Abstract: A mobile social activity networking system configured for facilitating event planning and coordination of activities of users is provided. The system allows users to input user preferences on a mobile computing device via a social networking application on the mobile computing device; to form a group of users with preferred activities and geographic range of proximity to the group; and to select a location for the group of users. The system retrieves data comprising group preferences from a server, retrieves GPS coordinates of mobile computing devices in communication with the system, determines relative locations of mobile computing devices using the retrieved GPS coordinates, and determines an overlap of a user-supplied geographic range and the preferred group geographic range from the selected location based on data representing relative locations of the mobile computing devices and data representing the preferred group geographic range of proximity.

Abstract: Mobile social activity networking systems and methods with geographical vicinity preferences are disclosed. The system/methods include mobile computing devices (MCDs) communicating over a network. The MCDs are equipped with global positioning system (GPS) to keep track of their geographic location. Users download an activity network application (ANA) from a mobile application server (MAS. Using the ANA, users input criteria such as a distance and other preferences, for example, event/activity and proficiency. The application searches for other users within the distance (using GPS data) and matches users based on the input preferences. The user can perform an action to accept the matched profile. The user may send an invitation to connect with the system-matched user(s) and, upon acceptance, the users are connected. The connected users can message each other or share electronic calendars to plan events/activities.