	US 12,114,228 B2
	Social media systems and methods and mobile devices therefor
Raymond Charles Shingler, Valparaiso, IN (US)
Assigned to Flying Eye Reality, Inc., St. John, IN (US)
Filed by Flying Eye Reality, Inc., St. John, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,763.
Application 18/356,763 is a continuation of application No. 17/166,679, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Application 17/166,679 is a continuation of application No. 16/989,713, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, granted, now 10,945,094, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 16/989,713 is a continuation of application No. 15/696,803, filed on Sep. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,743,131, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/383,813, filed on Sep. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370811 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)

CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)]

41 Claims

1. A method of interacting in a social media platform, the method comprising:

receiving from a first user of a social media platform a pinning of a first image of the first user's digital self to a first geographic location via a first user interface displayed to the first user on a first mobile device;

securing a spot of an area near the pinning of the first image as a GPS located crib for the first user;

receiving from the first user a pinning of a second image representing other non-personal profile user-generated content of the first user to the GPS located crib; and

providing a second user interface to a second user of the social media platform when the second user is physically located at the first geographic location, the second user interface including an augmented reality display of the first image and the second image each superimposed over an image of a real-world environment of the first geographic location, the image of the real-world environment obtained via a camera of a second mobile device of the second user, the first image and the second image being accessible by the second user only when the second user is within the physical vicinity of the first geographic location, the display of the first image providing access to the second user to a personal profile of the first user, the display of the second image providing access to the second user to a separate display of the user-generated content represented by the second image.