US 12238815

US Patent 12238815 Summary

Here is a summary of US Patent 12238815, "Method and system for using a situational network":

• Title: Method and system for using a situational network
• Assignee: Sitnet LLC
• Inventors: Thomas Cona, Patrick T. Igoe, Leonid Kravets, Edward A. Ehrlacher
• Filing Date: April 18, 2024
• Issue Date: February 25, 2025
• Abstract: A situational network is created when an occurrence or expected occurrence of an event or situation causes connections to be established between a set of participants. The situational network allows the participants to interact and exchange information regarding the event or situation. The participants may include users and external entities, such as situation authorities, central authorities, or trusted providers. The situational network may be formed using a centralized architecture, a decentralized architecture, or a combination thereof. The situational network may be established using the framework of an N-dimensional social network (NDSN), with each user having a Personal Information Aggregator (PIA). The situation or event itself may also be associated with an event node in the network.
• Plain-language overview of independent claims:
  • Claim 1: This claim describes a computer-implemented method for managing information within a situational network. The method involves identifying an event or situation, establishing the situational network based on this event (which includes connecting a situation authority to users, each having a personal information aggregator (PIA)), and then the situation authority distributing information related to the event to the users' PIAs. The method also includes the situation authority receiving information related to the event from the users' PIAs and propagating this information to other users' PIAs. The connections between the participants can be temporary or persistent, and can be established automatically, by request, or by invitation.
  • Claim 12: This claim is directed to a system that performs the method of Claim 1. The system includes a processor and memory configured to perform the steps of identifying an event, establishing a situational network (including connecting a situation authority server to user devices with PIAs), and the situation authority server distributing, receiving, and propagating event-related information to and from the user devices.
  • Claim 20: This claim describes a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of Claim 1. This means the claim covers the software or programming that enables a computer system to operate the situational network as described in Claim 1.

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