Media and location based social network

Abstract

A method may include receiving from a first device: a media file; data comprising information identifying a location associated with the media file; storing the media file and data in a database; receiving from a second device information identifying a location of the second device; determining a geographic radius of the second device based upon user selection; determining if one or more media files stored in the database are associated with a location in the geographic radius of the second device; and sending the one or more media files to the second device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A client application executable on a mobile computing device to provide media and location based social network services, the client application operable to:
 receive, from a user, log in information;   
       retrieve a user profile based on the log in information, the user profile comprising a geographic radius within which the user desires to receive media files;
 determine a current location of the mobile computing device; 
 determine, based at least in part on the geographic radius and the current location, a current geographic range surrounding the user and the mobile computing device; 
 responsive to determining that one or more media files is associated with a location within the current geographic range, receive, from a server database, the one or more media files associated with the location within the current geographic range; and 
 play, on the mobile computing device, the one or more media files. 
 
     
     
         2 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the current location of the mobile computing device is determined based upon a longitude and latitude of the mobile computing device. 
     
     
         3 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the media files associated with the location within the current geographic range comprises at least one of audio files, video files, image files, or document files. 
     
     
         4 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the user profile further comprises an indication, received from the user, of a grouping of submitters from whom the user desires to receive media. 
     
     
         5 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the user profile further comprises indications, received from the user, of one or more types of content the user desires to receive. 
     
     
         6 . The client application of  claim 5 , wherein the user profile further comprises indications, received from the user, of a geographic radius for each type of content the user desires to receive. 
     
     
         7 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the current location of the mobile computing device is periodically determined. 
     
     
         8 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device is a selected from the group consisting of:
 a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a navigation system, a digital music player, and an electronic reader.   
     
     
         9 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the location associated with the one or more media files comprises one or more related physical locations. 
     
     
         10 . The client application of  claim 1 , wherein the client application is further configured to, receive from the user, an indication to skip playing of one of the one or more media files associated with the location within the current geographic range.