXEMPLARY DEFINITIONS GoogleTM also released free APIs for their Google EarthTM platform, allowing users to geo-locate and map their own 0236 A social networking service is an online service, data. Google is apparently working on a faster, easier Google platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of EarthTM plug-in download as well as an improved Google Social networks or social relations among people, who, for EarthTM mobile app. The Google EarthTM API is a free ser example, share interests and/or activities. A Social network vice, available for any web site that is free to consumers. The service essentially consists of a representation of each user Plug-in and its JavaScript API allows users to place a version (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of addi of Google EarthTM into web pages. The API does not have all tional services. Most social network services are web based the features of the full Google EarthTM Application but and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, Such enables sophisticated 3D map applications to be built, includ as e-mail, blogs, chat rooms and instant messaging. Online ing use for GM of the present invention. The Google EarthTM community services are sometimes considered as a social Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google EarthTM, network service, though in a broader sense, Social network a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API service usually means an individual-centered service, you can draw markers and lines, drape images over the ter whereas online community services are group-centered. rain, add 3D models, or load KML files, allowing you to build Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, Sophisticated 3D map applications. events, and interests within their individual networks. The main types of Social networking services are those, which 0239. In marketing, a coupon is a ticket or document that contain category places (such as former School year or class can be exchanged for a financial discount or rebate when mates), means to connect with friends (usually with self purchasing a product. Customarily, coupons are issued by description pages) and a recommendation system linked to manufacturers of consumer-packaged goods or by retailers, trust. Other non-limiting examples can include one or more of to be used in retail stores as a part of sales promotions. They the following, e.g., w FacebookTM and TwitterTM widely used are often widely distributed through mail, magazines, news worldwide. Nexopia (mostly in Canada); Bebo, VKontakte, papers, the Internet, directly from the retailer, and mobile Hi5, Hyves (mostly in The Netherlands), Draugiem.lv devices such as cell phones. Since only price conscious con (mostly in Latvia), StudiVZ (mostly in Germany), iWiW Sumers are likely to spend the time to claim the savings, (mostly in Hungary), Tuenti (mostly in Spain), Nasza-Klasa coupons function as a form of price discrimination, enabling (mostly in Poland), Decayenne, Tagged, XING, Badoo and retailers to offer a lower price only to those consumers who Skyrock in parts of Europe: Orkut and Hi5 in South America would otherwise go elsewhere. In addition, coupons can also and Central America; and Mixi, Multiply, Orkut, Wretch, be targeted selectively to regional markets in which price renren and Cyworld in Asia and the Pacific Islands and Linke competition is great. Internet Coupons: Online retailers often dIn and Orkut are very popular in India. refer to coupons as "coupon codes.” “promotional codes.” 0237. A social network is a social structure made up of “promotion codes.” “discount codes.” “key codes.” “promo individuals (or organizations) called “nodes', which are tied codes.” “surplus codes.” “portable codes.” “shopping codes.” (connected) by one or more specific types of interdepen “voucher codes,” “reward codes’ “discount Vouchers' or dency, Such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial “source codes.” Internet coupons typically provide for exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of reduced cost or free shipping, a specific dollar or percentage beliefs, knowledge or prestige. discount, or some other offer to encourage consumers to 0238 Geospatial analysis is an approach to applying sta purchase specific products or to purchase from specific retail tistical analysis and other informational techniques to geo ers. Because paper coupons would be difficult to redeem, graphically based data. Such analysis employs spatial soft typically secret words or codes are distributed for consumers ware and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic to type in at checkout. Marketers can use different codes for datasets, including geographic information systems and geo different channels our groups in order to distinguish response matics. Google EarthTM is a non-limiting example of the rates. application of geospatial analysis, where it provides a virtual 0240. The present invention can in one embodiment gather globe, map and geographical information program. Google basic demographic profile information including the user's EarthTM is a virtual globe, map and geographic information current location and behavior data as they purchase and/or program that layered with geographic information. Google view promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, EarthTM is available for Android, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Goods or Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or 0245 Groupware: Groupware software allows subjects to services on Social Earth, which can be sent to advertisers or share data Such as files, photos, text, etc. otherwise capitalized by the users of the invention. By gath 0246 Internet Forums: Internet forums allow users to post ering this valuable demographic information, the present a “topic' for others to review. Other users can view the topic invention provides the ability to target market to Social Shop and post their own comments in a linear fashion, one after the pers based upon specific location, demographic profile and other. selected social layer. This data can also include GPS for 0247 Wikis: A wiki is a web page whose content can be mobile user, which can be sent to advertisers servers for target edited by its visitors. mobile marketing based upon the users location and buying 0248 Blogs: Blogs, short for web logs, are online journals preferences. The present invention can also provide fast for a particular person. The owner will post a message peri access by, when visiting a website of a user of the present odically, allowing others to comment. Topics often include invention, Social Shoppers can access as easily as entering the owner's daily life, views on politics or a particular subject their email address and select a city to access the site. The important to them. present invention can use email addresses and selected city 0249 Prediction Markets: Many predictions market tools for future email marketing. For example, Injust 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, have become available that make it easy to predict and bet on 7 or other number of clicks, Social Shoppers are ready to use future events. This is a more formal version of social interac the inventions website after they download a Google EarthTM tion, although it qualifies as a robust type of social software. or similar plug-in, or visit the AppleTM, AndroidTM, or similar 0250) Social Networking Services: Social networking ser marketplace for their Smartphone, vices allow people to come together online around shared 0241 Social Networking Integration: The present inven interests, hobbies or causes. tion can also provide in certain embodiments Social network 0251 Social Engine: Social engine refers to a web based ing links, tracking, collection and/or analysis, including inte framework and platform for developing custom Social apps as grated social plugins with “live social feeds' from social well as hosting them. A social engine acts as a web operating networking sites, e.g., but not limited to FacebookTM and system for developing all kinds of social networking services TwitterTM, into its website(s), which allows Social Shoppers and projects. to interact and share the latest product or services deals with 0252) Social Guides: Asocial guide recommending places their friends, family, business associates, and others. Tapping to visit or contains information about places in the real world into social networking users through social networking inte Such as coffee shops, restaurants and wife hotspots, etc. gration will help users and members of the present invention 0253 Social Bookmarking. Some web sites allow users to connect with thousands or millions of users and members. post their list of bookmarks or favorite website for others to TwitterTM the latest social networking phenomenon, enables search and view them. its users and members to send and read other users and mem 0254 Social Cataloging: Social cataloging is a Software bers’ messages called “tweets.” The present invention pro aimed towards academics. It allows the user to post a citation vides opportunities to use open Source technology to rapidly for an article found on the Internet or a website, online data grow its Social Shoppers around the world by utilizing social base like Academic Search Premier or LexisNexis. networking integration with “live social feeds' from social 0255 Social Online Storage: Social online storage appli networking sites into its website and encouraging Social cations allow their users to collaboratively create file archives Shoppers to share the latest promotions, online coupons, containing files of any type. Files can either be edited online mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment or from a local computer which has access to the storage shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements system. and affiliate advertising with their friends on Social Earth or 0256 Social Plugins: A button placed on a website and in these popular social networks. blogs that members can click to share their interests in a site 0242 Social Software Applications. Social software with their friends. A Like Box can also be added to a web page applications include communication tools and interactive that provides a scrolling window into the organization's Face tools. Communication tools typically handle the capturing, bookTM page. The Like Button and Like Box are called storing and presentation of communications, usually written “social plugins.” but increasingly including audio and video as well, which can 0257 Virtual Worlds: Virtual worlds are services where it also include tracking and predicting of online communica is possible to meet and interact with other people in a virtual tions via a mobile device or computer with respect to third environment reminiscent of the real world. Thus the term party applications and outside Social networks such as e.g. virtual reality. Typically, the user manipulates an avatar FacebookTM, TwitterTM, SkypeTM and other social networks through the world, interacting with others using chat or Voice around the world. Interactive tools handle mediated interac chat. tions between a pair or group of users. They focus on estab (0258 Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs): lishing and maintaining a connection amount users, facilitat MMOGs are virtual worlds that add various sorts of point systems, levels, competition and winners and losers to virtual ing the mechanics of conversation and talk. world simulation. 0243 Instant Messaging: An instant messaging applica 0259 Computer Surveillance: Computer surveillance is tion or client allows one to communicate with another person the act of perform surveillance of computer or mobile activity over a network in real time, in relative privacy. One can add and of data stored on a hard drive or being transferred over the friends to a contact or buddy list by entering the person's Internet. email address or messenger ID. 0260 Network Surveillance: The vast majority of com 0244 Text Chat: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and other puter Surveillance involves the monitoring of data and traffic online chat technologies allow users to join and communicate on the Internet. In the United States for example, under the with many people at once, publically. Commissions Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, all US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 20 phone calls and broadband internet traffic (emails, web traf shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements fic, instant messaging, etc.) are required to be available for and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell unimpeded real-time monitoring by Federal law enforcement ers from the leading travel & hospitality industry, restaurants, agencies. toy and entertainment companies and top retailers around the 0261 Penny Auctions or Online Auctions: Is an auction world. where bidders pay-per-bid for an item and the time increases 0265 Social Shoppers can select target locations any with each bid. where in the U.S. such as Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Denver, San 0262 Web Bot: Web bot is a software program that is Diego, and San Francisco or in any other cities around the claimed to be able to predict future events by tracking key world. Social Shoppers, e.g., can find products, goods or words entered on the Internet. Internet bots monitor articles, services or advertisements and affiliate advertising around the blogs, forums and otherforms of Internet chatter. Words in the world in place Such as London, Paris or Rome or they can tour lexicon are assigned numeric values for emotional quantifiers the planet at will, jumping from Hong Kong to Amsterdam to Such as duration, impact, immediacy, intensity and others. Buenos Aires to check out the local promotions, online cou pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, as well as Non Limiting Examples of Alternative entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, Implementations of the Present Invention advertisements and affiliate advertising or servicing from 0263. The present invention provides in one aspect com merchants and sellers from around the world. Because the bining Social behavior tracking, online Surveillance and web Earth view comes live from satellite and webcam images, bot software technologies via a mobile device or computer for shoppers can Zoom in for a closer look or Zoom out to gain tracking consumer behavior and data, cookies, embedded perspective on the location. Such an aspect of the present advertisements and affiliate advertising, predicting online invention displays, organizes and delivers information across consumer behavior by monitoring online activity, online many social layers and Social media sites featuring top-notch communications, search inquiries, Social networking, social content, stunning satellite imagery, aerial photography and plugins, promotions, social applications, entertainment shop graphic animated color overlays on top of Google EarthTM. ping, penny auctions or online auctions, bidding, bidding 0266 The present invention delivers a delightful mash-up behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate adver of content, Coupons and live social feeds” from FacebookTM tising, purchasing behavior, buying patters and other criteria, and TwitterTM or other popular social networks around the consumer address books & contact lists, blogs, chat rooms, world. The present invention utilizes Social networking plat friends, acquaintances and Strangers, instant messaging, text forms such as, but not limited to, FacebookTM and TwitterTM. chat, internet forum, service providers, travel & hospitality, to allow Social Shoppers to share the latest promotions, real estate, educational services, ancillary services (as defined online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser herein) and delivery system for behavior targeting and filter vices, entertainment services, penny auctions or online auc ing of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services with ucts, Goods & Services, penny auctions or online auctions, their friends on Social Earth or in these popular social net advertisements and affiliate advertising or services and Ser working giants. Unlike other sites, the present invention vice providers, business centers and affiliates for related com aggregates promotions, online coupons, mobile services, pany information on a three dimensional geospatial platform Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny using multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate associated with entities providing and/or members of the advertising or services on its site daily, but they won't last just service and/or social networking communities. one day. The present invention can further provide products, 0264. Unlike other shopping sites, when site subscribers goods or services or advertisements and affiliate advertising using the present invention, called Social Shoppers (or “SE can last for days, weeks or even months. Social Shoppers are SHOPPERS), visit a website of the invention, they are encouraged to share these promotions, online coupons, invited to travel virtually just about any where in the world in mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment search of the best promotions, online coupons, mobile ser shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, and affiliate advertising or services with their friends on penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili Social Earth or in FacebookTM and TwitterTM or other Social ate advertising or services as they shop for the best bargains networking avenues. The global sharing capabilities are built on the planet. This one-of-a-kind website aggregates "daily into the present inventions technology using Sophisticated deal coupons” and “free” printable coupons from major technology integrating geospatial mapping, layering loca brands from around the world (collectively referred to as tion-relevant data and GPS technologies. Social Shoppers are “Social Earth Coupons”) and showcase them in their actual, able to find great promotions, online coupons, mobile ser physical location on the websites unique “live view” of Earth. vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, As Social Shoppers shop the world for promotions, online penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter ate advertisings or services in their local areas or just about tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver anywhere else in the world with the clickofa mouse or mobile tisements and affiliate advertising or services as well as view device. Capitalizing on the popularity of Social networking bargains, online coupons and offers from major brands for giants FacebookTM and TwitterTM with more than 750 million family fun, sports, restaurants, events and hundreds of top or more users worldwide, the present invention provides an consumer packaged goods brands for groceries, apparel, bev online community that taps into the power of social network erages, books & magazines, foods, health care, household, ing by integrating "live social feeds' from these social net office, personal care, pet care, photography and the like. working giants directly into its website. By creating a highly Social Shoppers will find great promotions, online coupons, engaged social networking community on Social Earth, Face mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment bookTM and TwitterTM and encouraging users and members to US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 share the latest promotion, online coupons, mobile services, buyers and sellers and to reach people at the point of shop Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny ping a benefit both to shoppers and merchants. auction or online auctions, advertisement and affiliate adver 0268 Social Layers. Social Shoppers using or part of the tising or services with their friends on Social Earth, Face present invention virtually travel just about any where in the bookTM or TwitterTM, the present invention creates “sticki world in search of shopping products or services, as well as ness, keeping the Social Shoppers on the site for long periods bargains. The present inventions technology drives content, of time, as well as bringing them back again and again. promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions 0267. The present invention provides long-time customer or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or loyalty, not just a one-off deal. The present invention also services into a “virtual Earth” based upon its precise location provides that a portion of each “Social Earth Coupon that is and GPS technology. Users will be able to enjoy the shopping sold on the platform will be allocated to microloans or micro scene on the planet Earth and view Social Earth promotions, credit, humanitarian aid or other worldly cause or Sustainable online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser gifts. In addition, users will be able to make charitable dona vices, entertainment shopping penny auctions or online auc tions through the Shopping Cart and purchase online cou tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services pons, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, from merchants and sellers from around the world by geo penny auction or online auction, advertisements and affiliated target location using GPS technologies. This website of the advertising or services that Support humanitarian aid or Sus invention aggregates Social Earth promotions, online cou tainable gifts to help those in need around the world. The pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter community aspect of the present invention is the driver tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver behind building awareness of the website and its featured tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, and sellers from around the world (in different languages) and Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions showcase them in their actual, physical location on the virtual or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or Earth. Because the virtual Earth is “interactive, one can services. Existing and potential customers provide advertis Zoom in for a more detailed view or Zoom out to gain per ing by spreading the word to their friends about the great spective on where they are in the world. Social Earth promo promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services services they've found on a shopping site of the present can last for days, weeks or even months. What makes the invention. Add to that the power of collective buying with the present inventions website different from other group buying power of Social networking and its easy to see how the websites is that websites of the present invention allow Social community provided by the present invention can leverage Shoppers to search for promotions, online coupons, mobile group size in exchange for larger discounts. The present services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop invention delivers Social Earth promotions, online coupons, ping, penny auctions or online auctions, as well as advertise mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment ments and affiliate advertising or services from merchants shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and sellers from around the world on a virtual Earth. Users and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell will be able to customize their buying preferences, engage in ers from around the world to its Social Shoppers via its unique Social networking activities, Support worthwhile causes and live view of the Earth on a geospatial platform that includes much more. Websites of the present invention can allow links to places and events, data on the landscape, interactive Social Shoppers to select from a menu of coupons based upon 360 panoramas, and fly-through shopping tours with stunning their online activities, location, online communications, 3D imagery. The use of geospatial mapping for associating search inquiries, social networking, social plugins, promo information to specific places can included, but it not limited tions, social applications, entertainment shopping, penny to, one or more of Live links to places and events; Data on the auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate landscape; Zoom to birds-eye and human scale views, 3D advertising or services, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns custom audio/visual content; Interactive 360 panoramas; Fly and other criteria, which is integrated into the virtual Earth through tours with content, narration, music: Stunning imag along with other layer location-relevant data as Social Shop ery and videos, 3D buildings and landscaping, e-commerce pers shop online and interact with their friends in other popu and mobile banking tools and hooks; Advertising on the land lar social networks. Advertisers and merchants will be able to scape; Advanced search for private and public information; target Social Shoppers based on geo-target location. Social networking integration, social plugins, social applica 0269. The present invention provides layer applications, tions; Self-posting for uploading user generated content; Cus which are known as “social layers.” These social layers allow tom tools, social & mobile apps and widgets; and the like. The Social Shoppers to customize their personal experience on present invention further provides mobile device access from SOCIAL EARTH as they search for Social Earth promotions, any device to provide Social Earth promotions, online cou online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants from merchants and sellers in their local area or just about and sellers from around the world to Social Shoppers based anywhere else in the world based upon their precise location, upon their precise location and GPS technology. This pro GPS, buying preferences, interests or travels take them. vides the ability to create an infrastructure and global plat Social Shoppers select from a menu of “Purchase' coupon form that provides users and members and businesses of all categories such as. (Arts & Entertainment, Travel, Giving types and sizes with access to broad markets and connect Back, Eat & Drink, Deal of the Day) and “Free' coupon US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 22 categories such as: (Health & Beauty, Sports, Shopping, Gro online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser ceries). The present invention provides methods and systems vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc that drive traffic to its website by targeting Social Earth Prod tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services ucts, Goods & Services and connecting buyers and sellers from merchants and sellers from around the world on a three from around the world on a global platform, based upon a dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping user's preference, which are displayed on a unique “live technology. view” of planet Earth. Once a Social Shopper selects one or 0272. A host geospatial website will include realistic vir more coupon categories, advertisements for Social Earth pro tual landscape using satellite and aerial photography that will motions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & include many content layers of web based information, Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online e-commerce and mobile banking links, social networking, auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services Social networking communities, social networking activities, from merchants and sellers from around the world will popu Social plugins, promotions, social applications, online dating, late the virtual Earth. Social Shoppers are able to double click entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions on Social Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile services, and advertisements and affiliate advertising or services from Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny merchants and sellers from around the world for a richer user auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate experience. A host geospatial website shall store images, advertising or services and virtually fly directly to its location web-based content, social data and share “live social feeds' on Earth. Social Shoppers can also click on one of the featured from social networking giants FacebookTM and TwitterTM and cities and take a tour of London, San Francisco or Denver and other communications in real-time, which can also include Zoom down to street level to take a closer look. Social Shop tracking and predicting of online communications via a pers enjoy the experience of virtually traveling around the mobile device or computer with respect to third party appli world, Zooming in and out to street level in search for great cations and outside social networks such as e.g. FacebookTM, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, TwitterTM, SkypeTM and other social networks around the Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions world. Connecting Social Earth products, goods or services or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or from merchants around the world with users and members services and sharing them with their friends on Social Earth or known as “Social Shoppers' in real-time on a geographical in these popular social networks. area across multiple social layers that are displayed as graphic 0270. In connection with a one-of-a-kind geospatial web animated color overlays on a three dimensional geospatial site aggregates Social Earth promotions, online coupons, platform using geospatial mapping technology. More specifi mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment cally, it relates to a method for users and members known as shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements “Social Shoppers' to effectuate banking and electronic pay and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell ments; accessing a user account, engaging in mobile Social ers from around the world and showcases them in their actual, activities and viewing available options via a three dimen physical location on the websites unique live view of Earth. Sional geospatial mapping platform using geospatial map As Social Shoppers shop the world for bargains, they can ping technology. view Social Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile ser (0273 Giving Back: Social Shoppers will be able to help vices, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, those who have been impacted by a natural disaster, live in penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili impoverished conditions or are less fortunate in the world. ate advertising or services from merchants and sellers of Social Earth plans to provide microloans or microcredit, major brands for Such items as family fun, sports, restaurants, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes in devel events and hundreds oftop consumer packaged goods brands oping countries and charities in their communities and local for groceries, apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, and global causes around our planet and other relief efforts for health care, household, office, personal care, pet care, pho natural and man made disasters including devastating earth tography and other embodiments. quakes and/or tsunamis. For example, fly to Japan and view a 0271 Social Shoppers can find great promotions, online video on the Japan relief effort. By tapping into the power of coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter Social networking and bringing together a collective con tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver sciousness with millions of Social Shoppers, Social Earth tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants plans to raise awareness for global issues and millions of and sellers from the leading travel & hospitality industry, dollars for microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and restaurants, toy and entertainment companies and top retail Support other worldly causes. ers around the world. Social Shoppers can use “a mobile 0274 Products, Goods & Services: Non-limiting device payment method and system for effectuating an online examples of Products, Goods & Services provided by the payment through a computer or a mobile device equipped present invention, can include, but are not limited to: A pow carrier or a mobile device equipped bank using a mobile users erful search engine; Online promotions, online coupons, device in connection with an e-commerce and mobile bank mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment ing transactions on the host geospatial website or mobile shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements device (e.g., mobile telephone, PDA, laptop computer, etc.); and affiliate advertising or services, including without limi wherein users and members create and maintain a rich-media tation, for Such items as e-commerce, media and entertain application via a geospatial mapping platform via the Internet ment, sports, personal & financial network, travel & hospi comprising: mobile banking and electronic payments. The tality services, real estate, educational services, ancillary delivery system for a host geospatial website (access via a services, service providers, Social networking, social net mobile device or computer) will provide for a multidimen working communities, online dating, gaming, retail stores, sional representation of information and Scalable version of virtual communities and virtual goods and information about web content for the delivery of Social Earth promotions, microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

other worldly causes through charitable donations or Sustain include, but are not limited to the following. Providing an able gifts (collectively “Products, Goods & Services” as any immersive, interactive virtual reality to sports, media and product or service or subgroup thereof) with geospatial map entertainment, sporting events, players, scores and updates, ping. Free real estate information on market trends, free mort sports around the world, RSS links, videos and other products gage quotes auto loans, insurance and home equity loans; or services that connects millions of users and members via Low mortgage rates to refinance your home. Compare lender the Internet with thousands of videos, games, virtual sports quotes from competing providers; Providing a database with and other amusement applications that connects millions of thousands of real estate properties from around the world; users and members from around the world on a three dimen Providing a database with thousands of advertisers, service sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol providers and business owners from around the world; Com Ogy. paring auto quotes from competing providers and refinance 0280 Virtual Personal & Financial Network Market: Non your car loan; Providing advertising opportunities for service limiting examples of virtual personal & financial network providers who want to reach millions of users online: Provid services provided by the present invention, can include, but ing social networking, Social networking communities, social are not limited to the following: Providing an infrastructure networking activities, social plugins, promotions, social and global platform that provides users and members and applications, online communications, Social plugins and user businesses of all types and sizes with access to broad markets profiles, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles; of virtual personal & financial network of service providers, Providing RSS links with news feeds (e.g., from CNN or products or services that connects millions of users and mem MSN) for breaking news, real-time weather, sports and media bers from around the world on a three dimensional geospatial and entertainment news and financial markets from around platform using geospatial mapping technology. the world; and/or providing the ability to purchase Products, 0281 Virtual Travel & Hospitality Market: Non-limiting Goods & Services from thousands of advertisers, merchants, examples of virtual travel & hospitality services provided by service providers and online businesses from around the the present invention, can include, but are not limited to the world. following: Providing travel & hospitality services and other 0275 Virtual Advertisements: Non-limiting examples of products, goods or services with a powerful network of thou virtual advertisements services provided by the present sand of travel & hospitality service providers e.g. travel invention, can include, but are not limited to the following: agents, hotels, motels, resorts, airlines, entertainment, trans Providing virtual online advertisements, digital billboards portation, and other related products, goods & services, etc. and other products, goods or services that connects millions and other professionals that connects millions of users and of users and members from around the world on a three members from around the world on a three dimensional dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. technology. 0282) Virtual Real Estate Market: Non-limiting examples 0276 Virtual Penny Auction or Online Auction Market: of virtual real estate services provided by the present inven Non-limiting examples of virtual auctions services provided tion, can include, but are not limited to the following: Provid by the present invention, can include, but are not limited to the ing information about various types of real estate, ancillary following. Providing an infrastructure and global platform services and other products, goods or services with a power that provides users and businesses of all types and sizes with ful network of thousands of real estate professionals, ancil access to broad markets of penny auctions or online auctions lary services and other affiliates that connects millions of promoting the sale of products, goods & services with mil users and members from around the world on a three dimen lions of users and members from around the world on a three sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping Ogy. technology. 0283 Virtual Service Providers: Non-limiting examples 0277 Virtual E-commerce Market: Non-limiting of service providers provided by the present invention, can examples of e-commerce services provided by the present include, but are not limited to: allowing service providers and invention, can include, but are not limited to the following. business owners to reach users and members and consumers Providing an infrastructure and global platform that provides online, offering advertising opportunities for service provid users and members and businesses of all types and sizes with ers, business owners and affiliates for business services, access to broad markets of e-commerce and other products, healthcare services, specialty financial services, consumer goods or services that connects millions of users and mem products, specialty retail and media and entertainment, lend bers from around the world on a three dimensional geospatial ers, mortgage companies and the like; providing advertise platform using geospatial mapping technology. ments that can appear on consumers’ property search results 0278 Virtual Media and Entertainment Market: Non-lim and connecting thousands of service providers and business iting examples of virtual media and entertainment services owners for business services, healthcare services, specialty provided by the present invention, can include, but are not financial services, consumer products, specialty retail and limited to the following. Providing an immersive, interactive media and entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies lend virtual reality to media and entertainment and other products, ers and mortgage companies to provide financing quotes to goods or services that connects millions of users and mem millions of users and members and consumers online; pro bers via the Internet with thousands of videos, games, virtual viding real estate market information and mortgage quotes reality television and other amusement applications that con for, e.g., purchase of a new home, refinance, consolidating nects millions of users and members from around the world debt, auto loans, insurance quotes or home equity loans and on a three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial other products, goods & services, advertisers, service provid mapping technology. ers and business owners from around the world on a three 0279 Virtual Sports Market: Non-limiting examples of dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping virtual sports services provided by the present invention, can technology. 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0284 Virtual Social Networking Market: Non-limiting around the world on a three dimensional geospatial platform examples of virtual Social networking services provided by using geospatial mapping technology. the present invention, can include, but are not limited to the 0289 Virtual Goods Market: Non-limiting examples of following: Providing a social networking platform with social products, goods & services provided by the present invention, networking and Social networking communities and a means can include, but are not limited to, virtual goods, which can for users and members to interact i.e. user profile, Social links, relate to virtual worlds and multiplayer online role playing share interests and/or activities, Social plugins, promotions, games (MMO or MMORPG), e.g., like Entropia and Second Social applications, messaging, online communications, Life, for members and other products, services, service pro viewing public & private user profiles, blogs, chat rooms, viders and businesses that connects millions of users and other entertainment, events and interests, emailing and instant members via the Internet with thousands and millions of messaging, games, groups, etc. for members and other prod members from around the world on a three dimensional ucts, goods or services that connects millions of users and geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. members from around the world on a three dimensional 0290 Microloans or Microcredit Market: Non-limiting geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. examples of microloan or microcredit services provided by 0285 Virtual Online Dating Market: Non-limiting the present invention, can include, but are not limited to, examples of virtual online dating provided by the present information about microloans or microcredit, which is an invention, can include, but are not limited to the following: extension of very Small loans to those in poverty designed to Providing an online community for dating, gathering and spur entrepreneurship. Providing information about other types of services for users and members to interact i.e. microloans or microcredit to men and women that lack col user profiles, viewing public & private user profiles, online lateral, steady employment and verifiable credit history and in communications, messaging, Social links, Social plugins, impoverished conditions around the world and other prod Social applications, blogs, chat rooms, sharing interests and/ ucts, goods & services, advertisers, service providers and or activities, entertainment, events and interests, emailing and business owners that connects millions of users and members instant messaging, games, groups, etc. and other products, with organizations that Support disadvantaged men and goods or services that connects millions of users and mem women from around the world on a three dimensional geospa bers from around the world on a three dimensional geospatial tial platform using geospatial mapping technology. platform using geospatial mapping technology. 0291 Humanitarian Aid Market: Non-limiting examples 0286 Virtual Social Gaming Market: Non-limiting of humanitarian aid services provided by the present inven examples of social gaming services provided by the present tion, can include, but are not limited to, humanitarian aid for invention, can include, but are not limited to, gaming and poverty, natural disasters and man-made disasters. The pri Social sites, add-ons for online games, digital gifts and other mary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, provide items, online virtual communities and similar or related forms food, clean water and shelter to alleviate suffering and main of entertainment, virtual real estate, social networks, search tain human dignity. Providing humanitarian aid to those in ing online for different types of real estate and other products, impoverished conditions and suffering from around the world goods & services, educational services, ancillary services that from natural disasters and man made disasters and including connects millions of users and members from around the animals, animal rights and protecting endangered species and world on a three dimensional geospatial platform using wildlife from extinction and that connects millions of users geospatial mapping technology. and members and members with organizations that Support (0287 Virtual Retail Stores Market: Non-limiting underprivileged men, women and children and including ani examples of virtual retail stores services provided by the mals, animal rights and protecting endangered species and present invention, can include, but are not limited to, Virtual wildlife from extinction from around the world from poverty, retail stores. Proving users and members and business owners natural disasters and man made disasters on a three dimen with an online retail store and ability to create a central sional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technol shopping location where buyers can learn about you and all Ogy. the products that you sell. Providing online retail stores for 0292 Charitable Donations or Sustainable Gifts Market: members and business owners and other products, goods & Non-limiting examples of charitable donations or Sustainable services, advertisers, service providers and business owners gifts services provided by the present invention, can include, that connects millions of users and members from around the but are not limited to, charitable donations or sustainable gifts world on a three dimensional geospatial platform using to benefit those in need from around the world for such geospatial mapping technology. categories as: hunger & poverty, education & play, immuni 0288 Virtual Communities Market: Non-limiting Zation, water, nutrition, health & emergency. In addition, examples of virtual communities services by the present Social Earth Supports saving the rain forest, lives and finding invention, can include, but are not limited to, virtual worlds. cures for infectious diseases, etc. A donation or Sustainable Virtual worlds are online communities in which individuals gift may take various forms, including cash or a Social Earth are able to interact with each other in real time, and can Coupon, can include, but are not limited to, a goat, sheep, include V-businesses, which is virtual commerce of goods and chicken, water buffalo, cow, Stove, carpentry tools, class Sup services for use in these virtual worlds. Virtual communities plies, health clinic, food, clothing, water, medical or other have thousands and millions of members, namely people who Supplies, services, new or used goods including clothing, join the virtual communities to exchange information, gain toys, food and vehicles. It may also consist of emergency, Social Support, or to seek entertainment and friendship. Pro relief or humanitarian aid items, development aid Support and viding users and members and business owners with an online medical care needs as i.e. blood or organs for transplant. virtual community and other products, goods & services, Providing charitable donations or sustainable gifts to those in advertisers, service providers and business owners that con need in impoverished conditions for Such items as food, nects millions of users and members and members from clothing, education, health or benefit a cause around the world US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 and other products, services, service providers and business and encourage Social Shoppers to refer their friends and owners that connects millions of users and members and receive S10 worth of loyalty credits; Loyalty Card Program— members with thousands of local communities, charitable the invention can provide Loyalty Card Programs that reward organizations and foundations from around the world on a Social Shoppers each time they purchase a Social Earth Cou three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial map pon; Social Network Feeds—the invention provides where ping technology. Social Shoppers can Suggest a business to others in the Social 0293. The present invention further provides the use of Shopper community, track their friends and share “live social various marketing and customer generation methods, includ feeds” from FacebookTM and TwitterTM: ing, but not limited to, social media platforms to generate 0294 SOCIAL EARTH For Your Business the present traffic to the websites and access points for the present inven invention can provides for help for businesses to reach new tion, e.g., but not limited to, a SOCIAL EARTH website, in customers with the inventions “live view’ Earth business order to provide a large subscriber base of Social Shoppers: platform, where are provided businesses featured in a sponsor which can include, but is not limited to, one or more of the ads, such as, but not limited to, Premium Sponsor Ads; Gift following: Virtual Penny Auctions or Online Auctions—So Cards—Social Shoppers and businesses can purchase Gift cial Shoppers can view, bid and purchase items from penny Cards for friends, family and customers; FoursquareTM the auctions or online auction from around the world on Social invention can provide promotions via Foursquare so consum Earth. Virtual Coupons—Social Shoppers can view Social ers can act and immediately share the information with their Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, friends; Open Source Technologies—the invention provides Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions that Social Shoppers can connect with millions of Social or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or Shoppers in popular social networks such as FacebookTM and services by geo-target location: Video Coupons—Social TwitterTM using open source technologies: Data Mining the Earth “video promotions, online coupons, Products, Goods invention provides for gathering Social data for online, mobile & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online advertisers and Social brands that are interested in a target auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services market of a particular segment based upon their precise loca from merchants and sellers from around the world that are tion or other criteria: Image Sharing Sites—the invention displayed on one or more pages, links, on the website; Email provides for Social Shoppers to upload images on image Marketing featured Social Earth promotions, online cou sharing sites such as FlickrTM and PicasawebTM; Social Book pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter marking: the invention provides for the use of Social book tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver marking with sites like DiggTM, DeliciousTM, Stumble tisements and affiliate advertising or services will be emailed UponTM, etc.; Search Engine Optimization—Key words can to users and contain a brief headline deal(s) with a full be used in the present invention to optimize visibility to top description of upcoming events; Website Visitors are search engines such as: GoogleTM, Yahoo TM, BingTM, AskTM prompted to register as a Social Shopper when they first visit and AOL SearchTM. Other search engines such as: CollectaTM, website and thereafter use the website as a portal for featured TopsyTM, 48ersTM, LeapfishTM, ScooplerTM and SencyTM are Social Earth promotions, online coupons, mobile services, powerful tools that will show live streams of microblog Products, Goods & Services, entertainment services, penny updates from TwitterTM. JaikuTM and IdenticaTM, photos from auctions, or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate FlickrTM, TwiticTM and yFrogTM and videos from You advertising or services from merchants and sellers from their TubeTM and UstreamTM: YouTubeTM: the present invention local area or just about any where in the world; Mobile Appli can provide periodic YouTube videos outlining how to use cations—Consumers can access Social Earth promotions, and maximize user purchasing power using the present inven online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser tion, e.g., SOCIAL EARTH, as well as soliciting and provid vices, entertainment shopping, penny auction or online auc ing video testimonials from Social Shoppers on an ongoing tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services via basis, e.g., incentivizing “four star videos with a special a Smartphone or similar device, which is compatible with “Best Expert User' badge to be featured on their profile page: Google EarthTM and similar geospatial mapping technolo Video Viral Marketing can also be used in the present inven gies, and Smart phones; Google Ad WordsTM Google Ad tion; as well as Blogging, and using article servers (such as WordsTM or similar advertising is provided to maximize eZinearticles.com, goarticles.com, selfgrowth.com, isnare. search results for Social Earth Coupons: Pay Per Ad the com): TwitterTM Marketing, including, e.g., but not limited to, invention can provide a PPC Ad link on other “high traffic' discounts or other special promotions, online coupons, websites to drive traffic to websites of the invention: In mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment stream Advertising In-stream advertising is also provides to shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements use social media platforms such as “live social feeds” from and affiliate advertising or services with their friends on FacebookTM and TwitterTM to spread the word about Social Social Earth and TwitterTM; Affiliates—the invention can fur Earth Coupons; User Generated Traffic the invention can ther provide API widgets or geo-targeted Social links that can provide rewards to Social Shoppers for sharing and spreading be downloaded by affiliates. Social Shoppers can get paid X the word about products, goods & services that are offered. percent (X %) of sales of Social Earth Coupons on their e.g., if a certain number of people sign up for Social Earth websites; Independent Coupon Distributors—the invention Coupon, then the deal becomes available to all included: can provide network(s) of independent coupon distributors Share Coupons with Friends—the present invention provides that own ValupakTM or other franchises (and other direct mail this way to make it easy for users and members to share coupon companies) to include “Social Earth Coupons’ that “Social Earth Coupons with friends on social networking and can be distributed to local businesses. similar sites, e.g., but not limited to, TwitterTM. FacebookTM, 0295 Referring now to the drawings wherein like refer StumbleUponTM, DeliciousTM, FriendfeedTM, or DiggTM: ence numerals are used to identify identical components in Refer A Friend—the invention can provide a Referral Widget the various views, FIG. 1 shows an example of a combined US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 26

Products, Goods or Services with/Geospatial Mapping/Com which in turn obtain authorized access to Internet 16. Navi pany-Local Information/Social Networking/Communities gation on the WWW portion of Internet 16 involves knowl (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN) system 10 in accordance with an edge of a directory structure of various nodes of the Internet exemplary embodiment combined online Product or Service (i.e., an “address' to each given resource on Internet 16). in combination with geospatial mapping/company/Local Such an address is generally referred to as a Uniform Information/and/or social networking distribution system 10 Resource Locator (URL), which typically starts with a pro includes a main server system 12 and a client system 14 that tocol name followed by a domain name, for example: http:// is remote from main server system 12, connected together by www.valuepass.com. Website server 18 is configured to pro a distributed computer network, such as the Internet 16 (net vide, among other things, an interface for effecting a work, or mobile device access system). A user desiring to download of client Software that a consumer can download obtain one and/or more of online Products, Goods or Services and execute to establish a client system 14 on his and/or her in combination with geospatial mapping/company/Local computer system. In this way the consumer can become an Information/and/or social networking uses client system 14 authorized user (“user') of electronic coupon distribution to interact with main server system 12 to obtain online Prod system 10. In particular, website server 18 can refer an Inter ucts, Goods or Services. An electronic coupon can be but is net consumer to FTP server 26 for the client installation file. not limited to any advertisement that is electronic (e.g., elec 0298 Front-end server 20 provides multiple interface and tronic advertisement on website, electronic advertisement allocation/direction features for electronic coupon distribu sent to client device, a hyperlink based on a search result from tion system 10. Front-end server 20 is the entity that is ini a search engine and/or any other push/pull techniques). tially contacted by client system 14 at the start of each new 0296 Main server system 12 is configured to be connected session of combined Products, Goods or Services with to, and/or otherwise receive, promotions, online coupons, /Geospatial Mapping/Company-Local Information/Social social activity, location, Product, Good and/or services infor Networking/Communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN') distribu mation from the issuer of Such coupons (i.e., the coupons tion system 10, and/or when automatic coupon updates occur. sponsor) and/or as provided by the website and/or other elec Handler 22 is configured to interface with database server 24. tronically provided information, e.g., by PDA, cell phone, After a new session is established by a user, all Subsequent portable electronic tablet, etc., including mobile banking or requests by client system 14 can be directed to and are e-commerce system. Although not shown, this function can “handled by handler 22. As a result, handler 22 can thereafter be performed by a direct electronic connection with a sponsor issue a request and/or a command to database server 24, system, and/or can involve loading data from a physically and/or directly respond to client system (if configured to do transportable data storage medium (e.g., diskette, tape, CD so). Database server 24 can comprise a plurality of physical, ROM, USB drive, etc.). The coupon sponsor may, and in most individual general purpose digital computers configured as cases will, issue in connection with the coupon an associated database servers, which can be further configured in a cluster set of instructions that define how the coupon is to be distrib arrangement. Database server 24, in one embodiment, can be uted. For example, such instructions can include restrictions configured to operate using SQL server Software, such as, but as to the number of coupons that any one user can print out for not limited to, Microsoft SQL Server Version 7, commer redemption, the state and/or Zip code associated with a user cially available from, for example, Microsoft Corporation, for Such user to have access to the coupon, the expiration date, Redmond, Wash., U.S.A. the item and discount amount, etc. Main server system 12 is 0299 FTP server 26 can be configured to operate in coop further configured to be connected to, and/or otherwise eration with website server 18 to provide, for example, instal receive, advertising information from an advertising sponsor, lation and/or setup programs. The installation program(s) are or purchasing System, e.g., Amazon, or company purchase downloaded to a general-purpose computer (e.g., PC and/or a website or mobile application, or through mobile banking MAC) for installation of the client software in accordance system. Although not shown, this function can be performed with the present disclosure. by direct electronic connection with the ad sponsors system, Client system 14 includes client application software 28, and/or can involve loading data from a physically transport DeviceID data 30 (ID) data 30, user preference data 32, user able data storage medium (i.e., diskette, tape, CD-ROM, etc.). history data 34, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data 36, and The advertising impressions are displayed on client system advertising data 38. In addition, client system 14 can com 14, as described in greater detail below. prise a general purpose computing apparatus configured to 0297 Main server system 12 can include a website server operate in accordance with an operating system having a 18, a front-end server 20, a handler 22, a database server 24, graphical user interface, such as, for example, Windows and an FTP server 26. Website server 18 is configured to 95/98/NT 4.0/2000/Vista/7, and Apple Computer, Inc. MAC provide “web pages, mobile app, e-commerce or electronic OS Operating System for Macintosh platforms. Client system or mobile banking, to consumers (including possible users 14 can further include standard peripherals such as a display and members of electronic coupon distribution system 10) device 40, a keyboard 42, a pointing device, such as a mouse with Internet access. Internet 16, more particularly, the World 44, and an output device. Such as a printer 46, for producing Wide Web portion thereof, “WWW, is an interconnected a “hardcopy of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN48. DeviceID data30 can computer network that is generally distributed throughout the be stored on main server system 12, according to an exem world on discrete interconnected computer nodes having plary embodiment. In exemplary embodiments, one, a few, a software interfaces generally referred to as “web pages.” plurality and/or all DeviceID data 30 can be stored on main which further includes geospatial mapping, social network server system 12. ing, company and local information, and/or any other useful 0300 Client application software 28 comprises software data. Access to Internet 16 can be made by various methods; compatible with and executing on client system 14 configured typically, however, a non-institutional user obtains access to implement the present disclosure as described herein. Cli from one of a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ent application Software 28 performs various functions US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 27 including, but not limited to, collecting user information, system 12 and downloaded to client system 14 at any time, including preferences, communicating with main server sys exemplary categories include Apparel, Athletics”, “Auto tem 12 via Internet 16, and providing an interface for the user motive', and “Internet Electronics, among others. A user can for browsing through, and selecting. PGS-GM-CL/I-SN deselect a category, in which case PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor information for printout. DeviceID data 30 can comprise a mation pertaining to that category will not be sent from main multi-digit number that is assigned by main server system 12, server system 12 to client system 14. more particularly, database server 24, when a user registers 0302) User history data 34 comprises data corresponding with PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution system 10. to events occurring at the remote client system 14, as well as DeviceID data 30 can have a format, such as XXXXXXXX, other items pertaining to the operation of client system 14. All where X is a digit between 0-9. DeviceID data 30, however, these items are stored in a user history file. For example, when does not specifically identify the user personally, but rather, a user is browsing through available PGS-GM-CL/I-SN more accurately associates a physical machine defining client information each PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information that is system 14 with user profile information obtained during reg selected for viewing is noted in the user history file. Likewise, istration. DeviceID data 30 is stored on client system 14, main when PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information is selected for printing, server system 12, and/or both as a part of a User Info object. that action is also recorded in the user history file. Other If the DeviceID data 30 is stored on client system 14, then examples include when PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information is DeviceID data 30 is provided to main server system 12 when actually printed, and when an advertising impression (de making requests, for example, for new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN scribed in further detail below) is displayed on display device information data. If a client system 14 operates multiple 40. The information contained in the user history data 34 is independent operating systems (e.g., a Mac operating system encrypted by client application Software 28 in accordance (a product of Apple Computer, Inc.) and a Windows operating with a client system encryption strategy to protect the integ system (a product of Microsoft Corp.)), then there can be a rity of the data contained therein. The contents of the user separate DeviceID data 30 for each operating systemassigned history data 34 are described and illustrated in greater detail in to that client system 14. Main server system 12 can correlate connection with FIG. 17. the provided DeviceID data 30 with user information stored 0303 PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data 36 includes in a profile database. The user information can then be used in information corresponding to the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor identifying PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information suitable for the mation available (e.g., for browsing) on client system 14. user. In this embodiment, however, the user is not personally Each PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, such as PGS-GM-CL/ identified nor is it even possible (e.g., through the “hacking I-SN information 48, includes a plurality of items of infor of main server system 12) to identify the user personally, as mation associated therewith. Such information is not even collected from the user. Accord 0304. Therefore, an exemplary, non-limiting, structure is ingly, the approach described herein maintains privacy of the defined for each PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information having the user of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution system items of information set forth in Table 1 below. 10. 0301 The User Info object further includes user informa TABLE 1 tion collected from the user of client system 14 indicative of one and/or more demographic characteristics of the user. In PGS-GM-CLI-SN information Data Structure this embodiment, the user information is insufficient to spe PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information Sponsor Name cifically identify the user. In a constructed embodiment, such Product and/or Service Description Savings and/or Discount Amount information comprises a postal Zip code associated with the The Number of PGS-GM-CLI-SN information Available for user, and a state in which the user resides. Client application Printout software 28 allows the user to update this information after 5. The Number of PGS-GM-CLI-SN information Printed Out initial registration. In addition, the User Info object includes Thus Far Expiration Date the mode in which the Internet is accessed, for example, Optional Text Image(s) through use of a modem (e.g., dial-up), through use of a Local 8. PGS-GM-CLI-SN information Identification Number Area Network (LAN), and/or use of a proxy server. The User Info object can further include the version number of the client application software 28. User preference data 32 com 0305. In addition, when PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information prises two main groups. The first group of information con 48 is actually printed out, additional information can be tained in user preference data 32 includes information defin printed out on the “hard copy’ of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN ing how often the main server system 12 is checked for new information. These additional items can include the DeviceID PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. In a constructed embodi data 30, portions of the demographic data such as the postal ment, the options include one hour, two hours, four hours (the Zip code, one and/or more items of the user information default), twice a day, and once a day. The first group of contained in user preference data 32, the date and time, and information contained in user preference data 32 can also optionally various Internet URLs. Coupon sponsors have include a miscellaneous item of information indicating found some of the information appearing on printed PGS whether the user prefers that certain PGS-GM-CL/I-SN GM-CL/I-SN information 48 desirable. That is, when the information be automatically printed (this can be selected user redeems PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information 48, for and/or deselected by the user). The second main group of example, at a retail store, information appearing on PGS information included in user preference data 32 includes a GM-CL/I-SN information 48 (which is eventually returned comprehensive listing of main categories of PGS-GM-CL/I- by the retailer to the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information issuer SN information selected by the user that the user wishes to and/or sponsor) is available to the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor receive. While the particular main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor mation sponsor. This information can thereafter be used in mation category descriptions can be changed on main server analyzing and assessing the efficacy of various advertising/ US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 28 promotional strategies. PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data 0310 Plugin database 56 includes information as to avail 36 can be stored on a hard drive and/or the like associated with able plugins for use in connection with client application client system 14, and is preferably stored in an encrypted software 28 of client system 14. Plugin database 56 includes form. In particular, and in accordance with the present dis a plurality of plugins. The particular plugins that are selected closure. PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data 36 correspond for use in connection with client application software 28 ing to PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information is encrypted by main depends on what added functionality has been configured in server system 12 in accordance with a server system encryp client system 14. For example, plugins can be configured to tion strategy. provide Zodiac information, recipe information, and stock (0306 The encrypted PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data quote information to the user. Additionally, a plugin can be is then transmitted to client system 14. Client system 14 configured to provide a new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information further encrypts the once-encrypted PGS-GM-CL/I-SN style for the user. In this way, client system 14 can be updated information data in accordance with a client system encryp remotely with new functionality. tion strategy to thereby generate doubly encrypted PGS-GM 0311 Brand logo database 58 includes information as to CL/I-SN information data. The doubly encrypted PGS-GM how the user interface of client system 14 is “branded.” The CL/I-SN information data 36 can then be stored on the client default “branding of the user interface involves the display system 14. The foregoing encryption steps substantially mini of a company logo of the assignee of the present disclosure. mize the occurrence of fraud in the distribution of PGS-GM Also, a corresponding Internet URL for "click through' pur CL/I-SN information compared to known systems. A user, for poses is associated with the brand image. However, in alter example, can therefore not easily defeat the PGS-GM-CL/I- nate embodiments, other companies can arrange (e.g., SN information counting scheme that limits the number of through a referral of potential new users and members of printouts by, for example, exploring the client systems hard PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution system 10) to drive, identifying PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data, and have the user interface of client application software 28 thereafter producing printed copies of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN “branded with the referring company's logo (and Internet information. Use of the environment established by client URL for "click through’). application software 28 is therefore practically the only 0312 User transaction history database 60 includes infor means for the user to obtain usable PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor mation contained in user history data 34 uploaded from client mation 48. Advertising data 38 comprises a plurality of adver system 14. User transaction history database 60 therefore tising impressions wherein each impression can include a contains information corresponding to actions and/or events predetermined combination of text and images. Advertising taken by and/or involving the user of client system 14. User data 38 is also stored on client system 14 in an encrypted transaction history database 60 therefore includes a record for form. Display device 40, keyboard 42, mouse 44, and printer each PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information that has been down 46 can comprise an apparatus known to those of ordinary skill loaded and/or otherwise provided to client system 14. As each in the art. PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information is displayed, and/or printed 0307 FIG.2 shows, in greater detail, database server 24 of by the user, for example, the corresponding record in user main server system 12. As described above, database server transaction history database 60 is updated. 24 can comprise a plurality of physical database servers 0313 Referring now to FIGS. 3A and 3B, FIG.3A shows arranged in a cluster. Further physical machines can be added a Graphical User Interface (GUI) 62 displayed on display to provide for load balancing (i.e., Scalability, and the ability device 40 in connection with the execution of client applica to quickly add additional hardware as load and responsive tion software 28. User interface 62 includes a plurality of ness criteria require). Database server 24 can include PGS main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category “buttons' 64 GM-CL/I-SN information database 50, an advertising data each having a respective status indicator 66 associated there base 52, a master category list master category list database with. User interface 62 also includes PGS-GM-CL/I-SN 54, a plugin database 56, a brand logo database 58, and a user information subcategory list 68, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa transaction history database 60. tion list 70, an advertising pane 72, a logo pane 74, a main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information display area 76, an “Add-To 0308 PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information database 50 Print-Cart' button 78, a “PrintNow' button 80, a “More Info'' includes PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data similar to that button 82, a “Delete' button 84, a “Preferences' button 86, a described in connection with PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information “Promotions” button 88, a “Refresh' button 90, a printout data 36, but is more in the nature of a master PGS-GM-CL/ status display area 92, and a general message display area 94. I-SN information database including the entire universe and/ 0314 Main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category but or a larger set of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information available on tons 64 allow the user of client system 14 to select the general PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution system 10. category of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information that the user is Advertising database 52 includes a plurality of ad impres interested in viewing. For example, the user who is interested sions, which can be a combination of text and/or images. in browsing through media and entertainment PGS-GM-CL/ Again, advertising database 52 is in the nature of a master I-SN information, would select the main category button 64 advertising database including all of the advertising impres designated “Media and Entertainment using a pointing sions included in main server system 12. device Such as mouse 44 (e.g., via "clicking on the button). 0309 Master category list database 54 includes the main Status indicator 66 associated with each main PGS-GM-CL/ PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category names presently I-SN information category button 64 indicates whether there established on PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution are PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information under that main category system 10. In addition, display characteristics, such as the that have not yet been displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor color of a main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category but mation display area 76. As shown in FIG. 3A, when a status ton (to be described in connection with FIG. 3A) can also be indicator 66 is “checked' (i.e., active), as indicated generally stored in database 54. at 66. Sub. A for the main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information cat US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 29 egory button labeled "Added Extras', such indication informs GM-CL/I-SN information currently in the print queue, as a the user that PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information are available result of prior selection of the print cart button 78 for previ under that main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category that ously displayed PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, then selec have not yet been displayed. tion of the “Print Now” button 80 by the user will operate to 0315. Alternatively, when there are no undisplayed PGS print all such selected PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information 48 on GM-CL/I-SN information under a main category, the printer 46. The “More Info' button 82 is configured under “checked' status indicator 66 becomes inactive and is client application software 28 to launch an Internet browser removed, as shown by a dashed line box designated 66.Sub.I program associated with client system 14 when selected, and, where a status indicator would otherwise be displayed had it further, to direct the browser to a specified URL. In accor been “active. dance with a secure e-couponing embodiment of the present When one of the plurality of main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor disclosure, predetermined ones of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN mation category buttons 64 is selected, a corresponding Sub information displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information dis category list is displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information play area 76 can be redeemed by the user electronically (as subcategory list 68. A user can then browse through the items opposed to printing out the displayed PGS-GM-CL/I-SN contained in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information subcategory list information and physically tendering the same to the retailer). 68 and make a selection. When one of the items contained in Generally, a portion of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information subcategory list 68 is being displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information display selected by the user (e.g., via "clicking), the corresponding area 76 will tell the user to click on the “More Info' button 82 individual PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/or informa to instantly redeem the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. tional messages are displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa 0318 Client application software 28 is configured to tion list 70. The user can then select an item from PGS-GM invoke, in response to the "click', the specified but com CL/I-SN information list 70, which will then be displayed in pletely hidden and inaccessible URL (including the appended PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information display area 76. Through the promotional code) using an Internet browser program. Client foregoing interface, users and members of PGS-GM-CL/I- application software 28 disables access to the invoked URL/ SN information distribution system 10 can quickly and easily code. For example, moving the mouse arrow over the PGS navigate from broad main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information GM-CL/I-SN information/ad does not cause the URL to be categories, to individual PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, for displayed, nor is “right-button clicking operative to allow printout and later redemption. If the user desires to print out a capture of the URL. Accordingly, the specified URL (and particular PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, the user can select code) is neither displayed nor available, and cannot be dis the print cart button 78 to add the selected PGS-GM-CL/I-SN covered by, for example, “right-clicking on PGS-GM-CL/I- information to a print cart and/or queue for Subsequent print SN information display area 76, like a web-based e-PGS out on printer 46. Alternatively, the user can print the selected GM-CL/I-SN information distribution systems. The browser PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information immediately by selecting the takes the user to the website corresponding the specified “Print Now’ button 80. URL, where the appended promotional code is processed, 0316 Advertising pane 72 is configured to display an and the user provided an opportunity to redeem the same. The advertising impression. In one embodiment, the advertising present disclosure therefore provides secure PGS-GM-CL/I- impression is selected from a plurality of advertising impres SN information distribution. In another embodiment, the sions as a function of a selected PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa specified URL that is invoked when the “More Info' button tion Subcategory. For example, a vendor of electronic equip 82 is "clicked' comprises the URL associated with an adver ment can arrange to have an ad impression for that vendors tisers website (i.e., the advertiser associated with an ad company displayed in advertising pane 72 when the user impression displayed in advertising pane 72). The “Delete' selects a particular PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information subcat button 84 is configured under client application software 28to egory from list 68 when the “Internet Electronics' category delete the currently viewed PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information button 64 is selected. As a further feature, the advertiser can when selected by the user. provide an Internet URL (e.g., to its home page) and have it 0319. The “Preferences” button 86 is configured under associated with the ad impression. Client application soft client application software 28 to allow the user to set and/or ware 28 is configured such that when a user selects (e.g., modify the information contained in the user preference data "clicks') advertising pane 72, an Internet browser program 32, when selected by the user. For example, the refresh inter associated with client system 14 is launched and is directed to val referred to above can be updated by the user to extend the URL as specified by the advertiser. This is a so-called and/or foreshorten the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information "click through occurrence, which is recorded in the user update interval. The “Promotions” button 88 is configured history file. under client application software 28 to prompt the user to Logo pane 74 provides a display area through which the user enter a promotion code to obtain a special promotion PGS interface 62 of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution GM-CL/I-SN information, when selected by the user. For system 10 can be “branded.” As with advertising pane 72, an example, a third-party website, and/or the like, can advise the Internet URL can be associated with the brand logo displayed user of a promotional code, with instruction to establish client in logo pane 74. Client application Software 28 is configured system 14 (if they are not already a registered user), and then Such that when the user selects (e.g. "clicks') logo pane74, an to enter the promotion code as described above, to obtain the Internet browser program associated with client system 14 is promotional PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. launched and is directed to the specified URL. 0320. The "Refresh' button 90 is configured under client 0317. The “Print Now” button 80 is configured under cli application Software 28 to transmit an update request from ent application software 28 such that when selected, the PGS client system 14 to main server system 12, when selected by GM-CL/I-SN information currently being viewed is printed the user. This action, in-effect, requests that any new PGS out on printer 46. If there are one and/or more other PGS GM-CL/I-SN information waiting for the user on main server US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 30 system 12 at that point in time be downloaded to client system information, such as the type of Internet connection (e.g., 14. Additionally, any data in the user history file is uploaded. modem), can also be obtained from the user in step 107. Printout status display area 92 is provided for displaying 0325 In step 108, main server system 12 registers the messages pertaining to the status of the print cart (e.g., “Items “new” user device. Main server system 12 determines to Print: 2). Message display area 94 is provided for display whether the user of remote client system 14 is a “new” user ing various messages to the user of client system 14. device based on the presence and/or absence of DeviceID 0321 Referring now to FIG. 3B, the graphical user inter data 30 in a message from client system 14 to main server face associated with the operating system of client system 14 system 12. The “new” user device is then registered on main can include a taskbar 100. In accordance with the present server system 12. Main server system 12 is configured to disclosure, taskbar icon 102 is provided. Client application register the new user by performing, among other things, the software 28 is configured to display taskbar icon 102 to the steps of allocating a new DeviceID data 30, and associating user in a first display state when no new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN the new DeviceID data 30 with the user information obtained information and/or messages are available to the user. Task in step 107. Through the foregoing, remote client system 14 bar icon 102 in the first display state can assume a static can always be identified by its DeviceID data 30. display. In constructed embodiment, taskbar icon 102 In step 109, client system 14 and main server system 12 includes a generally black-colored “96' symbol on a yellow communicate so as to update the master category list, plugins, colored background, all enclosed by a dashed-line box. brand logo information, advertising data and PGS-GM-CL/ 0322 Client application software 28 is further configured I-SN information data at the remote client system 14. This is to display taskbar icon 102 in a second display state different done, for the first time client application software 28 is from the first display state when new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN executed, by searching the main server system 12 for new information and/or messages are available for the user. In a information that has come into being between the time the constructed embodiment, the second display state associated installation and/or setup program that the user used to install with taskbaricon 102 comprises a quasi-flashing display state client system 14 was populated with such data (the “sync' wherein (i) the color of the “96' symbol is indexed and/or date), and the present time (the server date). The identified rotated through a plurality of different colors, and (ii) the information is downloaded to thereby update client system dashed-line enclosure box is manipulated to give the sense of 14. This step ensures that the user of client system 14 has the movement, particularly rotation, around the perimeter of most up-to-date information in these categories. The method taskbar icon 102. then proceeds to step 110 wherein main client application 0323 Referring now to FIG. 4, a brief description of the software 28 is executed. operation of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution sys 0326. When the answer to step 106 is “NO, then the tem 10, particularly the main interactions between client sys method branches to step 112. In step 112, client application tem 14 and main server system 12, will now be set forth. Each determines whether client system 14 is “online.” Client sys time a new session is commenced, the basic steps set forth in tem 14 is “online' when the user is connected to the Internet FIG. 4 are performed. Such that client system 14 can communicate with main server In step 104, client system 14, by way of execution of client system 12. While this basic step are described in greater detail application software 28, is initialized. In step 106, client below (FIG. 9), it bears emphasizing that client system 14, in application software 28 determines whether there is an iden an exemplary embodiment, will not force a connection to tified user device for client system 14, and/or whether the Internet 16. Rather, if there is no “online' connection, the user present user is a “new” user device. Client application soft of client system 14 will have access to PGS-GM-CL/I-SN ware 28 can make this determination based on the existence information in an "offline' mode of operation. Thus, if the and/or absence of particular files on client system 14 (e.g., a answer to step 112 is “NO”, then the method branches to step file containing a DeviceID data 30) indicative of whether 110. Otherwise, when the answer step 112 is “YES, then the and/or not this is a “new” user device. If “NO”, then the method branches to step 114. In step 114, main server system method branches to step 112. Otherwise, if the answer to step 12 identifies the remote client system 14 based on a DeviceID 106 is “YES', then the method branches to step 107. data 30 provided by client system 14. In this way, main server 0324. In step 107, client application software 28 obtains system 12 can utilize the information “on file', such as state user information from the user. In particular, client applica and Zip code, for a variety of purposes. In a constructed tion software 28 is configured to collect user information embodiment, the state and Zip code data are included in a from a user of client system 14 indicative of one and/or more request by front-end server 20 to database server 24 to select demographic characteristics of the user without obtaining a server that will service this user for this session (described information sufficient to specifically identify the user. In a in detail in connection with FIG. 10). The response to the constructed embodiment, the information obtained com request is a virtual IP address to a particular handler 22, and a prises a postal Zip code associated with the user, and a State selected database “name' of a selected database server 24. where the user resides. Personal information such as the users 0327. In step 116, main server system 12, particularly the and members name, e-mail address, residence address, social assigned handler 22 and database server 24, is updated with security number, telephone number, and the like is not any information contained in user history data 34 that has not obtained in step 107. In accordance with the present disclo yet been uploaded and processed. The user history file con Sure, the foregoing step provides useful information to main tains information indicative of actions taken by, or, events server system 12 in the selection of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor occurring in response to actions taken by, the user of remote mation appropriate for the user (e.g., geographic area). PGS client system 14. As described above, user history data 34 GM-CL/I-SN information from merchants located geo contains information such as the identity of PGS-GM-CL/I- graphically proximate the users and members residence can SN information selected, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information be more easily redeemed by the user, thus increasing the printed, advertising impressions displayed in advertising efficacy of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information offer. Other pane 72, etc. The assigned handler 22 in conjunction with US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

database server 24 uses the user history file in at least two be accessed can be determined manually and/or automati ways: (i) to produce data from which a user script can be built cally. The manual process can include data entry by a user, by the remote client system 14 and, (ii) to update the user system administrator, clerk, etc. The automatic process can transaction history database 60, which can then be queried to include simple and/or complex algorithms, which can for prepare reports that are provided as feedback to the various example dynamically change the access limit based on inputs, advertising sponsors, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information issu Such as time of day, time passed since last access attempt, ers, and PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information referral agents. advertising campaign strategy and timing, etc. It should be 0328 Step 118 involves obtaining a client script for execu noted that any "" that is known to a person of ordinary tion by client system 14. Step 118 includes the substep of skill in the artis hereby incorporated into this disclosure. One identifying PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information at main server and/or more components of processing circuit 502 can be system 12 suitable for the user. What is suitable for any operable on client system 14, website server 16, and/or both. particular user can be based on DeviceID data 30, the user The term processing circuit and processor can be used inter information associated with DeviceID data 30, the main PGS changeably. In an exemplary embodiment, counter module GM-CL/I-SN information categories selected by the user, the 518 monitors the number of times the advertisement, website, OS platform (e.g., MAC OS vs. Windows), the version of and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information has been accessed. client application software 28, the cobrand ID, and the pro Processing circuit 502 compares the number of times the motional code, if any. Use of these criteria can be either advertisement, website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa inclusive and/or exclusive. Client system 14 can be sent lists tion has been accessed to the number of times the user is of undownloaded PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, undown allowed to access the information based on the data stored in loaded ads, etc. The lists can only identify, for example, the access limit module 508 to determine whether access should PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information to be downloaded (not the be granted. PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information itself). Steps 120, 122, and 0332. In an exemplary embodiment, reset frequency mod 124 involve obtaining the actual PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa ule 510 is configured to reset the number of times the adver tion data, ad data, etc. tisement, website and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information has 0329. In step 120, the master category list, plugins, and been access based on predetermined timeframe. For example, brand logo information is updated, based on execution of the access limit module 508 can be set to limit the access to the client script by client system 14. Particularly, client system 14 advertisement, website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa works through the list of needed items. tion to three times. However, reset frequency module 510 is In Step 122, advertising data comprising advertising impres configured to reset the number of times the advertisement, sions from advertising database 52 are updated at the remote website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information has been client system 14. This step ensures that the user has the most accessed to Zero every twenty-four hours. Therefore, the up-to-date advertising available. Again, client system 14 advertisement, website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa works through a list of needed ads, sequentially making tion can be accessed up to three times every twenty-four requests from database server 24. hours. It should be noted that any reset time interval can be In step 124, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data from PGS utilized and that reset frequency module 510 can be config GM-CL/I-SN information database 50 is updated at remote ured to increment access limit module 508. For example, client system 14. Updating of the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor access limit module 508 can be setto allow access three times. mation data includes retrieving PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa After a predetermined timeframe (e.g., twenty-four hours) tion data corresponding to the identified PGS-GM-CL/I-SN has past, reset frequency module 510 can be configured to information (i.e., the list provided as part of the client Script). increment access limit module 508 to allow access six times. 0330. In FIG. 5, a diagrammatic and block diagram view 0333. In an exemplary embodiment, message module 512 of a system for controlling the number of clicks to a clickable is configured to transmit various messages. These messages advertisement is shown, according to an exemplary embodi can include access denial messages, access allowed mes ment. The system for controlling the number of clicks to a Sages, System status messages, promotional messages, infor clickable advertisement includes additional features, such as mational messages, and/or system reporting messages. In an an access module 37 and a web printout 49, according to an exemplary embodiment, history module 516 is configured to exemplary embodiment. Client application software 28, store a history of all advertisement, website, and/or PGS DeviceID data 30, user preferences 32, user history data 34, GM-CL/I-SN information accessed by the computing device. advertising data 38 and the other features listed in FIG. 1 In an exemplary embodiment, tracking module 514 is config operate in a similar manner as detailed in the description of ured to analyze the data stored in history module 516 to FIG 1. determine any patterns in the advertisements, websites, and/ 0331. In FIG. 6, a block diagram of the system for con or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information accessed by the comput trolling the number of clicks to a clickable advertisement ing device that indicate misuse, fraud and/or other behavior shown in FIG.5 is shown, according to an exemplary embodi warranting further evaluation. ment. The system for controlling the number of clicks to a 0334 Processing circuit 502 can be implemented with clickable advertisement can include a processing circuit 502. digital and/or analog components, such as one and/or more Processing circuit 502 can include an access limit module processors and/or logic devices, such as a complex instruc 508, a reset frequency module 510, a message module 512, a tion set computer (CISC) microprocessor, a reduced instruc tracking module 514, a history module 516 and a counter tion set computing (RISC) microprocessor, a very long module 518, according to exemplary embodiments. Access instruction word (VLIW) microprocessor, a processor imple limit module 508 can be configured to limit the amount of menting a combination of instruction sets, and/or other pro times an advertisement, website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN cessor device. In one embodiment, for example, processing information can be accessed. The amount of times an adver circuit 502 can be implemented as a general purpose proces tisement, website, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information can sor, such as a processor made by IntelTM Corporation, Santa US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 32

Clara, Calif. Processing circuit 502 can also be implemented can be stored, for example, on a hard drive portion of client as a dedicated processor, such as a controller, microcontroller, system 14. The method then proceeds to step 138. embedded processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a net 0338. In step 138, client system 14 transmits an echo work processor, a media processor, an input/output (I/O) pro request to main server system 12, which is received by front cessor, a media access control (MAC) processor, a field pro end server 20. Inasmuch as client system 14 can be connected grammable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic device to the Internet in a variety of logically and physically different (PLD), and so forth. configurations (e.g., dial-up connection, proxy server, hidden 0335. In FIG. 7, a flowchart diagram view illustrating proxy server such as in the case of AOL, etc.), step 138 is interactions between client system 14, and main server sys provided to ensure a virtual channel for messaging between tem 12 is shown, according to an exemplary embodiment. The client system 14 and main server system 12. The method then process is started by initializing client system 14 that is proceeds to step 140. In step 140, a user preference file con remote from main server system 12 (step 600). The system taining user preference data 32 is loaded into the memory of determines whether the user is a new user (step 602). If the client system 14 for use by client application software 28. user is a new user device, then the system collects user infor Initially, a default set of information is used, in which all mation from a user of remote client system 14 indicative of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information categories are selected and one and/or more demographic characteristics of the user the refresh interval is set to 4 hours. The method then pro without obtaining information Sufficient to specifically iden ceeds to step 142. tify the user (step 604). The system registers the new user 0339. In step 142, a test is made by client application device by associating a new DeviceID data 30 with the col software 28 to determine whether the user preference file has lected user information (step 606). The system updates client loaded successfully. If the answer to this inquiry is “NO”. system 14 (step 608). If the user is not a new user, then the then the method branches to step 144 (“end program'). This system identifies client system 14 based on DeviceID data 30 can occur when the user preference file has been deleted, for associated with client system 14 (step 610). The system trans example. On the other hand, if the answer to step 142 is mits to main server system 12 user history information indica “YES, then the method branches to step 146. In step 146, a tive of actions/events that have occurred at client system 14 memory database is created for maintaining user history (step 612). The system obtains a client script from the server events. This database is configured to contain the user actions system based on the user history information (step 614). The taken by the user, ad impression displayed, etc., and to store system updates the website database according to client Script the same for later transmittal to main server system 12 as user (step 616). The system executes client application software history data 34. 28 (step 616). (0340. In step 148, taskbar icon 102 (FIG.3B) is activated. 0336 FIG. 8 shows steps 104,106, 107 and 112 of FIG. 4 This provides a visual cue to the user that client application in greater detail. The method begins in step 126 with initiation software 28 is available, and, that PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor of client application software 28. In step 128, if client appli mation lists can be browsed, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information cation software 28 properly initializes, then the method selected and printed out, and/or any other function available branches to step 130. Otherwise, the method branches to step on client application software 28. Under certain circum 144 where execution of client application software 28 ends. In stances, taskbaricon 102 alerts the user to new PGS-GM-CL/ step 130, a “mutex' is created by client application software I-SN information and/or offers. 28. “Mutex' stands for “mutually exclusive.” Programs and/ 0341. In step 150, client application software 28 begins or code segments that establish a mutex prevent other pro main event loop processing. In main event loop processing, grams and/or code segments from running if they try to estab certain action, such as, for example, selecting a main PGS lish a mutex with the same ID. Client application software 28 GM-CL/I-SN information category, selecting PGS-GM-CL/ employs mutex functionality in the Microsoft Operating sys I-SN information subcategory, selecting a particular PGS tem to ensure that only one instance of client application GM-CL/I-SN information, displaying PGS-GM-CL/I-SN Software 28 is running on any given client system 14. A information, printing PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, second instance would be denied use of the mutex, and that refreshing the local PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information database, instance would then exit. etc., can be initiated by the user and detected and executed by In step 132, a test is performed to determine whether the client application software 28. While the program in accor mutex already exists. If the answer is “NO”, the method dance with an exemplary embodiment can be invoked manu branches to step 144 where client application software 28 ally by user of client system 14, many operating systems, ends. However, if the response to the inquiry in step 132 is notably Windows 95/98, allow the user to specify that the “YES, then the method branches to step 134. execution of client application software 28 should occur on 0337. In step 134, taskbar icon 102 is created by client startup of the computer on which client system 14 resides. application software 28. The taskbar icon 102 is graphically Accordingly, without any further intervention by the user, illustrated in FIG. 3B. As described above, a quasi-flashing upon each startup of client system 14, client application soft taskbar icon 102, in an exemplary embodiment, is a visual ware 28 will initialize. alert to the user of client system 14 that new PGS-GM-CL/I- (0342 FIG.9 shows step 138 of FIG. 8 (the "echo request” SN information and/or offers are available for browsing. The and/or “ping the net” step) in greater detail. Execution of the method then proceeds to step 136. In step 136, a User Info method begins in step 152 wherein the “ping thread' portion object is loaded (if it already exists) and/or created (if it does of client application software 28 commences execution. If not already exist). If this is the first time the client application client system 14 is not “online', client application software software 28 has been executed, the User Info object must be 28 will not force an Internet connection. Thus, in step 154, created. As described above, the User Info object includes client application software 28 suspends the “AutoDial set DeviceID data 30, demographic data, proxy server informa ting in the Windows registry. This ensures that the echo tion, if any and software version number. This information request to front-end server 20 does not automatically cause a US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

dialog window to be presented to the user asking for ISP data 30 with the user information collected from the user. The Identification and Password information. In step 156, client method then proceeds to step 182. In step 182, database server system 14 through execution of client application Software 24 determines whether a “sync date' was provided from 28, transmits a request to front-end server 20 to echo. The client system 14. This is a date that describes how "up-to nature of the requested "echo' can simply be a return trans date” client system 14 is, particularly the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN mittal of an acknowledgement from front-end server 20. In information and advertising information portions thereof. step 158, the “AutoDial setting is restored in the Windows The use of the sync date has been described above in connec registry. tion with FIG. 4. This “sync date' is automatically provided 0343. In step 160, the ping thread performs a test to deter from client system 14 to database server 24 via the assigned mine whether the requested "echo' was received by way of a handler 22. If a “sync date' was not provided by client system return transmission from front-end server 20. If the answer to 14, then the method branches to step 184 where a nominal this inquiry is “YES, then the method branches to step 162, sync date based on the version of the software installed on the wherein a positive indication that an echo response to the client system is used for downloading and updating purposes. echo request was returned to the client system (“DB PIN Alternatively, if the answer to step 182 is “YES, then the GOK) is generated. The positive indication is provided to method branches to step 186. client application software 28 (particularly, a database thread 0348. In step 186, the date provided by client system 14 is portion thereof). Otherwise, if no echo was received from used as the “sync date' to synchronize the data on client front-end server 20, then a negative indication (“DB NOP system 14 relative to the master data on main server system ING”) is sent to the database thread in step 164. In either case, 12. It should be emphasized that the “sync date' is not a date control from steps 162 and 164 both proceed to step 166, that client application software 28 solicits from the user, but which is an exit step from the ping thread portion of client rather, is simply a date available within client application application software 28. software 28 relating to how "current the data is (i.e., PGS 0344 FIG. 10 shows in detail the steps performed by main GM-CL/I-SN information/advertising data, etc.). In either server system 12, particularly front-end server 20, in request case, the method proceeds to and ends at step 188. ing that an appropriate handler 22 and database server 24 be (0349 FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 show step 120 (FIG.4) in greater selected for servicing client system 14. This “server select” detail. Referring to FIG. 12, step 190 represents a request to operation occurs immediately after a successful 'echo obtain a master category list (i.e., the up-to-date list). This request operation (FIG.9). A plurality of database servers 24 requestis made from client system 14 to the selected database can be deployed, the particular number of which is selected to server 24 via handler 22. Such a request is directed to the match the quantity of incoming requests ("load”) from the selected “virtual IP address as described above. The master multiplicity of client systems 14 installed remotely. Step 168 PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information category list (e.g., Athlet marks the beginning of the method. At this point, main server ics', 'Automotive”, “Internet Electronics', etc.) can be system 12 has in its possession at least the demographic updated on main server system 12, particularly database information previously collected (e.g., state and Zip code) server 24. That is, categories can be added, and/or categories even if it is a “new user with no assigned DeviceID data 30 can be deleted. In either case. Such a change are reflected in yet. The database server receives the request. The method user interface 62 of the respective client systems 14 when the then proceeds to step 170. next session is invoked by a user. 0345. In step 170, a database server 24 routine selects 0350 Instep 192, all undeleted master PGS-GM-CL/I-SN entries from a server table where the state in the table matches information categories, along with their display color (as the state of residence provided by client system 14. The table displayed on display device 40 of client system 14) are entry information defines the logical entities that will service reported out to client system 14 for use by client application this client system 14. software 28. Step 194 ends the master PGS-GM-CL/I-SN 0346. In step 172, an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a information category list updating process. database name are reported over Internet 16 to client system 0351 Referring now to FIG. 13, step 196 represents a 14. Subsequent requests during this session from client sys request from client system 14 to database server 24 via han tem 14 regarding requests for updated data and the like are dler 22 to obtain a new and/or an up-to-date plugin(s). It sent in a message addressed to the selected server IP address should be understood that for an existing user, client system (which points to a handler 22), and will include in that mes 14 can be executing a client Script that includes a list contain sage the selected database name, which logically maps to ing needed plugins. The process outlined in FIG. 13 would be entries selected in step 170 (e.g., these can be various adver executed for each plugin on the list. tisement databases 52, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data In step 198, database server 24 performs a look-up of the bases 50, etc.). The selected IP address, in-effect, is a virtual needed plugin to locate the corresponding plugin file (or IP address since there are a plurality of database servers 24, image). perhaps arranged in a cluster, that are physically provided in 0352. In step 200, an “image' and/or copy of the file of the order to provide the desired load carrying capacity. The rout sought-after plugin is encrypted in accordance with a server ing function is performed on main server system 12, by han system encryption strategy, and is reported and/or transmitted dler 22 in a manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art. via Internet 16 to client system 14. In step 202, the plugin The method ends in step 174. update process is completed. 0347 FIG. 11 shows the steps performed on main server 0353 Referring now to FIG. 14, steps 204-222 illustrate system 12 to register a new user device. The process begins in the steps involved in determining whether to maintain a step 176 with commencement of the registration routine. In default brand logo in logo pane 74 (FIG. 3A), or, in the step 178, a new DeviceID data 30 is calculated by database alternative, whether to download a different brand logo. server 24. In step 180, a new entry and/or record is created in While a default brand and/or company logo is associated with a user profile table. The profile entry will associate DeviceID client system 14 initially, the default can be changed. For US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 34 example, a user of Internet 16 can be informed of the exist would be executed for each advertising impression on the list. ence of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution system Step 224 marks the beginning of the advertising update 10 by a third-party vendor who also maintains a website, and method. refers that Internet user to website server 18 of main server 0358. In step 226, main server system 12 determines system 12. The referral mechanism, a hyperlink and/or the whether the user, more particularly client system 14, is like to website server 18, appends the identification of the requesting “text and/or “image' advertising data. If the referring vendor to the HTTP reference (the ID herein answer is “text, then the method proceeds to step 228. In step referred to as the “cobrand ID'). Website server 18 is config 228, main server system 12, particularly database server 24, ured to recognize and respond to Such appended data (the encrypts the text of the advertising data, and reports out the cobrand ID) by putting a “cookie” (i.e., a file used by Internet resulting encrypted advertising data. It should be understood browser programs) on Such Internet users and members’ com this encryption occurs in accordance with a server system puter system that contains the cobrand ID. Then, if such encryption Strategy. potential user of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distribution 0359) Otherwise, the method proceeds to step 230 when system 10 decides to download and install the client software, the advertising data requested is “image' data. In step 230, the the client installation software will search for the “cookie.” If advertising data ("image data) is encrypted by main server it finds the “cookie', and certain other qualifying criteria are system 12 according to a main server system encryption satisfied, then the cobrand ID are passed to main server sys strategy, resulting in encrypted advertising image data. The tem 12 upon installation with a request to download the text encrypted ad image data is then reported out to client system and/or image data of the other (non-default) brand logo. 14. Step 232 defines the end of the advertising update process. 0354 Some client systems 14 are deployed with both a 0360 FIG.16 illustrates, in greater detail, step 124 in FIG. default brand logo, and an alternate brand logo (including 4 (“updating PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data'). It should text/images), in alternative embodiments. The following be understood that for an existing user device, client system steps apply when client application software 28 determines 14 can be executing a client Script that includes a list contain that it should display an alternate brand logo. In step 204, ing needed PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information data. The process client system 14 requests a brand logo (non-default). The outlined in FIG. 16 would be executed for each PGS-GM process proceeds to step 206. In step 206, database server 24 CL/I-SN information on the list. determines whether client system 14 provided a date along 0361 Steps 234-244 illustrate that PGS-GM-CL/I-SN with the request for the alternate brand logo. If so, then client information text and image data are encrypted in accordance system 14 already has the text/images corresponding to the with a server system encryption strategy prior to transmission brand logo and just needs to determine whether to turn the to client system 14, resulting in encrypted PGS-GM-CL/I-SN requested brand logo “on” at client system 14. information data. It bears emphasizing that the steps 234-244 0355 Thus, if the answer to step 206 is “YES, then the in FIG. 16, occur at main server system 12. Since the PGS method branches to step 208. In step 208, database server 24 GM-CL/I-SN information data is encrypted, even if inter conducts a look-up to determine an activation date for the cepted, the actual PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information cannot be subject brand logo. The method then proceeds to step 210. In easily recovered and reprinted. This reduces the occurrence of step 210, database server 24 determines whether the client fraud. provided date is “older than the current activation date. If In step 234, client system 14 issues a request to get aparticular “YES, then the method branches to step 212, where the new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. In step 236, database server activation date is reported out to client system 14. Client 24 encrypts and reports (to client system 14) all Smaller text system 14 will therefore defer activation of the alternate, and numeric fields. In steps 238 and 240, database server 24 non-default brand logo until such new date. Otherwise, the encrypts and reports, respectively, first and second images method branches to step 214, where database server 24 associated with the requested PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa reports an “ok” to client system 14. Client system 14 will then tion. In step 242, the very fine print portions of the requested implement (i.e., display) the brand logo corresponding to the e-PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/or e-coupon in encrypted and reported out to client system 14. Step 244 is an cobrand ID. exit step. 0356. When the method branches to step 216, (a "NO" to 0362 FIG. 17 shows, in greater detail, step 116 of FIG. 4 step 206), database server 24 performs another test to deter (“transmitting to the server system user history informa mine whether client system 14 asked for text corresponding to tion'). Steps 246-264 occur principally on main server sys the cobrand ID. If “YES, then the method branches to step tem 12, more particularly, between handler 22 and database 218, where the textual information is encrypted according to server(s) 24. Prior to step 246, client system 14 sends a a server system encryption strategy, and reported out to client message to database server 24 containing the user history data system 14. Otherwise, step 220 is performed, where image 34. Step 246 marks the beginning of the process used by main data corresponding to the cobrand ID is encrypted (according server system 12 in recording the events contained in the user to a server system encryption strategy), and reported to client history data 34. system 14. The method ends in step 222. 0363. In step 248, the user and server information is 0357 FIG. 15 shows step 122 (“updating advertising extracted from the user history data 34. This information is data') of FIG. 4 in greater detail. In particular, steps 224-232 used in updating the user transaction records associated with illustrate, in accordance with the present disclosure, that the identified user of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information distri advertising text, and images are encrypted to thereby provide bution system 10. The information developed in this process secure transmission to client system 14. It should be under is also used to generate a client Script that are described in stood that for an existing user device, client system 14 can be further detail. In step 250, a test is made to determine whether executing a client Script that includes a list containing needed there is any user and server information in the user history file. advertising impressions. The process outlined in FIG. 15 If the answer to this inquiry is “NONE, then flow of the US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

process proceeds to step 252 where an indicator“NO GOOD tion of the client Script, issues a command via handler 22 to is reported out. Flow of the process then continues to step 254 database server 24 to report all undownloaded advertising where the process exits. On the other hand, if user and server impressions. Database server 24 returns a list of all undown information is successfully extracted from the user history loadedad impressions. In step 276, client system 14, in execu file, flow of the process continues at step 256. In step 256, a tion of the client Script, issues a command via handler 22 to “WHILE DO process structure is established. Method steps database server 24 to report all undeleted PGS-GM-CL/I-SN 256, 260, 262, and 264 are continuously repeated while there information. In step 278, client system 14, in execution of the are new history codes remaining to be read-out and extracted client Script, issues a command via handler 22 to database from the user history data 34. server 24 to determine whether any of the main PGS-GM 0364. In step 260, the next history code is extracted along CL/I-SN information categories have been changed. If the with any arguments pertaining thereto. Flow of the process answer to this inquiry is “YES, then flow of the process then proceeds to step 262, and 264 where the extracted user continues at step 280, wherein the database server 24 reports history codes are decoded. For example, a user history code to client system 14 that a new master category list is needed. designated “F” indicates that PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information Flow then proceeds to step 282. entries should be synchronized, for this user to the date so 0366. If the answer to the inquiry in step 278 is “NO”, then provided as the argument (i.e., to the so-called "sync date'). flow of the process proceeds to step 282. In step 282, client This is shown in block 2649. As another example, a user system 14, in execution of the client Script, issues a command history code “B”, specifies that an advertising impression via handler 22 to database server 24 to report all undown described in the argument should be recorded in a user trans loaded PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. Database server 24 action record. This is shown in block 26413. The ad impres returns a listing of all undownloaded PGS-GM-CL/I-SN Sion, when recorded, can be used thereafter to prepare reports information. In step 284, client system 14, in execution of the for the sponsor of the advertising impression. Other user client Script, issues a command via handler 22 to database history codes involve modification of a user transaction entry. server 24 to report the current official software version. Data For example, the code "N' indicates a positive confirmation base server 24 returns the latest version number. In step 286, by client system 14 that certain PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa database server 24 is requested to record the current time as tion were downloaded Successfully. Accordingly, the user the last user login. Flow of the process then continues to step transaction entry should be edited to so indicate. In this way, 290, which marks the end of the client script execution. positive feedback is provided as to what PGS-GM-CL/I-SN 0367 Referring now to FIGS. 16 and 17, upon initial information have been safely received at the remote client execution of client application software 28, taskbar icon 102 system 14. FIG. 17 specifically identifies thirteen codes, and is created, as illustrated in FIG. 3B. Referring particularly corresponding responses, respectively designated 264. Sub.1- now to FIG. 19, steps 292-298 illustrate the steps that client 264. Sub.13. application software 28 performs when the taskbaricon 102 is 0365. When the last remaining history code has been left double clicked. Step 292 marks the beginning of the extracted and decoded, the “WHILE DO loop at step 256 process that initiates the display of user interface 62. Step 292 fails, and flow of the process proceeds to step 258. In step 258, is performed when it is detected that the user has left-double database server 24 reports an “Okay” message to handler 22. clicked on taskbar icon 102. In step 294, client application Flow of the process then proceeds to an exit step, designated software 28 creates an interface thread, unless user interface step 254. Referring now to FIG. 18, after the user history 62 has already been created by a preexisting interface thread. codes from user history data 34 have been extracted and In step 296, a user interface open dialog message is sent to decoded, a "client script' is built by client system 14 based on interface thread by client application software 28. The result information (e.g., lists) from handler 22 in cooperation with of the execution of steps 294, and 296 results in the display database server 24. The client script provides instructions for shown in FIG. 3A. In step 298, the process that creates user main server system 12 to execute. In step 266, client system interface 62 via an interface thread exits. 14 issues a request to handler 22 to obtain the “user and/or 0368 Referring now particularly to FIG. 20, in step 300, “client' script. The client script is then returned to client main client application software 28 determines (via the OS, system 14. Step 268 show the execution of the client script by for example) when taskbar icon 102 has been right double client system 14, which issues the commands shown in the clicked and enters the process of steps 300-308. steps 268-290. In step 268, client system 14 issues commands In step 302, the “window' in which main user interface 62 via handler 22 to database server 24 to create user transaction would generally be displayed is hidden from the user (i.e., records for any new plugins, main PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor disappears from the display as viewed on display device 40 of mation categories, advertising data, and/or PGS-GM-CL/I- client system 14). In step 304, client application software 28 SN information data received by client system 14 since the sends a user interface-end message to the interface thread last client script was retrieved. In step 270, client system 14 portion of client application software 28. In step 306, client issues commands via handler 22 to database server 24 to application software 28 flushes the history (i.e., any unsaved check existing user transaction records for any deletions. Any user history actions and/or events are encrypted and written to deletions are processed whereby the affected user transaction the user history file). In step 308, client application software record are modified to indicate that the client PGS-GM-CL/ 28 shuts down. This removes client application software 28 I-SN information has been deleted. In step 272, client system from client system 14. 14, in execution of the client Script, issues a command via 0369 FIG. 21 illustrates a portion of the timing loops handler 22 to database server 24 to report all undownloaded executing on main client application software 28. The flow plugins. Database server 24, through handler 22, returns a chart illustrates the operation of three timers: the “load’ timer, message containing a listing of all undownloaded plugins. the "icon' timer, and the “refresh' timer. The steps in FIG.21 This list is processed by client system 14 after the client script can hereafter be referred to as the timing loop thread. Step 310 has been completed. In step 274, client system 14, in execu marks the beginning of the processing for evaluating the US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 36 various timing loops illustrated in FIG. 21. In step 312, a day. If the answer to this inquiry is “YES, then the process decision is made by client application software 28 as to which branches to steps 336, and 338, where expired PGS-GM-CL/ timer is being evaluated. If the “load' timer is being evaluated I-SN information are deleted from the database (memory), in the timing loop thread illustrated in FIG. 21, then flow of the database is saved (file), and the database is thereafter the process continues at step 313. In step 313, the timing loop reloaded into the memory of the client application software thread sends a message to the database thread. In particular, 28. The method proceeds to step 340. the DB DOREQUEST is the event the database thread uses 0372. If the answer to the inquiry in step 332 and/or step to perform the delayed downloading. Client system 14 feeds 334 is “NO” then the method branches to step 340. In step a DB DOREQUEST event to the database thread while there 340, the timing loop thread determines whether client system are any PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, plugins, and/or ad 14 is “online.” It can make this determination based on the impressions remaining to download. In response to this event, response from the “ping thread, invoked in step 330. If the the database thread pops the top download request off the answer to this inquiry is “NO”, then the process branches to download queue and retrieves that item. Flow of the process step 342. In step 342, the next timer interval is set to five then proceeds to step 314, wherein the “load’ timer is reset. minutes (i.e., try again in five minutes to see if the user is Flow of the process then proceeds to step 316, where the “online'). According to an exemplary embodiment, client timing loop thread exits. On the other hand, if the timer being application software 28 will not force the user device to evaluated is the "icon' timer, as determined in step 312, then connect to Internet 16 to refresh client system 14, but will flow of the process proceeds to step 318. In step 318, client simply wait a preselected time (e.g., five minutes) and check application software 28 rotates taskbar icon 102. This is done again to see if the user is connected. only when there are new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/ 0373). Otherwise, if the answer to step 340 is “YES, then or offers available to the user on PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa the process branches to step 344, in which the next timer tion distribution system 10. That is, this is the loop that causes interval is set to the user-selected value (i.e., the one hour, two the taskbar icon 102 to change display states so as to present hour, etc. that the user chooses as the selected refresh inter a “flashing effect to alert the user to the availability of new val). Flow then proceeds from both steps 342 and 344 to step PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information and/or offers. The flow of the 314 where the “refresh' timer is reset. The process exits in process then proceeds through steps 314-316, wherein the step 316. "icon' timer is reset and the timing loop thread is exited. 0374. In FIG. 22, steps 346-350 illustrate the response of 0370 Finally, if the timer being evaluated in the timing client application software 28 when a user "clicks' and/or loop thread is the “refresh timer, as determined in step 312, otherwise selects logo pane 74 of user interface 62 (best then flow of the process proceeds to step 320. In step 320, the shown in FIG. 3A). Step 34.6 marks the beginning of the timing loop determines whether the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor routine. Step 346 is entered when client application software mation database has been created. If the answer is "NO” then 28 (via the OS) detects that the user has "clicked on and/or the process proceeds through steps 314-316, where the otherwise selected a portion of logo pane 74. refresh timer is reset, and the timing loop is exited. On the 0375. In step 348, client application software 28 invokes other hand, if the answer to the inquiry in step 320 is “YES’. an Internet browser registered with the operating system of then flow of the process proceeds to step 322. In step 322, if client system 14 as the default browser and passes thereto a a user has not opened the user interface window containing URL. The Internet browser then connects to a website server user interface 62 (FIG.3A), and, the account is a new account, resource corresponding to the specified URL. This "click” then flow of the process proceeds to step 324, wherein the action, therefore, takes the user to the website of the company “create interface' thread is invoked to create user interface 62 displayed in logo pane 74. Step 350 marks the end of this (best shown in FIG. 3A). The process then proceeds to step routine. 326, wherein a user interface open dialog message is sent to 0376 FIG. 23 shows the response of client application the interface thread, which displays user interface 62 in a software 28 when a user "clicks' on and/or otherwise selects window. Flow then proceeds to step 328. If the answer to the a portion of advertising pane72 (best shown in FIG.3A). Step inquiry in step 322 is “NO”, then flow of the process also 352 marks the beginning of the routine. In step 354, client proceeds to step 328. application Software 28 creates a click-through history record 0371. In step 328, the timing loop determines whether the indicative of the fact that the user has "clicked' and/or other predetermined, number of hours has passed since the last wise selected the advertiser displayed in advertising pane72. refresh event. In accordance with the disclosure, the user can This are included in user history data 34, which will thereafter select, as described above, from a number of different refresh be encrypted and transmitted to main server system 12 for intervals (e.g., one-hour, two-hours, etc.). The value of this processing. parameter is what is being tested in step 328. If the answer to 0377. In step 356, the client application software 28 this inquiry is “YES, then the process branches to step 330, launches an Internet browser registered with the operating where the echo-request/ping-the-net thread is invoked (FIG. system of client system 14, and passes thereto a URL corre 9). If the answer to step 328 is “NO”, then the process sponding to the advertiser displayed in advertising pane 72. branches to step 332. In step 332, the timing loop thread When the Internet browser executes, it connects to a website determines whether the present day is a new calendar day. server resource defined by the URL. In-effect, the foregoing This parameter needs to be tested because some PGS-GM actions take the user to the advertisers website specified in the CL/I-SN information can now be “expired that were not URL. Step 358 marks the end of this routine. “expired on the prior calendar day. If the answer to this 0378 FIG. 24 illustrates a response taken by client appli inquiry is “YES, then the process branches to step 334. In cation software 28 when a user "clicks' on and/or otherwise step 334, the timing loop thread determines whether client selects an item appearing in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information application software 28 has processed the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN subcategory list 68 (best shown in FIG. 3A). Step 360 marks information expirations arising because of the new calendar the beginning of the process. Step 360 is entered when client US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 37 application software 28 (via the OS) determines that an item (0382. If the answer to step 390 is “YES, then the process in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information subcategory list 68 has branches to step 394. In step 394, client application software been “clicked on. In step 362, client application software 28 28 Sets the shown PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information to corre determines whether the selection was a "click” and/or a spond to the item selected in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information “double-click.” Depending on which of these events list 70. The process then proceeds to step 396. In step 396, occurred, client application software 28 will take alternative client application software 28, by way of the interface thread, courses of action. If the action is a single-click, then the displays the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information in PGS-GM method branches to step 364. CL/I-SN information display area 76. The method then pro 0379. In step 364, the local PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa ceeds to step 392, which is an exit step. tion database is locked by client application software 28. The 0383 FIG. 26 illustrates the process carried out by client process proceeds to step 366. In step 366, the selected sub application software 28 when the “Add to Cart” button 78 is category item is retrieved from the local database on client "clicked on and/or otherwise selected by the user. Step 398 system 14. In step 368, the contents of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN is invoked when client application software 28 (VIA the OS) information list 70 is reset by client application software 28 determines that the Add to Cart button has been "clicked' on. according to the contents of the new Subcategory. For The process then proceeds to step 400. In step 400, client example, if the new subcategory pertains to PGS-GM-CL/I- application software 28 performs a test to determine whether SN information, then the new PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa there is PGS-GM-CL/I-SN product or service information tion associated with the new selected Subcategory are dis currently displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information dis played in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information list 70 (best shown play area 76. If the answer to step 400 is “NO”, then the in FIG.3A). In step 370, client application software 28 deter method branches to step 414, which is an exit step. If the mines and/or otherwise selects an advertising impression to answer to step 400 is “YES, then the method branches to step be displayed in advertising pane 72 in accordance with a 402. In step 402, client application software 28 determines predetermined advertising impression selection strategy. In whether the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN product or service informa the illustrated embodiment, the selection criteria includes the tion currently being displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN product identity of the selected PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information sub or service information display area 76 is already in the cart. If category. In step 372, a test is performed by client application the answer to this inquiry is “YES, then the method branches software 28 to determine whether the newly selected adver to step 404. In step 404, client application software 28 causes tising impression is different from the advertising impression a predetermined message to be displayed in message display currently being displayed. If the answer is “YES, then the area 94 advising, for example, the user that the PGS-GM-CL/ process branches to step 374, where the new advertising I-SN productor service information is already in queue of the impression is displayed in advertising pane 72, and an adver cart. This insures that PGS-GM-CL/I-SN product or service tising impression history record is created for inclusion in the information is not added to the shopping cart more times than user history data 34. The method proceeds to step 376, which the user desires. If the user in-fact wishes to make multiple exits the thread shown in FIG. 24. entries of a product or service into the shopping cart, the user can alternatively click on the “add to cart' button to add more 0380. If the answer to step 372 is “NO’, however, then the than one product or service to the shopping cart. The process process branches to step 376, which is an exit step. If the then proceeds to step 414, which is an exit step. action evaluated in step 362 is determined to be a “double click', then the process branches to step 378. “Double click (0384. If the answer to step 402 is “NO”, then the method ing PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information subcategory is a user branches to step 406. In step 406, client application software request to refresh the contents of that Subcategory. In step 28 determines whether the proposed adding to the cart of the 378, client application software 28 creates a refresh history product or service corresponding to the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN event for that subcategory. In step 380, client application information displayed is confirmed as an error by the user. If software 28 sends to the database thread a request to flush the the answer to this step is “YES, then the method branches to current history. The contents of that Subcategory are then step 408. In step 408, an appropriate message is displayed to downloaded (available on display device 40) as if they were the user in message display area 94, advising that the selected new. In step 382, a message is sent to the database thread to do product or service has been removed from the cart. The idle processing. method then proceeds to step 414, which is an exit step. (0385. If the answer to step 406 is “NO”, then the method 0381 FIG.25 illustrates the response by client application branches to step 410. In step 410, the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN software 28 when a user "clicks' on an item from PGS-GM information currently being displayed in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN CL/I-SN information list 70. The process begins in step 384. information display area 76 is used to add a selected product Step 384 is entered when client application software 28 or service to the cart. The method proceeds to step 412, detects that an item in the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information list wherein message display area 94 is cleared, thereby clearing 70 (VIA the OS) has been “clicked on. any pre-existing message displayed therein. The process then In step 386, client application software 28 locks the local proceeds to step 414, which is an exit step. For some PGS PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information database for the interface GM-CL/I-SN information displayed, it is of value to limit the thread. In step 388, client application software 28 obtains number of times a specific user can access the PGS-GM-CL/ from the local PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information database the I-SN information. For example, a particular vendor can wish item corresponding to that selected in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN to limit the number of PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information avail information list 70. In step 390, client application software 28 able to a user to a specific amount. Similarly, for clickable determines whether the item in PGS-GM-CL/I-SN informa links from advertisers (i.e., clickable advertisements), it is tion list 70 that was clicked on was actually “selected.” If the also of value to limit the number of times a specific user can answer to this inquiry is “NO”, then the method branches to click on the advertisement. In response to a click on a click step 392, which is an exit. able advertisement, a user is typically transferred to another US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

website that relates to the information present in the clickable 0390 The access limit for each clickable advertisement advertisement. By being able to limit the number of times a could be stored, for example, in database server 24, and/or in specific user can click on the advertisement, the advertiser can a secure area of client system 14. In addition, for each click be more certain that the click on the advertisement was a true able advertisement, a counter can be maintained in the data access and/or intended click by a particular user. base server 24 for each DeviceID data 30. The counter counts 0386 Limiting the clicking of clickable advertisements is the number of times a particular DeviceID data 30 has clicked particularly useful to avoid click fraud. Click fraud can occur, on the associated clickable advertisement. for example, in pay per click online advertising when a per 0391 The method for controlling access to PGS-GM-CL/ son, automated Script, and/or computer program imitates a I-SN information can include assigning an identifier (e.g., legitimate user of a web browser clicking on an ad for the DeviceID data 30) to a client computer and receiving a purpose of generating a charge per click without having request from client application Software 28 operating on the actual interest in the target of the ads link. Pay per click client computer to view PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information advertising is an arrangement in which webmasters (opera image data for the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information. The tors of web sites), acting as publishers, display clickable method can also include displaying the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN advertisements from advertisers, in exchange for a charge per information image data on the client computer and receiving click. By limiting the number of times a particular client a request to access the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information from system 14 can click on a clickable advertisement to a set client application software 28. The request can include the amount, e.g., three, the ability to commit click fraud is sig identifier assigned to the client computer. The method can nificantly reduced. Moreover, if an advertiser can control the also include determining an access limit for the PGS-GM number of clicks to a clickable advertisement from a particu CL/I-SN information. The access limit being a number of lar client system 14, the advertiser is more likely to increase times that the client computer is permitted to access the PGS the amount it will pay for each unique click of the clickable GM-CL/I-SN information. The method can also include advertisement. To promote control over the clicking on of determining the number of times the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN clickable advertisements, each clickable advertisement can information has been accessed based on the identifier and include an access limit, which defines the number of times controlling access to the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information any client system can click on the clickable advertisement. based on the number of times the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN infor For example, if the access limit for a clickable advertisement mation has been accessed and the access limit. is three, then client application software 28 of a particular 0392 The method can further include transmitting the client system 14 would only be able to click on that clickable PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information to the client computer based advertisement three times. In an exemplary embodiment, cli on the controlling step. The method can also include trans ent application Software 28 can be configured to allow access ferring the user to a website corresponding to the PGS-GM to the advertisement but not increment the count for revenue CL/I-SN information in response to a request for more infor generation purposes (e.g., search engine revenue, etc.). mation from the client computer. The method can also include 0387. The system for displaying an advertisement from an incrementing a counter associated with the PGS-GM-CL/I- advertisement database on a client computer on a network can SN information in response to the request wherein the counter include processing circuit 502 configured to receive a display corresponding to the number of times the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN request for an advertisement and to provide access to display information has been accessed. The method can also include the advertisement. Processing circuit 502 can be further con transmitting the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information access figured to determine a revenue counting display limit and a report to a remote device. The method can further include that number of times the advertisement has been displayed. Pro the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information image data comprises a cessing circuit 502 can also be configured to increment a thumbnail image and an overlay information. revenue account and/or revenue counter based on a compari 0393. It should be noted that access can include transmit son of the number of times the advertisement has been dis ting data to a print queue, transmitting databased on clicking played to the revenue counting display limit. on and/or any other method of activating a hyper link, initi 0388. The system for displaying an advertisement from an ating a search (e.g., an internet search engine, an intranet advertisement database on a client computer on a network can search engine, a local computing device search, and/or any also not increment the revenue account if the number of times other search known to a person skilled in the art), displaying the advertisement has been displayed exceeds the revenue data, receiving data, transmitting data and/or any combina counting display limit. The system for displaying an adver tion thereof. Access as used herein can refer to any of a tisement from an advertisement database on a client computer number of ways that client system 14 can be configured to on a network can also increment the revenue account if the provide access to the user, in various alternative embodi number of times the advertisement has been displayed does ments. It should also be noted that access limit can include not exceed the revenue counting display limit. number of times client system 14 can print an advertisement, 0389. The system for displaying an advertisement from an number of times client system 14 can send an advertisement advertisement database on a client computer on a network can to a print queue, number of times client system 14 can be also include processing circuit 502 and/or components allowed to display an advertisement, the number of times thereof being configured to be partially operated on main client system 14 can be allowed to clickthorough a clickable server system 12. Processing circuit 502 and/or components link to display an advertisement, the number of times client thereof can also be configured to be partially operated on system 14 can be allowed to download an advertisement from client system 14 and/or client computing device. The system the advertisement server, the number of times a user can click for displaying an advertisement from an advertisement data on a link which is a result of a search performed on an internet base on a client computer on a network can also include the search engine, and/or any other way client system 14 can be revenue counting display limit being stored on main server allowed to access an advertisement. The access limit can be system 12. limits on other user accesses to advertisement. Accordingly, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 39 providing access, limiting access, and/or requesting access as clicked on, and based on that signal the server increments the used herein can refer to steps relating to any of the above applicable counter in database server 24. The signal can mentioned types of access. include information identifying the clickable advertisement, 0394 FIGS. 27A and 27B are flow diagrams of processes as well as DeviceID data 30 of client system 14. Accordingly, for controlling the number of clicks to a clickable advertise each time a clickable advertisement is clicked on, the counter ment. As shown in FIG. 27A, in step 420, a request is received associated with the clickable advertisement is incremented, from client application software 28 of a particular client sys and once the count in the counter reaches the access limit, the tem 14 to view clickable advertisements. The request prefer user at that client system 14 is no longer permitted to click on ably includes DeviceID data 30, which is a unique identifier that clickable advertisement. It should be noted that client assigned to the client system 14 that uniquely identifies client system 14 can be a client computer. system 14 making the request. The request can be made in 0398. The method for controlling access to advertisement response to linking and/or accessing a particular website and/ in a network can include assigning an identifier to a client or by Submitting the request through user interface 62. computer and receiving a request from client application 0395. In step 422, an access limit is identified for each of Software 28 operating on the client computer to access the the clickable advertisements that are responsive to the advertisement. The request can include the identifier assigned received request. Based on the received request, main server to the client computer. The advertisement can have an access system 12 can identify an appropriate handler 22 and data limit. The method can also include determining the number of base server 24 for servicing the request. Handler 22 accesses times that the advertisement has been accessed by the client database server 24, which can includes a list of available computer based on the identifier. The method can further clickable advertisements, to identify the clickable advertise include comparing the number of times the advertisement has ments (including PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information) responsive been accessed to the access limit and providing the client to the request and to identify the access limits associated with computer with access to the advertisement based on the com those clickable advertisements. parison. The method can also include sending to the client In step 424, for each of the clickable advertisements respon computer the advertisement if the access limit has not been sive to the request, it is determined how many times each exceeded. The method can further include transferring the clickable advertisement has been clicked on by client appli user to a website corresponding to the advertisement if the cation software 28 and/or client system 14 based on the asso access limit has not been exceeded. The method can further ciated DeviceID data 30. This information can be determined include refusing access for the client computer to the adver by checking the values of the counters held in database server tisement if the access limit has been met and/or exceeded. The 24 for each clickable advertisement corresponding to Devi method can also include sending to the client computer a celD data 30 provided in the request. message indicating that access has been refused. The method 0396. In step 426, clickable advertisements are made can also include incrementing the access counter based on available to the requesting client system 14 that have been receiving the request from the client application operating on accessed (i.e., clicked on) by client system 14 fewer times the client computer to access the advertisement. The method than the access limit. To determine if a clickable advertise can further include transmitting an advertisement access ment should be made available, main server system 12 com report to a remote server. The method can further include the pares the identified access limit to the determined number of identifier being assigned to the client computer by the client accesses set in the corresponding counter. If the access limit is application. The method can also include that the identifier greater than the determined number of accesses set in the being assigned to the client computer is not one of a DeviceID corresponding counter, then the clickable advertisement is data 30 and/or an interne protocol address. The method can made available to the requesting client system 14. On the also include encrypting the advertisement at a server to gen other hand, if the access limit is equal to (or less than) the erate a first encrypted advertisement and further encrypting determined number of accesses set in the corresponding the first encrypted advertisement at the client computer to counter, then the clickable advertisement is not made avail generate a second encrypted advertisement. able to the requesting client system 14. The clickable adver 0399. The system for monitoring access to an advertise tisements made available to the client system 14 can be ment can include processing circuit configured to determine viewed, for example, in advertising pane 72 and/or logo pane an advertisement access limit and the number of times the 74. Each of the clickable advertisements made available to advertisement has been accessed, according to an exemplary client system 14 can be accessed, i.e., clicked on, by the user embodiment. The system can further include processing cir at client system 14. cuit being configured to be partially operated on a server, 0397. In step 428, in addition to making the clickable according to an exemplary embodiment. The system can also advertisement available to be clicked on by the user at client include processing circuit being configured to be partially system 14, if the clickable advertisement is PGS-GM-CL/I- operated on a client computing device, according to an exem SN information, then the user is permitted to print PGS-GM plary embodiment. The system can further include processing CL/I-SN information as well. To print PGS-GM-CL/I-SN circuit being configured to receive a request to access an information, the user can select the “Print Now' button 80, advertisement, according to an exemplary embodiment. The which prints the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information currently request can include an identifier assigned to the computing being viewed on printer 46. In step 430, in response to the device, according to an exemplary embodiment. Processing click of the clickable advertisement, the counter associated circuit can determine the number of times that the advertise with that clickable advertisement and corresponding to Devi ment has been accessed by the computing device based on the celD data 30 of client application software 28 and/or client identifier, according to an exemplary embodiment. Process system 14 is incremented. More specifically, client applica ing circuit can generate a comparison based on an access tion software 28 can generate a signal to main server system counter module? circuit data and an access limit module?cir 12 indicating that the clickable advertisement has been cuit data, according to an exemplary embodiment. Processing US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 40 circuit can transmits an access control signal based on the information, for example, by selecting the “Print Now' but comparison, according to an exemplary embodiment. The ton 80, which prints the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information cur system can also include processing circuit determining that rently being viewed on printer 46. the access limit has not been exceeded based on the compari 0402. In step 444, in response to the click of a clickable son and transmits the advertisement to the computing device, advertisement, the counter associated with that clickable according to an exemplary embodiment. The system can fur advertisement and corresponding to DeviceID data 30 of ther include the user being transferred to a website corre client application software 28 and/or client system 14 is incre sponding to the advertisement based on a request for more mented. More specifically, client application software 28 can information, according to an exemplary embodiment. The generate a signal to main server system 12 indicating that the system can also include processing circuit determining that accessed clickable advertisement has been clicked on, and the access limit has been exceeded and the advertisement is based on that signal main server system 12 increments the not sent to the computing device, according to an exemplary applicable counter in database server 24. The signal can embodiment. include information identifying the clickable advertisement, 0400 FIG. 27B illustrates a process similar to the one in as well as DeviceID data 30 of client system 14. Accordingly, FIG. 27A. Like the process of FIG. 27A, in step 432 of FIG. each time a clickable advertisement is clicked on and 27B, a request is received from the client application software accessed, the counter associated with the clickable advertise 28 to view clickable advertisements, the request including ment is incremented, and once the count in the counter DeviceID data 30 that uniquely identifies client system 14 reaches the access limit, no user at that client system 14 is making the request. However, instead of checking the access permitted to click on and access that clickable advertisement. limit of responsive clickable advertisements, all clickable 0403. The method for controlling access to a clickable advertisements that are responsive to the request are made advertisement in a network includes assigning a computer available to the requesting client system 14 in step 434. To identifier to a client computer and receiving a request from determine which clickable advertisements are responsive, client application software 28 operating on the client com main server system 12 can identify an appropriate handler 22 puter to access the clickable advertisement. The request and database server 24 for servicing the request. Handler 22 includes the computer identifier assigned to the client com can access database server 24 to identify the clickable adver puter. The clickable advertisement having an access limit. tisements responsive to the request. The user at client system The access limit being the number of times that the client 14 can try to click on any of the clickable advertisement made computer is permitted to access the clickable advertisement. available to client system 14. In step 436, in response to The method can include determining the number of times that clicking on a selected clickable advertisement, a request is the clickable advertisement has been accessed by the client received by main server system 12 for access to that clickable computer based on the computer identifier. The method also advertisement. The request can include information identify can include comparing the number of times the clickable ing the selected clickable advertisement, as well as DeviceID advertisement has been accessed to the access limit. The data 30 of the requesting client system 14. In step 438, in method can include providing the client computer with access response to the received request, an access limit is identified to the clickable advertisement based on the comparison and for the selected clickable advertisement. More particularly, storing the comparison. The method can further include send main server system 12 can identify an appropriate handler 22 ing to the client computer the clickable advertisement based to access database server 24 and identify the access limits on the comparison because the comparison determined that associated with the selected clickable advertisement. In step the access limit has not been exceeded. 440, it is determined how many times the selected clickable 04.04 The method can further include transferring the user advertisement has been clicked on by client application soft to a website corresponding to the clickable advertisement ware 28 and/or client system 14 based on the associated based on the comparison because the comparison determined DeviceID data 30. This information can be determined by that the access limit has not been exceeded. The method can checking the values of the counter held in database server 24 further include refusing access for the client computer to the for the selected clickable advertisement corresponding to clickable advertisement based on the comparison because the DeviceID data 30 provided in the request. comparison determined that the access limit has been 04.01. In step 442, the user is permitted to click on and exceeded. The method can also include sending a message to access the selected clickable advertisement if it is determined the client computer indicating that access has been refused. that the clickable advertisement has been accessed by client The method can further include incrementing an access system 14 fewer times than the access limit. To determine if a counterbased on receiving the request from client application clickable advertisement should be made available, main Software 28 operating on the client computer to access the server system 12 compares the identified access limit to the clickable advertisement. The method can further include determined number of accesses (i.e., clicks) set in the corre transmitting a clickable advertisement access report. sponding counter. If the access limit is greater than the deter 04.05 Referring to FIG. 28, a flow diagram 600 of the mined number of accesses set in the corresponding counter, process for controlling clicks to a clickable advertisement is then the user is permitted to click on and access the clickable shown, according to an exemplary embodiment. In step 602, advertisement at the requesting client system 14. On the other the system loads an offers list onto the client device, a server, hand, if the access limit is equal to (or less than) the deter and/or another computing device. An offers list is a set of mined number of accesses set in the corresponding counter, advertisements, PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, websites, then the user is not permitted to click on and access the and/or any other offers. In step 604, the system detects the cart clickable advertisement at client system 14. If permitted to control of the client device, server, and/or another computing click on and access the clickable advertisement, and the click device. In step 606, the system determines whether the cart able advertisement is PGS-GM-CL/I-SN information, then manager are installed. If the cart manager are installed, then the user can print or add to a cart the PGS-GM-CL/I-SN the process moves to step 608. In step 608, the system installs US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

the cart manager and receives DeviceID data 30 and save it on Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions client device, server, and/or another computing device. After or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or installing cart manager and receiving DeviceID data 30 (step services, including without limitation, such items as service 608), the process moves to step 612. If the print manager will providers, business centers and affiliates for related company not be installed, then the process moves to step 610. In step information, media and entertainment, sports, personal & 610, the system determines whether the cart manager is financial network, travel & hospitality services, real estate, already installed. If the cart manager is not already installed, educational services, ancillary services, penny auctions or the process moves to step 614. In step 614, the system online auctions, advertisements, service providers, Social net receives DeviceID data 30 and saves it on client device, working, Social networking communities, social plugins, pro server, and/or another computing device. In step 616, the motions, social applications, entertainment shopping, penny system receives the offering lists, limits per DeviceID data 30 auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate and click limits per DeviceID data 30. If the cart manager is advertising or services, social networking, Social networking already installed, the process moves to step 612. In step 612, communities, online communications, messaging, user pro the system receives the offering lists per DeviceID data 30 files, viewing public & private user profiles, online dating, and click limits per DeviceID data 30. In step 618, the system gaming, retail stores, virtual communities and virtual goods determines whether the device limit has been reached. If the and information about microloans or microcredit, humanitar device limit has been reached, then in step 620 the system ian aid and Support other worldly causes through charitable disables access to the data requested by that device. If the donations or Sustainable gifts to those in need (collectively device limit has not been reached, then the process moves to “Products, Goods & Services') from around the world and/or step 622. In step 622, the system determines whether the showcases them in their actual, physical location on the web campaign limit has been reached. A campaign limit can be a sites live view of Earth in combination with social networking promotional limit, a budget limit, a sales limit and/or any and/or socially conscious information and/or activities. The other limit placed on the advertisement. If the campaign limit present invention addresses problems and/or shortcomings of has been reached, then the system in step 626 disables access online products, goods or services, which should also provide to the data for all devices. If the system determines that the Socially conscious information about the companies that Sup campaign limit has not been reached, then the system in step ply the coupons so that consumers can see where the compa 624 registers the access to the data. nies and/or stores are located and can find out information 0406 Referring to FIG. 29, illustrations of a screen dis about the companies, communities they are located in, what play defining an interface associated with a client system interaction and help they provide to communities and/or other portion are shown, according to exemplary embodiments, economic and/or socially responsible activities, and to asso e.g., as Social Earth. FIG. 29 is similar to FIGS. 3A and 3B ciate the geographical and other geospatially available infor with the added feature of being able to utilize a pull down mation connecting also by the use of integrated Social media, menus 652, 654, 656, and 658 to retrieve PGS-GM-CL/I-SN which combination is not current provided and/or available. information data. It is to be understood that the above descrip 04.09. As users and members and/or subscribers of the tion is merely exemplary rather than limiting in nature, the website, (e.g., “Social Shoppers') shop the world for bar disclosure being limited only by the appended claims. Vari gains, they can view promotions, online coupons, mobile ous modifications and changes can be made thereto by one of services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop ordinary skill in the art, which embody the principles of the ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and disclosure and fall within the spirit and scope thereof. For affiliate advertising or services for Such items as e.g., but not example, one and/or more steps described herein as being limited to, family fun, spoils, restaurants, events and/or hun performed by client system 14 and/or main server system 12 dreds of top consumer packaged goods brand/brandors for, can be performed by the other of client system 14 and/or main e.g., but not limited to, groceries, apparel, beverages, books & server system 12, and/or by both. magazines, foods, health care, household, office, personal 04.07 For example, a thin client can be operable on client care, pet care, photography and/or the like. Such users and system 14 to interface with main server system 12. A thin members and/or subscribers (e.g., “Social Shoppers”) can client is a client computer and/or client Software in client find great promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod server architecture networks, which depends primarily on the ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc central server for processing activities, and mainly focuses on tions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate adver conveying input and output between the user and the remote tising or services from merchants and sellers from around the server. In contrast, a thick and/or fat client does as much world in the leading travel & hospitality industry, restaurants, processing as possible and passes only data for communica toy and/or entertainment companies and/or top retailers tions and storage to the server. Many thin client devices run around the world. The delivery system for a host geospatial only web browsers and/or remote desktop software, meaning website can provide for a multidimensional representation of that all significant processing occurs on the server. information and/or scalable version of web content for an 0408. The present invention provides in one aspecta deliv infrastructure and global platform that provides users and ery system for a geospatial website for a multidimensional members and businesses of all types and sizes with access to representation of information and/or scalable versions of web broad markets and connect buyers and sellers and to reach content for the delivery of Products, Goods & Services com people at the point of shopping through GPS technology—a bined with /Geospatial Mapping/Company-Local Informa benefit both to shoppers and merchants and delivery of pro tion/Social Networking/Communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I- motions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & SN”) on a three dimensional geospatial platform using Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online geospatial mapping technology. One example of an aspect of auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services the invention is a geospatial website that aggregates, inter from merchants and sellers from around the world on a three alia, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 42 technology. A host geospatial website can include realistic many content layers of web based information, c-commerce virtual landscape using satellite and/or aerial photography and mobile banking links, social networking and/or virtual that can include many content layers of web based informa advertisements for a richer user experience. tion, e-commerce and mobile banking links, social network 0411. A host geospatial website shall store images, web ing, Social networking communities, social plugins, promo based content, Social data, Social networking, Social network tions, social applications and/or advertisements for a richer ing communities, promotions, social applications, user pro user experience. A host website shall store images, web files, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles and based content, Social data and/or share live Social feeds from live social feeds from social networks such as FacebookTM Social networks and/or other communications in real-time. and Twitter M. Social plugins, social applications, advertise Connecting promotions, online coupons, mobile services ments and/or other communications based upon a desired Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny location in real-time. Connecting promotions, online cou auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter advertising or services from merchants and sellers from tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver around the world with a highly-engaged social networking tisements and affiliate advertising or services with merchants community of Savvy Social Shoppers based upon a desired and sellers from around the world with Social Shoppers based location in real-time on a geographical area across multiple upon a desired location in real-time on a geographical area Social layers that are displayed as graphic animated color across multiple Social layers that are displayed as graphic overlays on a three dimensional geospatial platform using animated color overlays on a three dimensional geospatial geospatial mapping technology. The invention can also pro platform using geospatial mapping technology. More specifi vide mobile payment method and/or system for effectuating cally, it relates to a method for users and members known as an online payment through a mobile device to complete an “Social Shoppers' to effectuate banking and/or electronic e-commerce and mobile banking transaction on a three payments; accessing a user account, engaging in mobile dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping Social networking, social networking communities, social technology. networking activities and/or viewing user profiles, sending 0410 The invention can further provide in one aspect messages, online communications, viewing public & private geospatial website aggregates promotions, online coupons, user profiles and other available options via a three dimen mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment Sional geospatial mapping platform using geospatial map shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements ping technology. and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell 0412. The foregoing description of exemplary embodi ers from around the world and/or showcases them in their ments of the disclosure has been presented for purposes of actual, physical location on the websites unique live view of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive Earth. As users and members and/or subscribers shop the and/or to limit the disclosure to the precise form disclosed, world for bargains, they can view online promotions, online and modifications and variations are possible in light of the coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter above teachings and/or can be acquired from practice of the tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver disclosure. The embodiments (which can be practiced sepa tisements and affiliate advertising or services for Such items rately and/or in combination) were chosen and described in as family fun, sports, restaurants, events and/or hundreds of order to explain the principles of the disclosure and as a top consumer packaged goods brand/brandors for groceries, practical application to enable one skilled in the art to make apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, health care, and use the disclosure in various embodiments and with vari household, office, personal care, pet care, photography and/or ous modifications Suited to the particular uses contemplated. more Social Shoppers can to find great product, goods or It is intended that the scope of the disclosure is not limited to services deals from leading travel & hospitality, restaurant, the disclosure herein, but covers any embodiment expressed toy and/or entertainment companies and/or top retailers to one of ordinary skill in the relevant arts in combination with around the world. Social Shoppers can to use “a mobile what is known in the art, and their equivalents. device payment method and/or system for effectuating an 0413. A geographic information system (GIS) (also called online payment through a computer or mobile device geographic mapping and/or “GM) is a computer technology equipped carrier and/or a mobile device equipped bank using that provides an analytical framework for managing and inte a mobile users and members device in connection with grating data, Solving problems, and/or understanding past, e-commerce and mobile banking transactions on the host present, and/or future situations. A GIS can link information geospatial website via a computer or mobile device (e.g., and/or attributes to location data (hereinafter referred to as a mobile telephone, PDA, laptop computer, etc.); wherein users “feature'), for example, people to addresses, buildings to and members create and/or maintain a rich-media application parcels, and/or streets within a network. GIS and/or GM can via a geospatial mapping platform via the Internet compris further layer such information to present a better and/or ing: mobile banking and/or electronic payments. The delivery clearer understanding of how many different variables inter system for a host geospatial website can provide for a multi relate and/or work together. Layers can be in the form of dimensional representation of information and/or sealable colored and/or textured overlays, graphics, icons, graphs, version of web content for the delivery of promotions, online and/or other visual indicators of data in context with a geo coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter graphic location associated with the data. tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver 0414. A GIS and/or GM is most often associated with tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants maps formed within a framework of a common coordinate and sellers from around the world on a three dimensional system, such as the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. A Reference locations within the framework can be specified by host geospatial website can include realistic virtual landscape and/or translated to and/or from locations defined within a using satellite and/or aerial photography that can include common coordinate system, so as to allow integration of US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

disparate data and functionality with a geospatial browser. A decide where officers should be assigned. GM and/or GIS can map, however, is only one way a user can work with geo also be used to map conditions before and after an action graphic data in a GIS and/or GM and is only one type of and/or event to see the impact. For example, a retail analyst output generated by a GIS and/or GM. Furthermore, a GIS might map the change in store sales before and after a regional and/or GM can provide many more problem-solving capa ad campaign to see where the ads were most effective. bilities than using a simple mapping program and/or adding 0419 AGM and/or GIS can be implemented in a geospa data to an online mapping tool (e.g., in a “mash-up'). tial decision management system (GDMS) 100, shown in 0415 Generally, a GIS and/or GM can be viewed in at FIG. 30 to provide the geo-processing power and infrastruc least three ways, (1) as a database; (2) as a map; and/or (3) as ture to process the data and render geo-visualizations of the a model. As a database, a GIS provides a unique kind of data in a user interface. The GDMS 100 of FIG. 30 can be database relating to the Earth and/or other mapped region, implemented in a combination of a server computer system Such as a geographic database and/or geo-database. Funda 102, one and/or more client computer systems 104, and vari mentally, a GM is based on a structured database that ous data sources 106, 108, and 110. GDMS data can be saved describes the mapped region in geographic terms. GM maps in the GDMS server system 102 and/or in a datastore 106, can be either two and/or three dimensional in presentation. 108, and 110 at a local and/or remote location. The data GM maps are generally constructed of “tiles' that are unit sources 106 and 108 are depicted as local to the server system areas of a geographic region. Tiles can be identified in the 102, whereas the data source 110 is depicted as coupled database by coordinate boundaries and/or individual refer remotely to the server system 102 via a communications ence identifications allocated to each tile. The number of tiles network 112. GDMS data can also be cached in a proxy covering a particular geographic region will vary depending SeVe. upon the resolution of the map requested; a high resolution 0420. The client system 104 can be coupled remotely to map (e.g., 1 m) of a geographic area will have substantially the server system 102 via a communication network 114 (or more tiles thana lower resolution map of the same area. Maps alternatively, the same communications network 112), combining the underlying geographic information with over although a local connection between the client system 104 lays of associated data can be constructed and used as “win and the server system 102 can be employed. It should be dows into the database' to Support queries, analysis, and understood that multiple client systems can be coupled with editing of the information in a process called "geo-visualiza the server system 102 concurrently. It should also be under tion.” As a model, a GM is a set of information transformation stood that the client system 104 and server system 102 can be and/or "geo-processing tools that derive new geographic implemented in an integrated system. The network connec datasets from existing datasets. This geo-processing func tion 114. Such as an Internet connection, can be used by tionality can take information from existing datasets, apply GDMS client systems 104 to access the data (e.g., data defin analytic functions, and write results into new derived datasets ing layers and/or providing financial information, chemical that show features and feature relationships with the mapped concentrations, test results, project State reports, etc.) at the region and present the results to a user. remote data sources 106, 108, 110, directly and/or through an 0416 A GM allows mapping of locations and things and intermediate computing system (e.g., a proxy server and/or identification of places with requested features. GIS mapping GDMS server). can provide information about individual feature and/or 0421. The client computer 104 can be coupled to an inter presenta distribution of features on a map to identify patterns. mediate server, such as a proxy server 118. The proxy server GM and/or GIS mapping can be based upon and/or filtered by 118 can be positioned between the client computer 104 and quantities, for example, locations of most and least of a fea the server system 102. The proxy server 118 intercepts all ture. GM and/or GIS mapping can also find and establish requests to the server system 102 to see if it can fulfill the relationships between places, features, conditions, and/or requests itself with cached data from prior requests. If not, the events and determine where certain criteria are met and/or not proxy server 118 forwards the request to the server system met. GM and/or GIS mapping can also present densities to 102 to be fulfilled. The proxy server 204 can also be coupled view concentrations. A density map allows measurement of a to the communications network 114 and accessed by the number of features using a uniform area unit, such as acres client computer 104 and the server system 102 via the net and/or square miles, to clearly present the distribution. This work 114. Firewalls 116 can also be implemented between functionality provides an additional level of information the server system 102 and the client computer 104 and the beyond simply mapping the locations of features. network 114 for an added layer of security. 0417 GM and/or GIS can also be used to depict events 0422 The connection can be established as a secure con occurring within and/or nearby an area. For example, a dis nection between the client system 104 and the server 102 trict attorney might monitor drug-related arrests to find out if and/or the remote data sources 106, 108 and 110. The secure an arrest is within 1,000 feet of a school; if so, stiffer penalties connection can be accomplished by a variety of different can apply. GM and/or GIS can be used to determine items methods including, but not limited to, authentication codes within a set distance of a feature by mapping an area within a and passwords, secure user management tools, firewalls, user range of the feature. GM and/or GIS can also be used to map authentication, secure user management tools, user pathway the change in an area to anticipate future conditions, decide mapping and/or encryption, etc. In another example, the on a course of action, and/or to evaluate the results of an server system 102 can include an administrative website that action and/or policy. By mapping where and how things move can allow authorized users and members to manipulate and over a period of time, insight into trends and/or behaviors can assign user rights (e.g., an administrative tier). The server be gained. system 102 can also include a security feature, for example, 0418 GM and/or GIS can be used to map changes to an access control module 136 to establish, control, and moni anticipate future needs. For example, a police chief might tor access by client computers 104 to certain data stored study how crime patterns change from month to month to help within and/or accessible within the GDMS 100. Access con US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 44 trol can be governed by an administrator and/or it can be an a location that is accessible through the tools in the browser. automated function of the access control module 136 based These locations can be the same location and/or distinct loca upon attributes of the data requested and permissions held by tions. the user as further described below. 0426 FIG. 31 further illustrates an example of a GDMS 200 for accessing specific data and/or information within a 0423. The server system 102 can represent one and/or database based on the association of the information with more hardware and Software servers providing multiple geospatial coordinates. Again, the GDMS 200 can be imple server functions. In addition, one and/or more of the server mented by a GM and/or GIS server system 202 in communi system 102, the client system 104, and the databases 106, 108 cation with a GM and/or GIS client computer 204 over a and 110 can forman N-tier system. The server system 102 can communication network 208, e.g., the Internet. The GM and/ also include a web server application Subsystem, whereby or GIS client computer 204 can be used to access information World Wide Web-enabled applications can provide various in a decision management datastore (DMD) 206 connected aspects of functionality of the GDMS 100. For example, the with the GM and/or GIS server system 202. The communi server system 102 can provide a website where content cre cation network 208 ideally provides the GM and/or GIS client ators and/or generators can upload geospatially-related data computer 204 with high-speed access to indexed data on the that can be transformed into features referenced to locations DMD 206. within a map of the GDMS 100 for access through the client 0427. The GM and/or GIS server system 202 can also system 104 connected to the GDMS100 for geo-visualization include a security feature, for example, an access control of the information. In an alternative implementation, the cli module 222 to establish, control, and monitor access by GM ent system 104 can be implemented as a “thick' client and and/or GIS client computers 204 to certain data stored within execute client-installed software for some and/or all of the and/or accessible via the DMD 206. Access control can be functionality of the GDMS 100. governed by an administrator and/or it can be an automated 0424. A monitor 120, coupled to the client system 104, function based upon attributes of the data requested and per presents a GDMS interface 122 constructed from data and missions held by the user as further described below functionality received through the server system 102. When a 0428. The data retrieved from the DMD 206 can be pre user is working within a GDMS 100, S/he is said to be in a sented in a user interface 210, 216, 222, 224 (of which four GDMS session. The GDMS interface 122 can be generated exemplary configurations are presented in FIG.31 at the GM by a GDMS application executing on the client system 104 and/or GIS client computer 204. A feature presented in the and/or alternatively through a server-executed GDMS appli user interface 210 (e.g., a geospatial coordinate and/or geo cation that provides the interface components over the net graphic location) on the client computer 204 can be used to work to a dumb terminal and/or a browser application running access information indexed by features using the DMD 206. on the client system 104. The GDMS interface 122 can be a 0429. The GM and/or GIS client computer 204 can access geospatial browser window including a map 124 (e.g., a globe the indexed data in the DMD 206 by using applications and/or in this illustration), a geo-visualization of data as a layer 126 plug-ins, such as technical interfaces 210, 216 and manage and individual features 128 on the map 124, a layer manager ment interfaces 222, 224. The technical interfaces 210, 216 130 for selecting data and other features from the databases can be used to access technical data associated with particular 106, 108, 110. The GDMS view can also include tool palettes features. In exemplary implementations such technical data 132 and 134, which can be distinct features of the browser might be biochemical, geochemical, hydro-geological, and/ interface, browser plug-ins, and/or separate utilities and/or or other physical data on analytes. The management inter applications. faces 118, 120 can be used to access business management 0425. In one implementation, the GDMS interface 122 data. In exemplary implementations such management data can be in the form of a geospatial browser window and one might be business and organizational documents and data and/or more geospatially-referenced tools. Access to the data associated with particular features. Several examples of the and/or functionality is provided by geospatially-referenced use of such tools to interface with the DMD 206 and extract tools (e.g., tool palettes 132 and 134) that are associated with the data are presented below. and triggered in relation to a specific location in a common 0430. As shown in the first technical interface 210 in FIG. coordinate system (e.g., WGS84 and/or some other shared 31, if the GM and/or GIS client computer 204 requests infor coordinate system) shared by the tools and the geospatial mation about a particular feature, such as a ground water well browser. For example, a tool can provide chemical analysis located near an airport 212, the GM and/or GIS client com results pertaining to Soil samples taken from the location over puter 204 can select the feature 214, i.e., the ground water time. In another example, a tool can retrieve and analyze well, to receive information related to that feature 214. The financial data pertaining to a construction project on a speci first technical interface 210 can include a concentric area data fied region on the map (e.g., a location). The data available to tool that can provide technical data related to the ground Such tools is provided from a variety of data sources and water well feature 214, for example, latitude and longitude, associated with each location within the common coordinate physical inspection data, water level information, and water system of the GDMS system 100, such as through specified contamination information, in a the form of information win coordinates (e.g., longitude and latitude), other geographic dows and visual geographic information overlays on a base constraints, and/or organizational constraints (e.g., a project location map. In an alternate implementation shown in the identifier of a project having a specific geographic location second technical interface 216, technical data concerning an and/or constraint, a feature identifier of a feature having a area of land 220 around, adjacent, and/or near the airport 218 specific geographic location and/or constraint, etc.). In this at the location of the feature 214, for example, landscaping, manner, the user can view a location through the geospatial slope, Soil composition, and/or grading information can be browser and access data and/or functionality associated with presented. US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

In a further implementation shown in a first management ciated with a particular geographic coordinate, e.g., Products, interface 222, a contract management concentric data tool can Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Company/Local provide management data based upon the selected feature Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/L-SN) infor 214, for example, information on construction and/or work in mation. More specifically, a GDMS 100 user (or GM and/or progress, Zoning and/or easement information, and/or infor GIS client) can select a specific location and/or feature on a mation on any contracts applicable to the feature 214. In a map and be directed to Products, Goods & Services-Geo further implementation shown in a second management inter graphic Mapping-Company/Local Information-Social Net face 224, a finance management concentric data tool 120 can working (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) information, e.g., informa also provide management data relating to financial informa tion and/or documents, as well as entire sets of information tion applying to the feature 214 selected, for example, costs of and/or documents themselves associated with a promotion, past repairs and/or current maintenance fees. In some imple online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods or Ser mentations the management interfaces 222, 224 can further vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc comprise a real-time link to a video camera providing a view tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services, of the selected feature 214 and any construction and/or activ service providers, business centers and affiliates for related ity occurring at the selected feature 214. company and/or local information, including socially con 0431. The GDMS shown in FIGS. 32 and 33 is an inno scious information, which contain data and/or information vative, GM and/or GIS-based management decision support relevant to that specific feature and/or location selected. tool that optimizes the geo-processing and geo-visualization Said another way, specific relevant data can be provided to a of available GM and/or GIS data, for example, natural user based upon the feature selected, not just based upon a resources, building resources, time-management resources, traditional search query. Thus, GDMS 100 links and/or ties a personnel resources, financial resources, and information feature, and/or specific geographic location, to an indexed resources, and others. The GDMS can enable a GM and/or database of data. Examples of documents that can have a GIS client to easily visualize and interpret large, multifaceted, geospatial associated, but are not amenable to layered geo and complex information sets in order to make comparative visualization can include one and/or more components of analyses of alternatives, identify potential liabilities and Products, Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Com opportunities, and optimize program strategies. pany/Local Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/ 0432. The GDMS provides full convergence, and/or inte L&SC-SN) information, e.g., but not limited to, promotions, gration, of multiple (essentially limitless) disparate data sets online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser within a single virtual three-dimensional (geospatial) model. vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc The disparate data sets, and even Sub-data sets within them, tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services, can be organized by association with relevant features on the product information, Socially conscious information about model. For example, groundwater analytical data can be asso companies, their products, goods & services, local cities and/ ciated with a given groundwater well; building data can be or communities, and/or the like, e.g., real estate contracts associated with a given building; installation information can concerning a particular property, title records, covenants, be associated with the installation; and command information plats, Zoning regulations, construction plans, and others. The can be associated with the command. The GDMS full data specific relevant data provided to a user can comprise only convergence allows data to be accessed relative to position, portions and/or sections of documents, maps, and/or images scale, resolution, time, and other geospatial attributes and related to that specific feature' selected. This can greatly serves as an extremely intuitive and efficient way to organize increase efficiency of GM and/or GIS by taking a user directly and access essentially limitless quantities of information. to a relevant section of a document, which can be hundreds 0433. The GDMS allows queries, filters, and comparisons and/or thousands of pages in length. of data to be completed at the GM and/or GIS server system 0436 The GDMS speeds the process of bringing discor and then visually represented in three dimensions in near real dant stakeholder groups to consensus by providing real-time time at the GM and/or GIS client device. The three-dimen and highly comprehensible (due to the visual output) answers sional representation of data helps users and members gain a to questions offered in meetings and/or any networking and/ better understanding of the meaning contained within the data or social networking methods, systems and/or resources. more rapidly than using traditional tabular and/or two-dimen Moreover, the technology introduced in the GDMS yields sional representations of data. The GDMS thus allows the truly optimal Solutions to highly complex and nonlinear meaning represented in the three-dimensional data to be rap physical problems using reasonable computational times and idly communicated to users and members. resources, including associating company, local and product 0434. The GDMS improves on traditional closed and/or and/or service information, comprising Social conscious organization-specific GM and/or GIS by affording live con information, data, and other resources. The modular design of nections to multiple databases. As the databases are updated, GDMS permits coupling to virtually any simulation code. the representations afforded by GDMS can thus be current. The GDMS can also be linked to and implemented within This allows a fourth dimension, time, to be factored into user-friendly and widely-accepted graphical user interfaces resource management decisions. Time is an important addi (GUIs) including web browser applications. tional data factor because previous “views” of the data can be 0437. As should be apparent from the above discussion, compared to current “views of the data, in order to gain an the GDMS is a powerful tool that can be used to access understanding of the rates of change (or dynamics) of the real enormous quantities of data stored at remote locations. When system. In other words, the GDMS allows for differences using the GDMS, control access to data stored at remote between time states to be understood and factored into a locations, for example, an access control module 222 as decision process. depicted in FIG. 31 can be implemented. An administrator of 0435. In FIG. 30 a GDMS 100 can be used to provide the data stored at the remote location to have server-side access to specific sections within documents, which are asso control over varying levels of access to data. Thus, in some US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 46 implementations, access control can be exercised on the to maximize operating efficiency of the datastore 306. In server-side; however, in other implementations this level of some implementations, the data servers 310,312,314 and the access control can be exercised on the client side. Further, datastore 306 can be located within the same server system access control can also be exercised at/by a given database. It 302, while in other implementations, the data servers 310, can also be desirable to have different levels of authorization 312, 314 and the datastore 306 can be distributed across a to control data access for employees having different roles network. within an organization. For example, a higher level officer, The server system 302 can further comprise a workflow mod Such as a Supervisor and/or general, can have unlimited access ule 316 and an access control module 318 through one and/or to classified data, while entry-level employees can only have a number of different types of Software programs (i.e., pro access to non-classified data. These levels of authorization gramming logic and/or computer executable instructions) uti can be created and adjusted by an administrator to permit lizing a variety of different types of measures to control varying levels of access to the data. The GDMS can specifi access to the DMD 306. The workflow module 316 and the cally establish different levels of access to the data can be access control module 318 can be positioned between the controlled for each individual and/or can be controlled in client computer 304 and the DMD 306, as shown in FIG.32, groups (e.g., hierarchically) by the administrator and can be to provide a layer of access control between the client device created and maintained using operations implemented within 304 and the DMD 306 and/or the data servers 310, 312,314. the access control module 222. In other implementations, the access control module 318 and 0438. The varying levels of accessibility to data can be workflow module 316 can be partially and/or substantially controlled using a number of different methods including, but implemented in other locations, for example, on the client not limited to, authentication codes and passwords, secure device 304, and/or within the communications network 308. user management tools, firewalls, user authentication, user 0442. In one implementation of the GDMS 300, as shown pathway mapping, and/or encryption. The levels of access in FIG. 32, the access control module 318 and workflow control to the data can also be controlled by the creation of an module 316 can be separate from the DMD 306 and the individual profile for each user identifying the user's role in servers 310, 312, 314. In other implementations, the access the organization and specifying their level of access to the control module 318 and 310, 312, 314. The access control data. Then, when a user logs onto a system, their level of module 318 and workflow module 316, DMD 306, and data access to data can be known by the system and the user can servers 310, 312, 314 are shown as separate components in then only be able to view and/or access data that was com FIG. 32 for simplicity of illustration, but can all be combined mensurate with their level of authorization. into one server system 302, system datastore, and/or network. 0439. The layers of data can also be saved so that other 0443 The access control module 318 and workflow mod authorized users and members can access the saved layers to ule 316 can be operatively associated and can control access view and make additional changes to (or comments on) the to different layers of data via the DMD 306 to facilitate layers and then save those additional changes. This allows a control over what users and members can access through the given user to open the selected State, make changes, alter DMD 306. The access control module 318 and workflow ations, and comments, and save this new altered State for module 316 can work in concert to provide a security control review and potential further modification by others. Certain function that grants and/or denies a user access to map tiles, GDMS view state data and/or functionality can and/or cannot information, documents, features, applications, resolution, be accessible to and/or be editable by a user based upon elevation views, aerial extent views, and/or system access access permissions that have been granted to and/or withheld based on the users and members identification. This also from the user. allows the DMD 306 to provide only the information, docu 0440. In one implementation, access to the different map ments, features, and applications that are authorized and rel tiles and/or layers of data can be based upon the scale and/or evant to a given user, which can provide workflow efficien resolution of the map and/or layer, i.e., access is scale C1GS. driven. The contextual and/or smart layers of data can be 0444. By streamlining user workflow, the availability of turned on and/or off by an administrator based upon the information and applications can be assigned by appropriate authorization to access each layer of data. A users ability to and relevant scale and/or resolution intervals. In this con change and/or alter the layers of data can also be dependent struct, application icons and information layers can appear upon their level of authorization. and disappear based on the scale and/or resolution presented 0441. With reference now to FIG. 32, an exemplary to the user within the system at any given point in time. This GDMS 300 is implemented in a server system 302 with a streamlines tasks by eliminating those information and appli DMD 306 as described above. The server system 302 can cation choices that are not relevant at a certain scale (and further include additional data servers, for example, a map tile hence represent clutter) and by allowing more efficient navi server 310 indexed by coordinates, reference number, and/or gation to the information and application choices that remain, feature; one and/or more layer servers 312 that provide fea i.e., those that are relevant at a given scale. ture and layer information also indexed by reference to 0445. The workflow module 316 is a tool, which can also geospatial coordinates, tile reference number, and/or feature; lead users and members though data sets by progressively and a document server 314 that can provide Product/Service/ walking a user through design steps using interactive design Retail-Geographic Mapping-Company/Local Information tools, which can traverse more than one layer of data. The Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) information, workflow module 316 can be particularly helpful for novice and/or other documents and information associated with a users and members as they attempt to navigate through the geospatial location (again indexed by coordinate, reference vast amounts of data accessible via the DMD 306. In one number, and/or feature) in a format not amenable to geo exemplary implementation, the features and functionality of visualization. As shown in FIG. 32, the data servers 310,312, the workflow module 316 can be turned on and off based upon 314 can be connected to the DMD 306 and/or to one another the scale and/or resolution that a user attempts to access. In US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 47 this embodiment, the workflow module 316 can operate by 306 can locate and access the data from a remote server and/or correlating the resolution and/or magnification of the geo data store managed by the data source. visualization data to conform to a user's level of authoriza 0449 In order to place access restrictions on data, the data tion, thus controlling which users and members are able to source can use the workflow module 316 to tag and/or other view the most detailed and/or secure data. wise encode an entire dataset and/or portions of the dataset 0446. The workflow module 316 can allow a system with restriction instructions associated with one and/or more administrator to create within the DMD 306 different levels geospatial attributes. In one implementation, the workflow and/or groups of levels of access to the data for each indi module 316 can provide tools to tag datasets, for example, vidual within an organization. In this implementation, each using extensible mark-up language (XML) to indicate the individual within an organization can be given an individual presence and nature of a restriction tied to a particular map profile. The individual profile can include information such as tile, data layer, and/or feature. In an alternate embodiment, a their role and/or security clearance within an organization. data source can encode a dataset itself as long as the tags are The individual profiles can be stored on a database coupled to, in a language and format that the DMD 306 understands. and/or integral with, the DMD 306. The profiles and/or lists of 0450. As depicted in FIG. 32, the access control module users and members can contain information on the level of 318 can be understood as composed of a number of functional information, and/or data, that each user is permitted to view. Sub-modules for implementing a public platform with con This individual profile can be accessed by the workflow mod trolled access to GM and/or GIS data. Such sub-modules can ule 316 and/or access control module 318 when individuals include, for example, abounding box restriction module 320, attempt to access data through the DMD 306 to permit the a scale determination module 322, a layer comparison mod individual to have only a pre-determined level of access to ule 324, an authorization module 326, a temporal determina data. When individuals attempt to access the DMD 306, their tion module 328, and a payment processing module 330. individual identities can be linked to their profile such that Each of these modules can provide separate functionality, but their access to the DMD 306 can be referenced and/or vali often can operate in conjunction with each other to make an dated before they are permitted to access the DMD 306. access control determination as further described below. It can be desirable to control access to data for a variety of 0447 The workflow module 316 and access control mod reasons, for example, to generate revenue for a particular data ule 318 can also allow system administrator of the DMD 306 SOUC. to create and edit different levels of access to data for indi 0451. The bounding box restriction module 320 within the viduals and/or groups within an organization. For example, in access control module 318 can be used to provide a gross the military, all individuals having equivalent rank and/or initial screening to determine whether a tile request by a user security clearance can have the same amount of access to the falls within the range of a bounding box that is entirely off data within the datastore 306. Thus, the limited access is limits for presentation without a password and/or certificate applied uniformly to the entire group of individuals, such that due to proprietary and/or security concerns. The bounding all of the individuals in the group have the same level of box restriction module 320 monitors all tile requests for GM access to the data. This can be referred to as hierarchical and/or GIS data to determine whether any of the requested access control because groups and/or individuals can be tiles falls within a restricted bounding box. The bounding box grouped together for purposes of determining server-side can be also understood as defining a collection of records in a access control levels. GM and/or GIS database that have geospatial coordinate 0448. Alternately, in an implementation of the GDMS300 fields associated with the data with values falling within the in an open and/or public platform, rather than a system inter range of the bounding box. An additional field in the data nal to and/or controlled by a particular organization, access to records can indicate whether there is a restriction placed on data can be controlled based merely upon geospatial the data record and the nature of the restriction. attributes, for example, the geospatial location (coordinates) 0452. If a requested tile is restricted, then the bounding of a tile request, Scale of a tile request, resolution of a tile box restriction module 320 can interface with the DMD 306 request, payment for access, the combination of layers and instruct that the requested GM and/or GIS data and/or the requested, and/or freshness and/or staleness of data tiles thereof that fall within the bounding box be withheld requested. Another example of a geospatial attribute can be from delivery by the DMD 306 to the client 304. However, the ability to download a geospatial dataset as opposed to this access restriction can be overridden if the requestor can merely having the ability to view a geo-visualization of Such provide a valid password and/or certificate as further dis data, e.g., as a layer and/or set of features, e.g., Product, cussed below. The functions provided by the bounding box Goods & Services Geographic Mapping-Company/Local restriction module 320 can be used by the other modules Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) within the access control module 318 in order to identify the information. A further example of a geospatial attribute can geographic boundaries of a map tile request and/or data layer. be the ability to save and/or bookmarks geo-visualization 0453 The scale determination module 322 can be used to states defines by various combinations of underlying martiles control access to databased upon the scale and resolution of and overlying layers and features for easily returning to Such the GM and/or GIS data requested. The term “scale” is used states as opposed to having to recreate the same filter query to herein in the cartographic sense, e.g., 1 cm: 1 km (1 cm of the return to a prior state. In Such a public platform, contributors image presented on the screen corresponds to 1 km in real of GM and/or GIS data accessible for geo-visualization can terms), whereas “resolution” refers to the sharpness of the place limits and/or restrictions on the availability of and/or image file available for presentation on the screen (e.g., the accessibility of the GM and/or GIS data. A public implemen number of pixels and/or dots per inch in a raster image). A tation of the workflow module 316 can be used as an interface large scale, e.g., 1:1 generally will correspond to an image of for data sources to either upload data to the DMD 306 and/or high resolution whereas a small scale, e.g., 1:100,000 will otherwise register data with the DMD 306 so that the DMD generally correspond to an image of low resolution as there is US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 48 a limited ability of a presentation screen to present a very high GM and/or GIS datasets through the payment processing resolution at a small scale—there is physically no room. In module 330. Upon receipt of a request for a GM and/or GIS the context of access control, it can be perfectly acceptable to dataset, the payment processing module 330 can query the provide map tiles of a particular coordinate area at a scale of relevant datastore to determine whether the dataset is subject 1 cm: 100 m at a relatively coarse resolution (e.g., 60 dpi), but to a fee for service, for example membership, registration, it can be unacceptable to provide a larger scale (e.g., 1 cm: 1 and/or subscription for website access for providing coupons m) at a high resolution (e.g., 300 dpi), and/or at any resolution and/or discounts and associated company, local information, at all, e.g., because that combination of Scale and resolution including Socially conscious information, Such as Product, has a premium value and is coded as inaccessible without Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Company/Local payment of a fee. Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) 0454. The scale determination module 322 monitors information. If so, the payment processing module 330 can requests for GM and/or GIS data having a scale and/or reso instruct the DMD 306 to withhold delivery of a dataset to a lution attribute. If there is a scale and/or resolution change requestor until payment is made. In an alternate implementa requested, the scale determination module 322 can interface tion, the payment processing module 330 can maintain a with the DMD 306 and request that the GM and/or GIS data schedule of fees charged by each contributor for particular be held for screening by the scale determination module 322 datasets and compare incoming dataset requests with the to determine whether the requested GM and/or GIS data has schedule to determine whether a fee is required to access the a scale and/or resolution restriction, and/or a combination data and instruct the DMD 306 accordingly. In another imple thereof, and the nature of the restriction. mentation, upon payment of a fee for access to a restricted 0455 The layer comparison module 324 can be used to dataset, the payment processing module 330 can issue a pass control access to databased upon the types and combinations word and/or certification to the requester who would then of data layers of the GM and/or GIS data requested for overlay present the password/certificate to the authorization module on a map. For example, it can be perfectly acceptable to 326 to seek access to the dataset through that component. The provide a geo-visualization of a data layer showing locations payment processing module 330 can actually accept and pro of Products, Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Com cess access payments from requesters, and/or it can interface pany/Local Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/ with a third party payment processing service (e.g., PayPalTM) L&SC-SN) information. In a further implementation, the layer comparison module 324 can be configured to save iden to actually process fund transfers. tifying information of a user making a layer combination 0459 FIG. 33 depicts an exemplary set of access control request associated with interaction relating to one and/or operations 400 that can be performed according to one imple more Products, Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping mentation of an access control module within a GDMS. Ini Company/Local Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM tially the access control module receives a tile request in a C/L&SC-SN) information. receiving operation 402 associated with one and/or more 0456. In each of the examples of geospatial attribute Products, Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Com driven access control presented above, it is noted that request pany/Local Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/ denials of map tiles and/or data layers can be overridden by L&SC-SN) information. It should be understood that any the provision of a valid certificate and/or password. The request from a client device for GM and/or GIS data, e.g., authorization module 326 provides an opportunity for Products, Goods & Services-Geographic Mapping-Com requestors to enter a password, certificate, and/or other iden pany/Local Information-Social Networking (PSR-GM-C/ tification Sufficient to overcome a denial of presentation of a L&SC-SN) information be it a particular map and/or a dataset requested map region, data layer, and/or feature. In Such a for a layer and/or a feature and/or even a document, will case, if a requester enters the appropriate password and/or necessarily be associated with one and/or more map tiles. In presents an appropriate certificate, the authorization module order to present a geo-visualization interface, all of the data 326 can direct the DMD 306 to access and present the can have a reference to particular geospatial coordinates, requested GM and/or GIS data. which can optionally broken down in units of map tiles. 0457. Another exemplary function of the access control 0460 Once a tile request is received, the access control module 318 can be embodied in the temporal determination module can next identify a bounding box containing all the module 328 that allows and/or denies access to map tiles tiles in the tile request in identification operation 404. Cre and/or layers based upon the age of the information compris ation of a bounding box allows the access control module to ing the particular dataset, e.g. Products, Goods & Services easily determine whether access is restricted to presentation Geographic Mapping-Company/Local Information-Social of any of the map tiles requested. In a comparison operation Networking (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) information. In an 406, the access control module can simply compare whether example, data that is significantly older can develop addi any of the entire region of the bounding box intersects with a tional value again for use in temporal studies to identify geospatial attribute that can be subject to a presentation trends. In Such a case, the data can again only be accessible restriction. Recall that there can be any number of geospatial upon payment of a fee for the service. The temporal determi attributes that can be designated as having restriction require nation module 328 manages the temporal worth of GM and/or ments, for example, the geospatial location (coordinates) of a GIS data, for example, by examining time stamps associated tile request itself, the scale of the tile request, resolution of a with particular GM and/or GIS datasets and comparing the tile request, an angle of view (e.g., plan, aerial, street level. timestamps to any tags that can be encoded with the data etc.), payment for access, the combination of layers indicating that the GM and/or GIS dataset is subject to a fee requested, and/or the freshness and/or staleness of data for service within particular ranges of age. requested. If there are no geospatial attribute restrictions 0458. A further exemplary function of the access control associated with any of the tiles in the bounding box, the module 318 can be the acceptance of payment for access to process 400 can approve all of the tiles and instruct the DMD US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 49 to send the particular map tiles, layer dataset, features, and/or program. Another implementation of a computer program other information in sending operation 408. product can be provided in a computer data signal embodied 0461) If the access control module recognizes that there is in a carrier wave by a computing system and encoding the a restriction associated with one and/or more of the tiles in the computer program. bounding box, the access control module can next determine 0465. An exemplary computer system 500 for implement what kind of geospatial attribute is implicated in the bounding ing the file origin determination processes above is depicted box restriction in checking operation 410. The access control in FIG. 34. The computer system 500 can be a computer module can then invoke one and/or more of the Sub-modules server with internal processing and memory components as described above for further processing assistance. The appro well as interface components for connection with external priate Sub-module(s) can first determine whether an actual input, output, storage, network, and other types of peripheral restriction must be imposed on the data request pursuant to devices. Internal components of the computer system in FIG. the geospatial attribute in determination operation 412. This 34 are shown within the dashed line and external components operation determines whether the requested a value of the are shown outside of the dashed line. Components that can be geospatial dataset and/or feature actually conflicts with the internal and/or external are shown straddling the dashed line. restriction set by the data contributor. For example, the tile Alternatively to a server, the computer system 500 can be in request at a resolution value restricted by the data contributor the form of any of a personal computer (PC), a notebook without additional authorization and/or payment and the tile and/or portable computer, a tablet PC, a handheld media would be considered actually restricted. Alternatively, if the player (e.g., an MP3 player), a Smartphone device, a video tile request is at a resolution value within the allowable gaming device, a set top box, a workstation, a mainframe bounds set by the contributor, then the attribute of the request computer, a distributed computer, an Internet appliance, and/ would not be considered restricted and the tiles and/or asso or other computer devices, and/or combinations thereof. ciated data would be approved for presentation in sending 0466. The computer system 500 includes a processor 502 operation 408. and a system memory 506 connected by a system bus 504 that 0462. If the geospatial attribute associated with the tile also operatively couples various system components. There request is found to be “set high, then the access control can be one and/or more processors 502, e.g., a single central module will request that some form of authentication be processing unit (CPU), and/or a plurality of processing units, presented by the requester before the data are released for commonly referred to as a parallel processing environment. presentation in requesting operation 414. Responses to the The system bus 504 can be any of several types of bus struc requesting operation are then examined in determination tures including a memory bus and/or memory controller, a operation 416 to determine what information should be pro peripheral bus, a Switched-fabric, point-to-point connection, vided relating to Products, Goods & Services-Geographic and a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. The Mapping-Company/Local Information-Social Networking system memory 506 includes read only memory (ROM) 508 (PSR-GM-C/L&SC-SN) information. Similarly, if the GM and random access memory (RAM) 510. A basic input/output and/or GIS dataset is a premium service requiring additional system (BIOS) 512, containing the basic routines that help to payment, upon payment by the requester the access control transfer information between elements within the computer module can approve the request and the tile are sent in sending system 500, such as during start-up, is stored in ROM 508. A operation 408. If a requester cannot provide the appropriate cache 514 can be set aside in RAM 510 to provide a high password and/or certification, and/or chooses not to pay for a speed memory store for frequently accessed data. premium service, then the access controller will deny the tile 0467. A hard disk drive interface 516 can be connected request in denying operation 418. The GDMS can either with the system bus 504 to provide read and write access to a inform the requester that the request has been denied and/or data storage device, e.g., a hard disk drive 518, for nonvolatile alternatively return a GM and/or GIS data set as responsive as storage of applications, files, and data. A number of program possible to the request, but without providing the restricted modules and other data can be stored on the hard disk 518, information. including an operating system 520, one and/or more applica 0463 Some implementations described herein can be tion programs 522, other program modules 524, and data files implemented as logical steps in one and/or more computer 526. In an exemplary implementation, the hard disk drive 518 systems. The logical operations of the described systems, can further store access control module 564 for restricting apparatus, and methods are implemented (1) as a sequence of access to map and data files and the decision management processor-implemented steps executing in one and/or more datastore 566 for housing and managing GM and/or GIS computer systems and (2) as interconnected machine mod databases according to the exemplary processes described ules within one and/or more computer systems. The imple herein above. Note that the hard disk drive 518 can be either mentation is a matter of choice, dependent on the perfor an internal component and/or an external component of the mance requirements of the computer system implementing computer system 500 as indicated by the hard disk drive 518 the described system, apparatus, and method. Accordingly, straddling the dashed line in FIG. 37. In some configurations, the logical operations making up the implementations of the there can be both an internal and an external hard disk drive systems, apparatus, and methods described herein are S18. referred to variously as operations, steps, objects, and/or 0468. The computer system 500 can further include a modules. magnetic disk drive 530 for reading from and/or writing to a 0464. In some implementations, articles of manufacture removable magnetic disk 532, tape, and/or other magnetic are provided as computer program products that cause the media. The magnetic disk drive 530 can be connected with the instantiation of operations on a computer system to imple system bus 504 via a magnetic drive interface 528 to provide ment the invention. One implementation of a computer pro read and write access to the magnetic disk drive 530 initiated gram product provides a computer program storage medium by other components and/or applications within the computer readable by a computer system and encoding a computer system 500. The magnetic disk drive 530 and the associated US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 50 computer-readable media can be used to provide nonvolatile device, and/or other common network node, and typically storage of computer-readable instructions, data structures, includes many and/or all of the elements described above program modules, and other data for the computer system relative to the computer system 500. SOO. 0473. To connect with a WAN 560, the computer system 0469. The computer system 500 can additionally include 500 typically includes a modem 562 for establishing commu an optical disk drive 536 for reading from and/or writing to a nications over the WAN 560. Typically the WAN 560 can be removable optical disk 538 such as a CD ROM and/or other the Internet. However, in some instances the WAN 560 can be optical media. The optical disk drive 536 can be connected a large private network spread among multiple locations. The with the system bus 504 via an optical drive interface 534 to modem 562 can be a telephone modem, a high speed modem provide read and write access to the optical disk drive 536 (e.g., a digital Subscriberline (DSL) modem), a cable modem, initiated by other components and/or applications within the and/or similar type of communications device. The modem computer system 500. The optical disk drive 530 and the 562, which can be internal and/or external, is connected to the associated computer-readable optical media can be used to system bus 518 via the network interface 552. In alternate provide nonvolatile storage of computer-readable instruc embodiments the modem 562 can be connected via the serial tions, data structures, program modules, and other data for the port interface 544. It should be appreciated that the network computer system 500. connections shown are exemplary and other means of and 0470 A display device 542, e.g., a monitor, a television, communications devices for establishing a communications and/or a projector, and/or other type of presentation device link between the computer system and other devices and/or can also be connected to the system bus 504 via an interface, networks can be used. Connection of the computer system such as a video adapter 540 and/or video card. Similarly, 500 with a WAN 560 allows the decision management datas audio devices, for example, external speakers and/or a micro tore 566 the ability to access remote GM and/or GIS datas phone (not shown), can be connected to the system bus 504 tores to provide for a distributed GM and/or GIS platform. through an audio card and/or other audio interface (not 0474 All directional references (e.g., proximal, distal, shown). upper, lower, upward, downward, left, right, lateral, front, 0471. In addition to the monitor 542, the computer system back, top, bottom, above, below, vertical, horizontal, clock 500 can include other peripheral input and output devices, wise, and counterclockwise) are only used for identification which are often connected to the processor 502 and memory purposes to aid the readers understanding of the present 506 through the serial port interface 544 that is coupled to the invention, and do not create limitations, particularly as to the system bus 506. Input and output devices can also and/or position, orientation, and/or use of the invention. Connection alternately be connected with the system bus 504 by other references (e.g., attached, coupled, connected, and joined) are interfaces, for example, a universal serial bus (USB), a par to be construed broadly and can include intermediate mem allel port, and/or a game port. A user can enter commands and bers between a collection of elements and relative movement information into the computer system 500 through various between elements unless otherwise indicated. As such, con input devices including, for example, a keyboard 546 and nection references do not necessarily infer that two elements pointing device 548, for example, a mouse. Other input are directly connected and in fixed relation to each other. The devices (not shown) can include, for example, a microphone, exemplary drawings are for purposes of illustration only and a joystick, a game pad, a tablet, a touch screen device, a the dimensions, positions, order and relative sizes reflected in satellite dish, a scanner, a facsimile machine, and a digital the drawings attached hereto can vary. camera, and a digital video camera. Other output devices can 0475. As presented in FIG. 35. The present invention pro include, for example, a printer 550, a plotter, a photocopier, a vides in one aspecta delivery system for a geospatial website photo printer, a facsimile machine, and a press (the latter not for a multidimensional representation of information and/or shown). In some implementations, several of these input and scalable versions of web and mobile device content for an output devices can be combined into a single device, for infrastructure and global platform that provides users and example, a printer/scanner/fax/photocopier. It should also be members and businesses of all types and sizes with access to appreciated that other types of computer-readable media and broad markets for the delivery of promotions, online coupons, associated drives for storing data, for example, magnetic cas mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment settes and/or flash memory drives, can be accessed by the shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements computer system 500 via the serial port interface 544 (e.g., and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell USB) and/or similar port interface. ers from around the world for Such items as: e-commerce, 0472. The computer system 500 can operate in a net media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial net worked environment using logical connections through a net work, travel & hospitality services, real estate, educational work interface 552 coupled with the system bus 504 to com services, ancillary services, advertisers, service providers, municate with one and/or more remote devices. The logical Social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual connections depicted in FIG.34 include a local-area network communities and virtual goods end users online activity, (LAN) 554 and a wide-area network (WAN) 560. Such net location, online communications, search inquiries, Social net working environments are commonplace in home networks, working, Social networking communities, social plugins, pro office networks, enterprise-wide computer networks, and motions, Social applications, entertainment shopping, bid intranets. These logical connections can be achieved by a ding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements, communication device coupled to and/or integral with the purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other criteria for computer system 500. As depicted in FIG. 34, the LAN 554 collection and analysis used to provide customized promo can use a router 556 and/or hub, either wired and/or wireless, tional website displays of promotions, online coupons, internal and/or external, to connect with remote devices, e.g., mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment a remote computer 558, similarly connected on the LAN 554. shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements The remote computer 558 can be a PC client, a server, a peer and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

ers from around the world, service providers and related plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and additional services company and local information using three-dimensional and etc.) and providing other services such as loans and quotes, Scalable geospatial mapping. (collectively referred to as auto loans, mortgages, banking services, family fun, sports, “Products, Goods & Services” as any product or service or restaurants, events, consumer packaged goods, groceries, subgroup thereof) through combined Products, Goods and apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, health care, Service with Geospatial Mapping/Company-Local Informa household, office, personal care, pet care, photography, autos, tion/Social Networking/Communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I- business, classic car parts, restoration and maintenance Ser SN”) on a three dimensional geospatial platform using vices, collectibles & art, custom car parts, restoration and geospatial mapping technology. maintenance services, deals & gifts education, electronics, 0476 FIG. 36 presents a flow chart showing a typical fashion, financial, healthcare, home, outdoor & décor, travel transaction for the purchase a Social Earth online coupons, & hospitality services, insurance, online services, other legal, mobile services, Products, Goods and Service, entertainment marketing, medical facilities, medical insurance, medical shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements retailers, motors, pets, physicians, dentists, other practioners, and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell public services, psychics, mediums & spiritual advisors, ers from around the world that provides a portion of the sale travel & hospitality, real estate, ancillary services, sports, proceeds will be allocated to microloans or microcredit, travel, tourism, wedding, parties & media and entertainment, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes through online dating, and the like. The present invention can also charitable donations. “View Social Earth promotions, online exclude one or more of the following: (1) finding Social coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter awareness of companies found in patent searches; (2) show tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver ing entities such as companies on maps; (3) finding local tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants travel & hospitality, real estate, educational services & ancil and sellers from around the world, retail stores, virtual com lary service providers and other types of service providers on munities and virtual goods and information about microloans map searches; (4) ranking entities found using geospatial or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly mapping; (5) representing objects (e.g., brand or logo or causes through charitable donations from around the world product) of entities on a geospatial map; (6) providing local by geo-target location or anywhere in the world on the present comparative shopping information to members on a website; inventions unique “live view of the planet.” and/or (7) modeling user views to include objects (brand, logo, or product) of entities in local environment. 0477. POTENTIALASPECTS OR ELEMENTS OF THE 0478 Although various embodiments of this invention CLAIMED INVENTION THAT CAN BE OPTIONALLY have been described above with a certain degree of particu EXCLUDED OR NEGATIVELY CLAIMED. The present larity, and/or with reference to one and/or more individual invention can also in particular claimed embodiments embodiments, those skilled in the art could make numerous exclude or negatively claim one or more aspect of the follow alterations to the disclosed embodiments without departing ing list, e.g., to more particularly recite or exclude embodi from the spirit and/or scope of this invention. And while the ments or elements that might occur in cited or other published Subject matter has been described in language specific to art. Accordingly, the present invention can optionally structural features and/or methodological arts, it is to be exclude, not include, or not provide, one of more, or any understood that the subject matter defined in the appended combination of promotion, online coupons, mobile services, claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features and/or entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, acts descried above. Rather, the specific features and acts advertisements and affiliate advertising or services for Such described above are disclosed as example forms of imple items as e-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, per menting the claimed Subject matter. It is intended that all Sonal & financial network, real estate, educational services, matter contained in the above description and/or shown in the ancillary services, advertisements, service providers, social accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative networking, Social networking communities, social network ing activities, social plugins, promotions, social applications, only and not limiting. Changes in detail and/or structure can entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, be made without departing from the basic elements of the advertisements and affiliate advertising or services, social invention as defined in the following claims. networking, social networking communities, messaging, EXAMPLES online communications, user profiles, viewing public & pri vate user profiles, online dating, gaming, and/retail stores, Exemplary Implementation of Non-Limiting virtual communities and virtual goods and information about Embodiments of the Present Invention microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes through charitable donations or Sustain 0479. The following example is shown by way of example able gifts, e.g., but not limited to, various types of real estate and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention (e.g. Vacantland, residential, commercial, recreational, retail, in any way. shopping malls, hotels, motels, golfcourses, resorts, marinas, industrial, vacation, time shares, condominiums, multifam Example 1 ily, and other types of real estate etc.), travel & hospitality Social Earth, Inc.: Description of Present Invention services, educational services, ancillary services, (e.g. bro Example kers, agents, relocation services, internet marketing, con cierge, transportation, entertainment, lenders, appraisers, 0480. The present invention in a non-limiting embodiment education, developers, contractors, inspectors, home called SOCIAL EARTHTM provides, in one aspect, for an improvements/remodeling, basement designs, landscaping, infrastructure and global platform that provides users and home warranties, insurance, indoor & outdoor furniture, fix members and businesses of all types with access to broad tures, windows, siding, roofing, heating/cooling, Solar, markets for the delivery of Social Earth promotions, online US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 52 coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter Social Earth Shopping from major brands for promotions, tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver online coupons, mobile services Products, Goods & Services, tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, and sellers from around the world to its highly-engaged advertisements and affiliate advertising or services from mer Social Shoppers via its unique live view of the planet. The site chants and sellers from around the world for such items as: includes links to places and events, data on the landscape, products, goods & services, service providers, media and interactive 360 panoramas, fly-through shopping tours with entertainment, sports, personal & financial network, travel & stunning 3D imagery and videos, advertising on the land hospitality services, real estate, educational services, ancil scape, advanced search for private and public information, lary services, advertisements, service providers, social net Social networking integration, self-posting for uploading user working, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual commu generated content, custom tools, apps, widgets and other embodiments. SOCIAL EARTHTM will include Social Earth nities and virtual goods and information about microloans or Mobile allowing Social Shoppers to receive Social Earth microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly Mobile Coupons for Products, Goods & Services, entertain causes through charitable donations or Sustainable gifts, e.g., ment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertise but not limited to, online auctions, various types of real estate ments and affiliate advertising or services based upon their (e.g. Vacantland, residential, commercial, recreational, retail, precise location. Mobile apps for Smartphones (Android and shopping malls, hotels, motels, golf courses, resorts, marinas, tablets, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) are provided that will industrial, vacation, time shares, condominiums, multifam allow Social Shoppers to receive Social Earth Mobile prod ily, and other types of real estate etc.), educational services, ucts, services, or retail based upon their precise location or ancillary services, loans and quotes, auto loans, mortgages, other criteria, Such as shopping or interest preferences. With banking services, and/or any other productor service, e.g., but Social Earth Mobile, Social Shoppers can explore the same not limited to, family fun, sports, restaurants, events and 3D imagery and terrain as the desktop version. Fly to your hundreds oftop consumer packaged goods brands for grocer current location or just about anywhere in the world with the ies, apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, health touch of a button. Pan, Zoom, and tilt your view as you travel care, household, office, personal care, pet care, photography around the globe. Search for cities, places and businesses and other embodiments. around the world. View layers of geographic information and 0482 Social Shoppers will find great promotions, online more. The invention provides opportunities to reach people at coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter the point of shopping—a benefit both to shoppers and mer tainment shopping, penny auctions, or online auctions, adver chants. What do you get when you combine a global market tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants place with buyers and sellers and promotions, online cou and sellers from the leading travel & hospitality industry, pons, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, restaurants, toy and entertainment companies and top retail penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affili ers around the world. Social Shoppers can select a target ate advertising or services from merchants and sellers from location in the U.S., e.g., but not limited to, Atlanta, Austin, around the world, including without limitation, for Such items Dallas, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco or in other cities as products, services, e-commerce, media and entertainment, around the world. Social Shoppers can find product or ser sports, personal & financial network, real estate, educational vices deals in London or they can tour the planet at will, services, ancillary services, advertisements, service provid jumping from Hong Kong to Amsterdam to Buenos Aires to ers, Social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, check out the bargains. Because the Earth view comes live virtual communities and virtual goods and information about from satellite and webcam images, shoppers can Zoom in for microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Support a closer look or Zoom out to gain perspective on the location. other worldly causes through charitable donations or Sustain able gifts, the Social media revolution and the power of geo 0483 SOCIAL EARTHTM will offer advertising opportu mapping technology? You get a cutting-edge online experi nities for service providers, business centers, affiliates and business owners e.g. for business services, healthcare ser ence that blends the best of online shopping and social vices, specialty financial services, consumer products, spe networking and takes it to a stratospheric new height called cialty retail and media and entertainment, lenders, mortgage SOCIAL EARTHTM. companies, auto finance companies and other business own 0481 Unlike any other shopping site, when Social Earth ers who want to reach millions of users and members online site subscribers called Social Shoppers (ORSE SHOPPERS), on Social Earth. Advertisements will appear at the top of visit the Social Earth website, e.g., at www.socialearth.co. consumers’ property and service provider search results they are invited to travel virtually around the globe in search ahead of other properties meeting their search criteria. Real of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, tors, mortgage lending, auto finance, financial services, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions healthcare, travel & hospitality services, cars, insurance, or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or online education, government services, media and entertain services from merchants and sellers from around the world. ment and sports industry, travel industry, top internet adver This one-of-a-kind website aggregates promotions, online tisers, Social brands and thousands of service providers, busi coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter ness owners and affiliates will have the ability to purchase tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver advertising space, which will appear at the top of consumers tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants property and service provider search results ahead of other and sellers from around the world (collectively referred to as properties meeting their search criteria. Consumers can learn “Social EarthShopping) and showcases them in their actual, about neighborhoods, property values, Schools, shopping physical location on the websites through GPS technology centers, and cost of living features and join with thousands of and unique “live view of Earth. As Social Shoppers shop the service providers and business owners from around the world. world for coupons, products, goods & services, they can view Our goal is to help consumers conveniently connect with US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

thousands of service providers and business owners to find EARTHTM technology using sophisticated technology inte what they’re looking for in our Social Earth Personal Net grating geospatial mapping, layering location-relevant data, work. and GPS technologies. 0484 SOCIAL EARTHTM will also provide links and free 0487 Social Shoppers are able to find great products or real estate information and mortgage quotes from national services in their local areas or just about anywhere else in the lenders and mortgage companies for the purchase of a new world with the click of a mouse or input on their mobile home, refinance, consolidating debt, auto loans, insurance device. Capitalizing on the popularity of Social networking quotes or home equity loans. The SOCIAL EARTHTM data giants such as FacebookTM and TwitterTM with more than 750 base will include links to millions of residential listings, million users worldwide, SOCIAL EARTHTM creates an commercial properties and thousands of service providers online community that taps into the power of social network and business owners. Millions of users and members will ing by integrating live Social feeds from these Social network search online and align with thousands of service providers ing giants directly into its website. By creating a highly and business owners in search of everything from 'A' to “Z” engaged social networking community, Social Earth creates whether its buying a home or a new or used car, finding an “stickiness, keeping the Social Shoppers on the site for long apartment or a medical professional or healthcare provider, periods of time, as well as bringing them back again and booking travel, weather updates, breaking news, reading again. In other words, SOCIAL EARTHTM provides long about your favorite celebrity or entertainer or sports team, time customer loyalty, not just a one-off deal. SOCIAL EARTHTM has it all. 0488 Social EarthTM also provides microloans or micro 0485 The Company's website will populate the virtual credit and donates a portion of each “Social Earth online landscape with various types of real estate (e.g. vacant land, coupon, mobile services, Products, Goods or Services' that residential, commercial, recreational, retail, shopping malls, are sold on Social Earth will be allocated to microloans or hotels, motels, golf courses, resorts, marinas, industrial, Vaca microcredit, humanitarian aid or other worldly cause or Sus tion, time shares, condominiums, multifamily, and other tainable gift to help those in need. The community aspect of types of real estate, etc.), travel & hospitality services, edu SOCIAL EARTHTM is the driver behind building awareness cational services, ancillary services (e.g. brokers, agents, of the website and its featured promotions, online coupons, relocation services, internet marketing, concierge, transpor mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment tation, hospitality, lenders, appraisers, education, developers, shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements contractors, inspectors, home improvements/remodeling, and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell basement designs, landscaping, home warranties, insurance, ers from around the world. Existing and potential customers indoor & outdoor furniture, fixtures, windows, siding, roof provide advertising by spreading the word to their friends ing, heating/cooling, Solar, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, about the great productor services deals they have found on a and additional etc.), advertisements from service providers shopping site such as SOCIAL EARTHTM. Add to that the and various links from the desired search request. Consumers power of collective buying and its easy to see how the can Zoom in and out of the Social Earth Personal Network, SOCIAL EARTHTM community can leverage group size in click on advertisements and links and see the exact location of exchange for larger discounts. Social Earth delivers promo a business, retailer, restaurant or shopping mall on the land tions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & scape. Advertisements will appear at the top of the consum Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online ers property and service provider search results. Home buy auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services ers and renters can learn about neighborhoods, property from merchants and sellers from around the world to its values, apartments, schools, shopping centers, cost of living Social Shoppers via its unique live view of the Earth that and connect with thousands of real estate professionals, edu includes links to places and events, data on the landscape, cational services, ancillary services and other service provid interactive 360 panoramas, fly-through shopping tours with ers and business owners from around the world. The SOCIAL stunning 3D imagery. The use of geospatial mapping for EARTHTM Personal Network will allow consumers too easily associating information to specific places can included, but it and conveniently search for all of their personal and financial not limited to, one or more of Live links to places and events; services from the comfort of their home. The future of search Data on the landscape; Zoom to birds-eye and human scale ing for all of your personal and financial needs via the Internet views: 3D custom audio/visual content; Interactive 360 pan is here with the development of a SOCIAL EARTHTM Per oramas; Fly-through tours with content, narration, music; sonal Network. Stunning imagery and videos: 3D buildings and landscaping 0486 SOCIAL EARTHTM displays, organizes and deliv e-commerce and mobile banking tools and hooks; Advertis ers information across many Social layers and social media ing on the landscape; Advanced search for private and public sites featuring top-notch content, stunning satellite imagery, information; Social networking integration: Self-posting for aerial photography and graphic animated color overlays on uploading user generated content; Custom tools, apps and top of Google EarthTM. SOCIAL EARTHTM delivers a widgets; and the like. SOCIAL EARTHTM Mobile sends delightful mash-up of content, Social EarthShopping and live mobile coupons to Social Shoppers based upon their precise social networking feeds from, e.g., TwitterTM. Social EarthTM location. This provides opportunities to reach people at the utilizes the top social networking platforms such as Face point of shopping—a benefit both to shoppers and merchants. bookTM and TwitterTM to allow Social Shoppers to share the 0489 Social Layers. Social Shoppers virtually travel latest product or services deals with their friends. Unlike around the globe in search of shopping products or services, GrouponTM, LivingsocialTM or Google OffersTM, SOCIAL as well as bargains. Social Earths technology will drive con EARTHTM aggregates Social Earth Shopping on its site. tent, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Social Shoppers are encouraged to share these product or Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions services deals with their friends in FacebookTM and Twit or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or terTM. The global sharing capabilities are built into SOCIAL services from merchants and sellers from around the world US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 54 into a “virtual Earth” based upon their precise location and in and out to street level in search for great product or services GPS technology. Social Shoppers will be able to view Social deals and sharing the latest product, goods or services, penny EarthTM Shopping from around the world by geo-target loca auction or online auction with their friends. tion, their hometown or another city around the world and 0491. In connection with a one-of-a-kind geospatial web virtually travel there. This one-of-a-kind website aggregates site aggregates Social EarthTM Shopping from around the Social EarthTM Shopping from around the world and show world and showcases them in their actual, physical location case them in their actual, physical location on the virtual on the websites unique live view of Earth. As Social Shoppers Earth. Because the virtual Earth is “interactive one can shop the world for bargains, they can view Social EarthShop Zoom in for a more detailed view or Zoom out to gain per ping from major brands for family fun, sports, restaurants, spective on where they are in the world. Social EarthTM Shop events and hundreds oftop consumer packaged goods brands ping can last for days, weeks or even months. What makes for groceries, apparel, beverages, books & magazines, foods, Social Earths website different from other group buying web health care, household, office, personal care, pet care, pho sites is that Social Earth'sTM website allows Social Shoppers tography and other embodiments. Social Shoppers can find to search for promotions, online coupons, mobile services, great products, goods or services deals from the leading travel Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny & hospitality industry, restaurants, toy and entertainment auctions or online auctions, as well as advertisements and companies and top retailers around the world. Social Shop affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sellers pers can use “a mobile device payment method and system for from around the world on a virtual Earth. Users will be able to effectuating an online payment through a computer or mobile customize their buying preferences, engage in Social net device equipped carrier or a mobile device equipped bank working, social networking communities, social networking using a mobile users and members device in connection with activities and support worthwhile causes. Social Earth'sTM e-commerce and mobile banking transactions on the host website allows Social Shoppers to select from a menu of geospatial website or mobile device (e.g., mobile telephone, coupons based upon their preferences, which is integrated PDA, laptop computer, etc.); wherein users and members into the virtual Earth along with other layer location-relevant create and maintain a rich-media application via a geospatial data as Social Shoppers shop online and interact with their mapping platform via the Internet comprising: mobile bank friends on FacebookTM and TwitterTM. Advertisers and mer ing and electronic payments. chants will send coupons to Social Shoppers based on geo 0492. The delivery system for a host geospatial website target location. (accessible via a mobile device or computer) will provide for 0490 Social EarthTM develops layer applications, which a multidimensional representation of information and scal are known as “social layers.” These social layers allow Social able version of web content for the delivery of Social EarthTM Shoppers to customize their personal experience on SOCIAL Shopping from around the world on a three dimensional EARTHTM as they search for Social EarthTM Shopping in their geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. A local area or just about anywhere else in the world based upon host geospatial website will include realistic virtual land their interests or travels take them. Social Shoppers select scape using satellite and aerial photography that will include from a menu of "Purchase' coupon categories Such as. (Arts many content layers of web based information, e-commerce & Entertainment, Travel, Giving Back, Eat & Drink, Deal of and mobile banking links, social networking and virtual the Day) and “Free' coupon categories such as: (Health & advertisements for a richer user experience. A host geospatial Beauty, Sports, Shopping, Groceries). Social Shoppers may website shall store images, web-based content, Social data, be able to search for other products and services such as: Social plugins, Social applications, penny auctions or online Autos, Business, Classic Car Parts, Restoration and Mainte auctions, advertisements and share live Social feeds from nance Services, Collectibles & Art, Custom Car Parts, Res social networking giants such as FacebookTM and TwitterTM toration and Maintenance Services, Deals & Gifts, Educa and other communications in real-time. Connecting Social tion, Electronics, Fashion, Financial, Healthcare, Home, Earth Shopping from around the world with users and mem Outdoor & Décor, Travel & Hospitality Services, Insurance, bers known as "Social Shoppers' in real-time on a geographi Online Services. Other Legal, Marketing, Medical Facilities, cal area across multiple Social layers that are displayed as Medical Insurance, Medical Retailers, Motors, Pets Physi graphic animated color overlays on a three dimensional cians, Dentists. Other Practioners, Public Services, Psychics, geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology. Intuitives, Metaphysical, Mediums & Spiritual Advisors, More specifically, it relates to a method for users and mem Real Estate, Educational Services, Ancillary Services, Sports, bers known as “Social Shoppers' to effectuate banking and Tourism, Wedding, Parties & Entertainment, Online Dating electronic payments; accessing a user account, engaging in and Free Coupons). Social EarthTM drives traffic to its website mobile Social activities and viewing available options via a by targeting Social Earth Shopping from around the world, three dimensional geospatial mapping platform using based upon a users and members preference, which are dis geospatial mapping technology. played on a unique “live view” of planet Earth. Once a Social 0493 Giving Back: Social Shoppers will be able to help Shopper selects one or more coupon categories, entertain those who have been impacted by a natural disaster, live in ment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertise impoverished conditions or are less fortunate in the world. ments and affiliate advertising or services from merchants Social Shoppers are able to purchase coupons from mer and sellers from around the world will populate the virtual chants who support humanitarian causes in developing coun Earth. Social Shoppers are able to double click on Social tries and charities in their communities and local and global EarthShopping and fly directly to its location on Earth. Social causes around our planet and relief efforts for natural and man Shoppers can also click on one of the featured cities and take made disasters including devastating earthquakes and tsuna a tour of London, San Francisco or Denver and Zoom downto mis. For example, fly to Japan and view a video on the Japan street level to take a closer look. Social Shoppers enjoy the relief effort. By tapping into the power of social networking experience of virtually traveling around the world, Zooming and bringing together a collective consciousness with mil US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

lions of Social Shoppers, Social Earth raises awareness for top-notch content, stunning satellite imagery, aerial photog global issues and millions of dollars for microloans or micro raphy and graphic animated color overlays on top of Google credit, humanitarian aid and Support other worldly causes. EarthTM that will give Social Shoppers a wonderful perspec tive of our planet.' SOCIAL EARTHTM will deliver a delight Example 2 ful mash-up of advertisements, coupons, Products, Goods & Services and service providers on a geospatial platform. Further Description of Social Earth Example 0499. Unlike GrouponTM, LivingsocialTM or Google 0494 What do you get when you combine the daily deal OffersTM, SOCIAL EARTHTM will aggregate coupons and phenomenon, the Social media revolution and the power of Products, Goods & Services from all over the world on its site geo-mapping technology? You get a cutting-edge online daily, but they won't last just one day. SOCIAL EARTHTM experience that blends the best of daily deal sharing and social deals can last for days, weeks or even months. Social Shop networking and takes it to a stratospheric new height called pers will be encouraged to share these deals with their friends. SOCIAL EARTHTM that also gives back to our planet. The global sharing capabilities will be built into SOCIAL 0495. Unlike any other shopping site, the Social EarthTM EARTH STM technology using sophisticated technology inte website will allow members to virtually travel around the grating geospatial mapping, web mapping, mobile mapping globe in search of the best bargains, promotions, daily deal & layers of geographic information, layering location-rel coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter evant data and GPS technologies to pin point coupons and tainment shopping including penny auctions or online auc great bargains in their exact geo-target location on Earth. tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sellers from around the world. In addi Social Networking Community tion, members will be able to interact with their friends in 0500. The Company plans on capitalizing on the popular FacebookTM, TwitterTM and SkypeTM. This one-of-a-kind ity of social networking giants FacebookTM and Twitter'TM, social networking website that will include social network with a combined 900 million users worldwide, and leveraging ing, advertisements, daily deal coupons, Products, Goods & the power of these social networking giants by launching an Services showcasing them in their actual, physical location application to users in FacebookTM and TwitterTM. On average on the planet. Users will need to download a Google EarthTM people on FacebookTM install applications more than 20 mil plug-in before they will be able to virtually travel around lion times per day. More than 350 million active users cur Social EarthTM. As of October 2011, GoogleEarthTM has been rently use FacebookTM through their mobile devices. The downloaded more than one billion times. Company plans on integrating “live social feeds” from Face 0496 Social Shoppers will be able to select their favorite bookTM and TwitterTM into its website so Social Shoppers will cities and choose from a menu of “Purchase Coupons' cat be able to share their favorite deals with their friends in these egories such as (Arts & Entertainment, Travel, Giving Back, popular social networks. By creating a highly engaged social Eat & Drink, Deal of the Day). Social EarthTM will offer“Free networking community, the Company plans on creating Coupons' categories for such items as: (Health & Beauty, “stickiness” that will keep Social Shoppers on the site for long Sports, Shopping & Groceries). As Social Shoppers make periods of time interacting with their friends, as well as bring their selections, advertisements, daily deal coupons, Prod ing them back again and again. In other words, SOCIAL ucts, Goods & Services, including penny auctions or online EARTHTM will be about long-time customer loyalty, not just auctions will populate the 3D globe based upon their prefer a one-off deal. ences and geo-target location. Members will also be able to 0501. The social networking community aspect of search for service providers in their local area or just about SOCIAL EARTHTM will be the driver behind building aware anywhere in the world. Click on any one of the featured City ness of the website and its featured deals. Imagine a business icons on Social EarthTM and virtually fly there to that city in an model where existing and potential customers do the adver instant. This global shopping site is going to take the Internet tising for you by spreading the word to their friends about the by storm with its innovative 3D platform. great deals they've found on a shopping site such as SOCIAL 0497 Social EarthTM plans to leverage FacebookTM, Twit EARTHTM. Add to that the powerofcollective buying and it’s terTM and other platforms to build brand awareness and easy to see how the SOCIAL EARTHTM social networking engagement by integrating “live Social feeds' from these community will be able to leverage group size in exchange for Social networking giants in its website. Social Shoppers will larger discounts. also be able to “talk live” on SkypeTM. Social EarthTM is all about finding great bargains for savvy Social Shoppers and sharing them with your friends and feeling good knowing that Products, Goods & Services Description a portion of each sale on Social Earth’sTM website will go to (0502. Social EarthTM includes and delivers a user-friendly provide microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and Sup Smooth desktop interface and mobile app for Smartphones port other worldly causes through charitable donations or that allows Social Shoppers to enjoy a unique experience sustainable gifts to help those in need around the world. utilizing a multitude of Products, Goods & Services as they 0498 Social Shoppers will be able to find great deals virtually tour around SOCIAL EARTH. They are able to: Use around the planet, and locally and globally, from leading SOCIAL EARTH after installing Google EarthTM or similar brands, services providers, and top retailers. Social Shoppers plug-in; View promotions, online coupons, mobile services, will be able to select any desired geo-target location and Zoom Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny into the local landscape and view Some of the best shopping in auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate cosmopolitan cities. Because the Earth view comes live from advertising or services from merchants and sellers from satellite and webcam images, Social Shoppers will be able to around the world by geo-target location using GPS technol Zoom in and out for a closer look and gain a perspective on ogy or anywhere in the world on SOCIAL EARTH's unique their precise location. Social Earth’sTM website will feature “live view” of the planet; View links to places and events, data US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 56 on the landscape, interactive 360 panoramas, fly-through private user profiles, advertising, bidding, bidding, bidding shopping tours with stunning 3D imagery and videos, behavior, bidding results, social plugins, promotions, Social advanced search for private and public information, usergen applications, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other erated content, custom tools, apps, widgets. Search for the criteria and filter and display related promotions, online cou latest deals on Social Earth via the web or a mobile orportable pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter device, which will open up an incredible opportunity to reach tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver people at the point of shopping—a benefit both to shoppers tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and merchants; Search online for service providers; View and sellers on the 3D landscape based upon the desired loca “live social feeds” from social networking giants FacebookTM tion, GPS technology, behavior tracking, which can even and TwitterTM: Communicate with their friends on Skype; predict future buying demand. Zoom to birds-eye and human Scale view and navigate around 0505 For example, if someone is searching for a sporting stunning 3D satellite images; Watch videos and news clips via event or other type of entertainment on Social Earth and the RSS links: Have a unique interactive user experience, view Social shopper previously purchased a coupon for a pizza, the live links to places and events: Learn how Social Earth plans social behavior software will locate nearby pizza restaurants, to give back by providing information about microloans or sporting events, sports venues, sports bars, hotels, and other microcredit, humanitarian aid and Supporting other worldly points of interest etc. based upon the online activity, location, causes through charitable donations or Sustainable gifts. online communications, search inquiries, social networking, 0503. Further non limiting examples of how the delivery Social networking communities, social networking activities, system and software of the invention is interactive with the messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, advertis Social shopper based upon the Social shopper's preference, ing, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social plu location, GPS, buying patterns, likes & dislikes, user profile, gins, promotions, Social applications, purchasing, behavior, online communications, social networking, social network buying patterns and other criteria and filter and display related ing communities, social networking activities, messaging, coupons, products, goods, services, advertisements and Ser online communications, viewing public & private user pro vice providers on the 3D landscape based upon the desired files, advertising, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, location, GPS technology, behavior tracking, which can even purchasing, behavior, buying patternand other criteria allow predict future shopping. ing the social behavior software to search for and filter and 0506 If someone is searching for a new or used car, motor display related promotions, online coupons, mobile services, cycle, recreational, RV or other type of motorized vehicle or Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping penny transportation on Social Earth, the software will search for auctions or online auctions, or advertisements and affiliate related services based upon GPS such as i.e. dealerships, advertising or services from merchants and sellers on the 3D manufacturers, insurance, tires, oil change, car wash, air con landscape. So when a social shopper searches for promotions, ditioning, gas stations, etc. based upon the online activity, online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser location, online communications, search inquiries, Social net vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc working, social networking communities, social networking tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services on activities, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, Social Earth, the social behavior software will keep track of advertising, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social online activity, location, online communications, search plugins, promotions, social applications, purchasing, behav inquiries, social networking, Social networking communities, ior, buying patterns and other criteria and filter and display Social networking activities, messaging, viewing public & related promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod private profiles, advertising, bidding, bidding behavior, bid ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc ding results, social plugins, promotions, Social applications, tions, or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate adver purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other criteria and tising or services from merchants and sellers on the 3D search for, filter and display related promotions, online cou landscape based upon the desired location, GPS technology, pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter behavior Social software tracking, which can even predict tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver future shopping. tisements and affiliate advertising or services from merchants 0507 If the social shopper has previously purchased a and sellers on the 3D landscape based upon the desired loca coupon for pet food, the social behavior software will keep tion, GPS technology, behavior tracking, which can even track of online activity, location, online communications, predict future demand. search inquiries, social networking, social networking com 0504. Each user's will have a unique experience on Social munities, Social networking activities, messaging, viewing Earth based upon their online activity, location, online com public & private user profiles, advertising, bidding, bidding munications, search inquiries, social networking, social net behavior, bidding results, social plugins, promotions Social working communities, social networking activities, messag applications, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other ing, viewing public & private user profiles, advertising, criteria and filter and display related promotions, online cou bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social plugins, pons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, enter promotions, Social applications, buying preference, location tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auction, adver and other criteria. So if someone is searching for a particular tisements and affiliate advertising or services, pet stores, promotion, online coupon, mobile service, Product, Good or Veterinarians, grooming services, advertisements and other Service, entertainment shopping, penny auction or online related pet services on the 3D landscape based upon the auctions, advertisement and affiliate advertising or service on desired location, GPS technology, behavior tracking, which Social Earth, the social behavior software will track their can even predict future shopping demand. online activity, location, online communications, search 0508 If someone is searching for a home, condo, apart inquiries, social networking, Social networking communities, ment or other type of real estate on Social Earth, the social Social networking activities, messaging, viewing public & behavior software will track online activity, location, online US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 57 communications, search inquiries, Social networking, social business products that reduce the carbon footprint, made from networking communities, social networking activities, mes recycled materials and do little harm to the environment, etc. saging, viewing public & private user profiles, advertising, on the 3D landscape based upon the desired location, GPS bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social plugins, technology, behavior tracking, which can search criteria, promotions, Social applications, bidding, bidding behavior, Social shopper's buying preferences, buying patters, likes and bidding results, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and dislikes, online communications, transaction history, etc. and other criteria and filter and display related promotions online even predict future buying demand. coupons, mobile services Products, Goods or Services, enter 0512. If someone is searching for a flight comparison on tainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, adver Social Earth by clicking on one of the travel links i.e. Expedia, tisements and affiliate advertising or services from i.e. bro Travelocity, Orbitz, Cheap Flights, Kayak, etc., the social kers, agents, relocation services, lenders, moving and storage, behavior software will track online activity, location, online furniture, lawn care or gardening, grocery stores, Schools, communications, search inquiries, Social networking, Social doctors & physicians, parks, cleaning services, etc. on the 3D networking communities, social networking activities, mes landscape, based upon the desired location, GPS technology, saging, viewing public & private user profiles, advertising, behavior tracking, which can even predict future buying bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social plugins, demand. Social promotions, applications, purchasing, behavior and 0509. If someone is searching for a school, college, uni buying patterns and other criteria and filter and display related versity or other type of educational services on Social Earth, promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, the social behavior software will track online activity, loca Goods or Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions tion, online communications, search inquiries, social net or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or working, social networking communities Social networking services for Such services as fights, hotels, car rentals, restau activities, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, rants, food & drink, entertainment and other related services advertising, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social on the 3D landscape based upon the desired location, GPS plugins, promotions, social applications, purchasing, behav technology, behavior tracking, which can even predict future ior, buying patterns and other criteria and filter and display buying demand. related promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod 0513. If someone is searching for a penny auction or ucts, Goods or Services, entertainment shopping, penny auc online auction on Social Earth, the social behavior software tions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate adver will track online activity, location, online communications, tising or services for such items as i.e. online classes, student Search inquiries, social networking, Social networking com loans, financial aid, colleges, universities, private and public munities, Social networking activities, messaging, viewing Schools, tutoring, test preparation, etc. on the 3D landscape public & private user profiles, advertising, bidding, bidding based upon the desired location, GPS technology, behavior behavior, bidding results, social plugins, promotions, Social tracking, which can even predict future buying demand. applications, purchasing, behavior and buying patterns and 0510) If someone is searching for a particular travel des other criteria and filter and display related promotions, online tination on Social Earth, the social behavior software will coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods or Services, track online activity, location, online communications, search entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, inquiries, social networking, Social networking communities, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services on the 3D Social networking activities, messaging, viewing public & landscape based upon the desired location, GPS technology, private user profiles, advertising, bidding, bidding behavior, behavior tracking, which can even predict future buying bidding results, social plugins, promotions, Social applica demand. tions, purchasing, behavior, buying patterns and other criteria 0514 Advantages: SOCIAL EARTH's unique shopping and filter and display related promotions, online coupons, experience on a live view of the planet offers multiple advan mobile services, Products, Goods or Services, entertainment tages over othere-tail, daily deal, coupon and Social network shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements ing sites by: Aggregating promotions, online coupons, mobile and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment shop ers for Such items as i.e. travel deals, airfare or ground trans ping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and portation options, restaurants, sport venues, entertainment, affiliate advertising or services on its site daily, but they won't airports, car rentals, limos, dry cleaners and other services, last just one day; Combining the power of a Social networking etc. on the 3D landscape based upon the desired location, GPS community with a collective bargaining coupon site, cur technology, behavior tracking, which can even predict future rently the fastest growing business model on the Web: buying demand. SOCIAL EARTH is going to help those in need around the 0511. If someone is searching for an environmental world; Behavior tracking technology, Gathering promotions, friendly or green product on Social Earth, the social behavior online coupons, mobile services, Products, Goods & Ser Software will track online activity, location, online commu vices, entertainment shopping, penny auctions or online auc nications, search inquiries, social networking, social net tions, advertisements and affiliate advertising services from working communications, social networking activities, mes merchants and sellers from all over the world into one fun saging, viewing public & private user profiles, advertising, online 3D shopping experience: Social Shoppers will be able bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, social plugins, to search for a multitude of promotions, online coupons, promotions, social applications, purchasing, behavior, buy mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, entertainment ing patterns and other criteria and filter and display related shopping, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements promotions, online coupons, mobile services, Products, and affiliate advertising or services from merchants and sell Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, penny auctions ers based upon their precise location; Social networking inte or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising gration with FacebookTM and TwitterTM will create “sticki services for Such as items as i.e. eco-friendly home, office and ness' and bring Social Shoppers back to the site again and US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 again; Social Earth will be available in multiple languages to networking activities, user profiles, messaging, attract users outside of the United States and around the online communications, viewing public & private world: Giving Social Shoppers a fun, hip interactive experi user profiles, Social plugins, promotions, social ence on a live view of Earth with satellite imagery, aerial applications, entertainment shopping, penny and photography and graphic animated color overlays; and/or online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding Having a unique interactive user experience, view live links to results, advertisements and affiliate advertising: places and events. and 1. A method for providing Social networking interactions (iii) interactive links to websites displaying said pro using internet and mobile websites and related mobile device motions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod or computer systems that provide end user customized inter ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, active displays of three dimensional geospatial maps com penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behav prising end user customized promotions, online coupons, ior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate mobile services, Products, Goods & Services, and related advertising, social networking, social networking company and local information, said first and second end user communities, social networking activities, mes displays generated using a three dimensional geospatial plat Saging online communications and searchinquiries form using multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial map for service providers, business centers and affili ping, ates, and related company information and related said method comprising: local information; (a) electronically assigning on a computer system an (c) electronically displaying on said client computer said identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiv first end user geospatial interactive display provided ing a request from said end user via a client applica in step (b): tion operating on said client mobile device or com (d) electronically monitoring, collecting and analyzing, puter system for internet access to websites or links; using a mobile device or computer system data analy (b) electronically providing on a mobile device or com sis system, said end user data relating to end user's puter system access to said websites or links that (i) online activity, provide three dimensional geospatial interactive dis (ii) location, plays including showing movement from one location (iii) online communications, to another, said mobile device or computer system (iv) social networking plugins comprising a combination of first consumer data sets (v) search inquiries, used to generate first end user geospatial interactive (vi) Social networking, displays using multi-dimensional and Scalable (vii) Social networking communities, geospatial mapping and integrated Social networking, (viii) Social networking activities, Social networking communities, Social networking (ix) user profiles, activities, user profiles, messaging, online communi (X) messaging, cations, said first end user geospatial interactive dis (xi) viewing public & private user profiles, plays comprising (xii) Social plugins, (i) first promotional data collections for separate loca (xiii) Social applications, tions shown on said displays, said first promotional (xiv) entertainment shopping, data collections comprising (XV) penny and online auctions, (a) promotions, (Xvi) bidding, (b) online coupons, (xvii) bidding behavior, (c) mobile services, (xviii) bidding results, (d) products, (xix) advertisements and affiliate advertising, (e) goods, (XX) purchasing, (f) services, (xxi) behavior, (g) entertainment shopping, (XXii) preferences, (h) penny and online auctions, (XXiii) IM, text and email messaging; and (i) bidding, (XXiv) buying patterns on said websites or links, to () bidding behavior, provide end user output data; (k) bidding results, (e) electronically processing said end user output data (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising, from step (d) to electronically generate second con (m) social networking, Sumer data sets related to one or more of (n) social networking communities, (i) said end users, (o) Social networking activities, (ii) additional end users, and (p) user profiles, (iii) target end user groups, (q) messaging, said second consumer data sets comprising end user (r) online communications, related consumer profiles, trends and target mar (s) viewing public & private user profiles, kets, based on said analyzing in step (c); (t) service providers, (f) electronically processing said first and second con (u) business centers and affiliates, Sumer data sets to generate second end user geospatial (V) related company information; and interactive displays using multi-dimensional and (w) local information; and Scalable geospatial mapping including showing (ii) interactive links to Social networks, social net movement from one location to another and inte working, social networking communities, social grated Social networking, Social networking commu US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 59

nity, user profiles, messaging, said second end user cally locating web-based social network members, automati geospatial interactive displays comprising cally manage Social connections, auto-shared photo album, (i) customized second promotional data collections biometric Social networking, blocking objectionable commu for separate locations shown on said displays, said nications in a Social network, broadcast notifications using customized second promotional data collections Social networking systems, clarifying search results using comprising Social-networking information, collective socializing using a (a) promotions, mobile Social network, collectively giving gifts in a Social (b) online coupons, network environment, commercializing ideas or inventions, (c) mobile services, (d) products, communicating between users, community detection, com (e) goods, munity translation on a social network, confirming an asso (f) services, ciation in a web-based social network, consumption manage (g) entertainment shopping, ment systems and methods integrated with Social networks, (h) penny and online auctions, content sharing across enterprise Social networks, contingent (i) bidding, rights exchange associated with a social network, controlling () bidding behavior, access of user information using Social-networking informa (k) bidding results, tion, coordinated location aware brokering of Social net (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising, works, correlation of psycho-demographic data and Social (m) social networking, network data to initiate an action, creating a social network map of non-voice communications, creating a social-net (n) social networking communities, working online community, cross-network Social networking (o) Social networking activities, applicationarchitecture, defined searching and web crawling, (p) user profiles, defining user relationships in a Social networking environ (q) messaging, ment, determining a group preference in a Social network, (r) online communications, device, system, and method of generating location-based (s) viewing public & private user profiles. Social networks, discerning human intent based on user-gen (t) service providers and related company informa erated metadata, discovering, creating, using, and managing tion; and Social network circuits, displaying demographic information (u) local information; and of members discussing topics in a forum, dynamically gen (ii) interactive links to social networks, social net erating a privacy Summary, dynamically generating seg working, social networking communities, social mented community flyers, dynamically managing a Social networking activities, online communications, network group, dynamically providing a news feed about a user profiles, messaging, viewing public & private user of a Social network, elements of an enterprise eventfeed, user profiles, Social plugins, promotions, social email confirmation page for social network notifications, applications, entertainment shopping, penny auc enabling location-dependent value exchange and object of tions, online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, interest identification, enabling messaging between users of bidding results, advertisements and affiliate adver different social networks and between users of social net tising; and works and users of other communication systems, enterprise (iii) interactive links to websites displaying said pro Social graph and contextual information presentation, estab motions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod lishing a social network system based on motif, Social status ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, and Social attitude, facilitate real time communications penny auctions, online auctions, bidding, bidding between members of a social network, feature propagation, behavior, bidding results, advertisements and federation and interoperability between social networks, affiliate advertising, social networking, social net feeding updates to landing pages of users of an online Social working communities, social networking activi network from external sources, file sharing based on Social ties, search inquires for service providers, business network, friends toolbar for a virtual Social venue, generating centers and affiliates for related company informa a feed of stories personalized for members of a social net tion and related local information; and work, generating segmented community flyers in a Social (g) electronically displaying on said client mobile networking system, giving gifts and displaying assets in a device or computer system said second end user Social network environment, graphical representation of geospatial interactive display provided in step (f). Social network vitality, highlighting email recipients, hosting 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said social a social network that enables granular management of the networking is selected from one or more of access to trusted privacy of posted information, hot video prediction system user-generated content using social networks, accessing based on user interests Social network, incentivize transac information from multiple networks, social graphs, and con tions to enhance Social goodness, incorporation of variables tent sites, accumulating Social relation information for Social into textual content, information handling system low power network services, adaptive packaging of network resources, network communications, information security for recovery adaptive Social network management, advertising products to based social networking, integrating a social network and groups within Social networks, aggregation of social network data repository to enable map creation, integrating Social data, aggregation, standardization and extension of social contact identifiers into wagering games, integrating Social networking contacts to enhance a television consumer expe networking with financial services, integrating Social net rience, application of social networking data, assigning works and wagering games, integrating updates into a social access privileges in a social network, associative memory networking service, interacting with Social networking in an operators, methods and computer program products for using internet protocol television system, leveraging a Social graph a Social network for predictive marketing analysis, automati from a social network for Social context in other systems, US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 60 leveraging information in a social network for inferential Social networks for a recommendation system, social capital, targeting of advertisements, managing information about Social context for inter-media objects, social graph search relationships in a social network via a social timeline, man system, social graph that includes web pages outside of a aging information flow between members of an online social Social networking system, social home page, social market network, managing organizational resources, marketing sys ing, social mobilized content sharing, social network analysis tem having multiple fulfillment channels and a method for with prior knowledge and non-negative tensor factorization, directing a personalized invitation to members of a social Social network construction based on data association, Social network, markup language for incorporating Social network network marketing plan monitoring method and system, ing system information by an external website, measuring Social network message categorization systems and methods, Social capital index in an online Social network, mobile device Social network notifications for external updates, social net and method of operating same to interface content provider work qualification systems, social network virtual private website, mobile network operator controlled content to network, social network-driven cooperative characterization mobile Subscribers using Social networking messages, with non-social network sites, Social networking architecture mobile social networking enabled by bar codes, mobile social in which profile data hosting is provided by the profile owner, networking system and method, modeling social networks Social networking via communications over interactive using analytic measurements of online Social media content, devices, social notification for a set-top box, storing data modification of social networks via design codes, monetizing related to Social publishers and associating the data with a social network platform, monitoring activity of a specified electronic brand data, Suggesting contacts for social net user on internet-based social networks, multi-governance Works, tagging digital media, targeting messages to users in a Social networking groups, name conflict resolution, name Social network, targeting online ads using social neighbor resolution, networking across web based and telecommuni hoods of a social network, targeting third party content to cation based portals, observing responses to invitations by users based on Social networks, tie strength prediction and users in a web-based social network, offering discounts, Social media filtration, tracking significant topics of discourse online promotions through a social network-based platform, in forums, travel related commercial interactions, use with online promotions through social media networks, organiza and integration into a video game, user pivot navigation of tion of a contact list based on Social network context, page shared social media, using Social information for authenticat caching for rendering dynamic web pages, page rendering for ing a user session, using social networks while respecting dynamic web pages, personalized platform for accessing access control lists, vehicle based social networking, visual internet applications, platform for providing a social context tags for search results generated from social network infor to Software applications, predictive resource identification mation, visualization application for mining of Social net and phased delivery of structured documents, presenting works, visualizing communications within a Social setting, Social networking events via a television receiver, processing web-based social networking database, weighting Social net Social relation oriented Service, profile rating and Verification work relationships based on communications history, and system, promoting shopping information on a network based youth based social networking. Social platform, providing an answer to a question from a 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said affiliate advertising Social network site using a separate messaging site, providing comprises one or more of (a) advertising content manage Social networking content, publish/Subscribe mashups for ment system and method; (b) advertising method and prod Social networks, random Voice communications through a uct; (c) affiliate distribution of advertisements with compen Social network, ranking search results using Social-network sation for attention; (d) affiliate system and affiliate device: ing information, ranking search results based on the fre (e) affiliate system on social networking; (f) affiliated adver quency of access on the search results by users of a Social tising widget, (g) apparatus and method for internet advertis networking system, ranking search results based on the ing and affiliate compensation: (h) apparatus, method and frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a article to evaluate affiliate performance: (i) arranging delivery social network who are within a predetermined degree of of advertisements over a network Such as the internet: () separation, ranking social network objects, real time media assured comprehension advertising system; (k) bond issue based social network notifications, recommending new indi information management and distribution system; (1) buying viduals to be invited into a confirmed social network based on and selling spots for advertisements in mass-market media; mined social data, recording usage of an online social net (m) centralized affiliated marketplaces systems and methods; work, relationship characterization and utilization from a (n) computerized networking device with embedded user's Social networks, remote work sessions, reputation advanced content and web traffic monetization functionality; evaluation of online users in a Social networking scheme, (o) context-based transactions using broadcast advertising: resource management of social network applications, scoring (p) customer loyalty and advertising; (q) customizing an individual network competitiveness and network effect in an advertisement; (r) delivery, targeting, and measuring adver online Social network, searching data in a social network to tising over networks: (s) electronic publication advertising provide an answer to an information request, selecting adver system, (t) email-based advertising system; (u) evaluating tisements for output by a television receiver based on social content based advertising; (V) internet business co-op with network profile data, self funding emergency and other noti rotating banners; (w) internet-based and tangible referral sys fication system, setting cookies in conjunction with phased tem; (X) network interaction correlation; (y) non-authentica delivery of structured documents, sharing digital content on a tion access management system for affiliated websites linked Social network, sharing Social network information, sharing with advertisement; (Z) offering advertising services; (a) Social networking content in a conference user interface, online platform for web advertisement partnerships and affili single login procedure for accessing social network informa ate advertising; (b) providing purchasing incentives and tion across multiple external systems, situation-aware ad-hoc advertisements; (c) providing targeted advertisements based Social interaction, Social behavior analysis and inferring on current activity; (d) quality-based online advertisement US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013

trading system; (e) revenue generation and sharing for con charitable contributions, humanitarian aid, or loans or credit tent sharing services, (f) selecting a website affiliate based on online or via a mobile device or wireless device through a maximum potential revenue generation; (g) selecting person server or microloans. alized non-competitive electronic advertising for electronic 13. A method of claim 1, wherein said product or service is display: (h) self-funded commission management system; selected from the group consisting of retail, wholesale, travel, and (ii) service system and mobile communication terminal hospitality, real estate, educational services, entertainment for free using of data communication. shopping services, penny and online auction services, service 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further provider services, loan services, loans or credit online or via comprises providing remote computing or mobile device or a mobile device or wireless device through a server business computer system access and wherein said interactive links are center services, affiliate services, or related products or ser selected from Internet sites, feeds, pictures, videos, audio W1CS clips, social network, Social networking, social networking 14. A method of claim 11, wherein said searchinquiry is for communities, social networking activities, online communi real estate related online coupons, mobile services, products, cations, messaging, user profiles, viewing public & private goods or services, entertainment shopping, penny and online user profiles, social plugins, promotions, social applications, auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, adver entertainment shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, tisements and affiliate advertising, and wherein bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements and affili a. Said real estate product or good is selected from Social ate advertising, local promotional data based on end user's networking, Social networking communities, social net online activity, location, profile, online communication, working activities, online communications, user pro Social plugins, social networking, social networking commu files, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, nities, social networking activities, user profiles, messaging, Social plugs, promotions, social applications, entertain viewing public & private user profiles, social plugins, social ment shopping, penny and online auctions, advertise applications, entertainment shopping, penny and online auc ments and affiliate advertising, and search inquiries for tions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertise the sale or lease of vacant land, residential real estate, ments and affiliate advertising, purchasing, behavior, prefer commercial real estate, recreational real estate, retail, ences and buying patterns, online behavior. shopping, hotels, motels, golf courses, resorts, marinas, 5. The method of claim 2, wherein said second consumer industrial real estate, vacation, time shares, condomini data sets further comprise one selected from contacts infor ums, multifamily, dwellings; mation, social network contact information, location, online b. said real estate service is selected from social network communications, search inquiries, Social networking, social ing, Social networking communities, social networking networking communities, social networking activities, user activities, user profiles, messaging, viewing public & profiles, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, private user profiles, social plugins, promotions, social Social plugins, promotions, Social applications, embedded applications, entertainment shopping, penny and online advertisements and affiliate advertising, entertainment shop auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising and ping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, search inquiries for travel agents, brokers, agents, relo bidding results, purchasing, behavior, preferences and buying cation services, internet marketing, concierge, transpor pattern information. tation, travel and hospitality services, lenders, apprais 6. The method of claim 3, wherein said method further ers, education, developers, contractors, inspectors, comprises providing said second consumer data sets to a third home improvements/remodeling, basement designs, party. landscaping, home warranties, insurance, indoor and 7. The method of claim 4, wherein said third party is outdoor furniture, fixtures, windows, siding, roofing, selected from a governmentagency, a credit reporting agency, heating/cooling, Solar, plumbing, electrical, mechani a company, or a regulatory agency according to applicable cal, HVAC, or repair, renovation or addition services. laws and regulations. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein said Internet access in 8. The method of claim.5, wherein said company is selected step (a) is Subject to identity verification. from a financial services company, a product company, a 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the social networking services company, a retailer, a real estate company, an enter links are provided as one selected from location, online com tainment company, a penny or online auction, or other type of munications, search inquiries, social networking, social net service company. working communities, social networking activities, user pro files, messaging, viewing public & private user profiles, 9. The method of claim3, wherein said second promotional Social plugins, promotions, Social applications, entertainment data collections are based at least in part on prior purchase shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behav history of one or more end users. ior, bidding results, messaging, viewing public & private user 10. The method of claim 1, wherein The method of claim 2, profiles, social plugins, social applications user profiles, wherein said second consumer data sets further comprise one advertisements and affiliate advertising, SSLS, cookies, and selected from statistics regarding donations, humanitarian aid embedded advertisements and affiliate advertising. and Sustainable gifts made by the end users or other end users. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein promotion or service 11. The method of claim 8, wherein said method further comprises (1) travel and hospitality related search inquiries; comprises providing said statistics to said end user, other end (2) real estate or ancillary services related search inquiries or users, or third parties. (3) search inquiries related to one selected from education 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further services, entertainment services, penny and online auction comprises said end user designating a portion of a purchase, services, business center services or affiliated services; or (4) or providing links or websites to said end user, to provide job or employment search inquiries. US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 62

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said local information (i) first consumer data sets used to generate first end comprises information about people, places of information, user geospatial interactive displays using multi companies, businesses, weather or roads, which can be added dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping and or removed as layers on said display showing said geospatial integrated Social networking, said first end user mapping. geospatial interactive displays comprising 19. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further (a) first promotional data collections for separate comprises behavior tracking communications with social net locations shown on said displays, said first pro working, social networking communities, social networking motional data collections comprising activities, online communications, user profiles, messaging, (i) promotions, viewing public & private and other social networks. (ii) online coupons, 20. A method of claim 1, wherein said promotions, online (iii) mobile services, coupons, mobile services, products, goods or services are (iv) products, selected from entertainment shopping, penny and online auc (V) goods, tions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertise (vi) services, ments and affiliate advertising, location, online communica (vii) entertainment shopping, tions, search inquiries, social networking, Social networking (viii) penny and online auctions, communities, social networking activities, online communi (iX) bidding, cations, user profiles, messaging, viewing public & private (X) bidding behavior, user profiles, social plugins, promotions, social applications, (xi) bidding results, online coupons, mobile services, products, goods or services, (xii) advertisements and affiliate advertising, entertainment shopping, penny auctions, online auctions, (xiii) Social networking, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements (xiv) social networking communities & Social and affiliate advertising, embedded advertisements and affili networking activities, ate advertising by geo-target location, daily deal coupons, (XV) user profiles, free or discounted printable coupons, business directories, (XVi) messaging, advertisements and affiliate advertising, text, SMS market (Xvii) online communications, ing, search, multimedia, operating systems, devices, loans or (xviii) viewing public & private user profiles, credit online or via a mobile device or wireless device through (XiX) service providers, a server, banking, payment, wallet or electronic payments, (XX) business centers and affiliated services, express checkout, money transfer, Social media, keywords, (XXi) related company information, coupons, instant messaging marketing. Voting, e-cards, short (xii) local information; and codes, commerce, shopping, push content, geo-information, (b) interactive links to social networks, social net geo-social information, and search inquiries for daily deal working, social networking communities, social coupons, art, penny auctions, online auctions, e-commerce, networking activities, online communications, m-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, personal net messaging, user profiles, viewing public & pri works, financial networks, travel and hospitality services, real vate user profiles, Social plugins, promotions, estate, educational services, ancillary services, advertise Social applications, entertainment shopping, ments and affiliate advertising, service providers and business penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding owners, business center services, healthcare services, finan behavior, bidding results, advertisements and cial services, consumer products, specialty retail, media, affiliate advertising; and entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, online dating, (c) interactive links to websites displaying said pro gaming, retail stores, virtual communities, and virtual goods. motions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod 21. A computer system for providing Social networking ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment services, interactions using internet and mobile websites and related penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding computer systems that provide end user customized interac behavior, bidding results, advertisements and tive displays of three dimensional geospatial maps compris affiliate advertising, Social networking, Social ing end user customized promotions, online coupons, mobile networking communities, Social networking services, Products, Goods & Services, and related company activities and search inquires for service provid and local information, said first and second end user displays ers, business centers and affiliated services, and generated using a three dimensional geospatial platform related company information and related local using multi-dimensional and Scalable geospatial mapping, information; said system comprising: (c) a system component for electronically displaying on said client mobile device or computer system said first (a) a system component for electronically assigning on a end user geospatial interactive display provided in mobile device or computer system an identifier to a step (b): client computer receiving a request from said end user (d) a system component for electronically monitoring, via a client application operating on said client com collecting and analyzing, using a mobile device or puter for Internet access to websites or links; computer data analysis system, said end user data (b) a system component for electronically providing on relating to end users online activity, location, online a mobile device or computer system access to said communications, search inquiries, social networking, websites or links that provide three dimensional Social networking communities, Social networking geospatial interactive displays including showing activities, online communications, messaging, user movement from one location to another, said com profiles, viewing public & private user profiles, Social puter system comprising a combination of plugins, promotions, social applications, entertain US 2013/0073473 A1 Mar. 21, 2013 63

ment shopping, penny and online auctions, bidding, (k) bidding results, bidding behavior, bidding results, advertisements and (1) advertisements and affiliate advertising, affiliate advertising, purchasing, behavior, prefer (m) social networking, ences and buying patterns on said websites or links, to (n) social networking communities, provide end user output data; (o) user profiles, (e) a system component for electronically processing (p) messaging, said end user output data from step (d) to electroni (q) online communications, cally generate second consumer data sets related to (r) viewing public & private user profiles, one or more of (s) service providers; i. said end users, (t) business centers and affiliated services, ii. additional end users, and (u) related company information; and iii. target end user groups, (v) local information; and said second consumer data comprising end user related (ii) interactive links to Social networks, online com consumer profiles, trends and target markets, based munications, social networking, Social networking on said analyzing in step (c); communities, social networking activities, mes (f) electronically processing said first and second con Saging, user profiles, messaging, Viewing public & Sumer data sets to generate second end user geospatial private user profiles, social plugins, promotions, interactive displays using multi-dimensional and Social applications, entertainment shopping, penny Scalable geospatial mapping including showing and online auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, movement from one location to another and inte bidding results, advertisements and affiliate adver grated Social networking, said second end user tising; and geospatial interactive displays comprising (iii) interactive links to websites displaying said pro (i) customized second promotional data collections motions, online coupons, mobile services, Prod for separate locations shown on said displays, said ucts, Goods & Services, entertainment shopping, customized second promotional data collections penny and online auctions, bidding, bidding behav comprising ior, bidding results, advertisements and affiliate (a) promotions, advertising, social networking, social networking (b) online coupons, communities, social networking activities and (c) mobile services, search inquires for service providers, business cen (d) products, ters, and affiliated services, and related company (e) goods, information and related local information; (f) services, (g) electronically displaying on said client mobile (g) entertainment shopping, device or computer system said second end user (h) penny and online auctions, geospatial interactive display provided in step (f). (i) bidding, () bidding behavior, k k k k k