Searching and finding objects

Abstract

A remote experience system is presented. The system can include a feed aggregation engine configured to obtain a plurality of feeds from feed acquiring devices associated with an event. The feed aggregation engine can obtain an experience policy related to the event and construct an experience feed having an arrangement of the plurality of feeds according to the experience policy. The experience feed can be presented to a user via an experience feed interface, and can include an indication of a focal or other cluster.

1 . A method of requesting a content provider to locate a remote object, comprising:
 providing a first interface configured to allow a plurality of tappers to join a content sharing community as members of the content sharing community;   providing a second interface configured to render a map that displays representations of the members;   providing a third interface configured to allow a first one of the plurality of tappers to select a member from the rendered map as a content provider, and wherein the first tapper and the content provider are unknown to the other prior to the first tapper selecting the content provider;   conveying a solicitation from the first tapper to the content provider to locate an object; and   conveying a video feed of the object to the first tapper, derived from a device operated or carried by the content provider, wherein the video feed comprises a near-real time, first-person experience of the object of the content provider.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the solicitation comprises a description of the object and a search boundary. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the third interface allows the tapper to select a plurality of members from the rendered map as content providers. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising a step of conveying solicitations from the first tapper to the plurality of content providers to locate an object simultaneously. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the third interface allows the tapper to select the content provider based on a reputation of the content provider. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the solicitation can be updated on a regular basis.