Real-time spatial socializing through mobile device

摘要

There has been an unprecedented increase in availability of real-time streaming services on today's mobile devices, for example: Satellite/GPRS radio, Digital media broadcast (DMB TV). Yet the majority of the services available today fail to provide dynamic social experience as compared to the PC/real-world environment, especially socializing in terms of common interests such as real-time music/videoews etc. Such real-time common interest acts like a fuel for dialogue exchange & social interaction. The presence & availability of real-time mobile services gives us opportunity to realize above concept while the user is on the move. Geographica is a combination of application software & services for mobile device that stimulate users to locate other potential users who share same interests (ex: radio, DMB etc) in real-time & locate, socialize through map interface either locally or globally. We have attempted to create a new user interface & experience focusing on user's unmet need ofsocializing through real-time content while on the move.