NVC - Networked Virtual Clubs
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The NVC
concept consists, in using a network
environment and the SALT protocol (patent
pending), to facilitate
collaboration, and exchange of data and information. Virtual Private Networks
can easily be created by using the club paradigm; said, virtual private
networks can be Internet
wide or restricted to an Internet sub-domain.
NVC - a Networked Virtual Club Concept
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The NVC concept is organized around the idea of clubs; a club being by definition, 1: a
group
of persons organized for a social, literary, political, or other
purpose. 2: the building or rooms occupied by such a
group. 3: an organization which offers its
subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses or interest, in
return for regular purchases. 4:
a night club or cabaret.
(Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged
Dictionary of the English Language).
The NVC
concept can only operate in a network environment. It is based on the
need that everyone has in exchanging information with each other. The NVC
concept allows such information exchanges to be secure and the source
of the information verifiable -- our
secret handshake.
The NVC
concept relies on the SALT protocol to
both secure and verify the source of any exchange. Every member of an NVC
club is identified by a universal unique identifier, such as an URI, email address, UUID, or phone number.
Every
NVC club
has
an
entry
in
the
SALT
key database,
with
the type of club, and an
entry in the Club
database, specifying the members of the club, whether the club
is opened or closed, what type of document, content, or information can
be exchanged, what file system partition or volume, and paths can be
accessed; and whether network communication should be encrypted. Each
club
member may be identified by their own specific SALT
key.
The NVC
club system offers the option of using a
universal unique
identifier as an alternative addressing scheme, which
provides the ability to connect to a club member's or owner's
communication device, wherever they may be
located; and to utilize means of communication other than text
messaging -- i.e. phone calls, video phone calls, voice IP calls, etc..
To create an NVC
club, one has to name the club and select a list of universally unique
identifiers, such as email-addresses,
and
the
additional
selections
stated
above.
Once
created,
one
simply has to set the
club to the opened state. Each
member can then open their connection
dialog, enter the club's full name, consisting of the
club identifier, and the unique identifier of the club owner's
communication device; as well as, their
own unique club member's identifier, such as an email-address as their
user name. No password is required because
the SALT key is already a
password into the club.
The user's communication device must be running an
HTTP server and/or plug-in, which can send and receive reminder-based
messages. Each member's communication device, must have, a priori, completed a SALT handshake
with the club owner's communication device. The club owner's
communication device regularly scans the internet/network,
to
initiate
handshakes
with
club
members
who
may
be
online; or each
member's communication device may receive notifications, from a
match-making service, of online peers waiting to be contacted.
The handshake may
contain
additional information, such as which ports to access on the server,
for downloads.
Every NVC
club has the ability of providing feed and motd
updates, based on subscriptions,
as
well
as
being
able
to
send
advertising
and
regular
reminders to each member (see RSF, RAOD, and RRAS
patents). In a work environment, clubs can be seen as work-groups, and their owner being the company or department. Each
member of a work-group can subscribe to their own feed and
announcement
of the day.
NVC
clubs©® can have one or more active parlors©®;
a parlor
being by definition, 1: a
room
for the reception and entertainment of visitors; living room. 2: a semi-private room in a hotel,
club or the like, for relaxation, conversation, 3: also called locutarium, a
room in a monastery or the like where inhabitants can converse with
visitors, or with each other. 4:
a room, apartment, or building forming a business place for certain
businesses or professions.
Parlors©®
are, akin to its dictionary definition, sections of the
NVC
club where different activities can
take place. These club activities
can be for profit activities; such as, selling a service or product. Other
activities can be document
sharing or storage;
barter of a
service, product, or document; conversation
activities with or without a moderator; auctioning
activities where the moderator of the
parlor is the auctioneer;
or
the streaming of
multimedia
content. Parlors©®
may have one or more members or participants.
Each member
or participant
may have one or more active sessions.
Each
NVC club
member can
subscribe to every other member's club subscriptions; where, the sender
host is seen as a website;
and, the recipient is seen as a subscribed
user. For example, a
club owner
can send updates
consisting of media files, such as
album tracks or images to every member of the club. These updates, when a service or product is offered,
can consist of advertising messages.
NVC
clubs can be either user-based
or host-based.
User-based
clubs use universal unique identifiers, such as email
addresses. Host-based
clubs
use the communication device's unique identifier such as. a phone
number, a Fully
Qualified
Domain
Name, or an IP
address.
The NVC
club system offers the option of using another authentication protocol,
instead of the SALT
protocol,
when sending the club messages. The
most obvious alternatives to our SALT protocol
are
the Open-ID protocol or HTTP Cookies,
HTTP Digest ,
and
Authorization
headers.
The NVC
club system requires the presence of a dynamic naming service
alias,
i.e.
a fully qualified
domain name (FQDN)
to
your
desktop
computer,
as
it
is
connected
to
the
Internet, if a static
IP
address
is not provided. Other types of communication devices
must provide a unique addressable identifier, such as a phone number.
Every NVC
club has the ability of establishing a conference session between
club
members.
The conference session is driven by the communication device of the
club's owner; and can
handle any type of data, whether it be voice,
video or data. This feature allows a club's owner
to easily establish an IRC protocol-like session between club members;
where the
communication
device of the club owner acts as a data transmission router or proxy
agent.
Every NVC
club has the ability of sharing a club session or connection between
club
members,
allowing club members to access the same document at the same
time. Such ability is referred to as virtual
clubbing, where club members can go to a concert together or
listen to an album track
together; and offer their comments through a
conference-call like voice channel.
The terms club and parlor and their foreign language
translations are trademarks of our company when relating to the NVC concept.
Patent
Pending
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