Notification related to predicted future geographic location of mobile device

• US 10,044,818 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2016
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilden, Leif Hendrik, Tsoukalidis, Ioannis
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Madani, Farideh
• Application Number:
  US15/049,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20160174046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Systems and methods for receiving a notification related to a predicted future geographic location of a mobile device are provided. In some aspects, a plurality of geographic locations of the mobile device are determined. A speed for the mobile device is determined based on at least a subset of the plurality of geographic locations and associated timestamps. A future geographic location of the mobile device is predicted based on the speed and at least one geographic location from among the plurality of geographic locations. A representation of the predicted future geographic location of the mobile device is provided to a server. In response to the provided representation of the predicted future geographic location of the mobile device, a notification related to a point of interest associated with the predicted future geographic location of the mobile device is received from the server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computing devices, a user input indicative of a request to subscribe to a content feed, the content feed being associated with one or more content items, wherein each of the one or more content items is associated with a point of interest and ranked based at least in part on a respective set of content item attributes;

determining, by the one or more computing devices, a geographic location associated with a mobile device;

searching, by the one or more computing devices, within a threshold distance for the one or more content items from the content feed, wherein the threshold distance corresponds to the ranking of the one or more content items;

providing, by the one or more computing devices, to a server, a representation of the geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, from the server, a notification related to at least one content item of the one or more content items from the content feed associated with the point of interest that is located within the threshold distance of the geographic location; and

providing, by the one or more computing devices, an audio output corresponding to the notification when a speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more computing devices, at least one additional geographic location associated with the mobile device;

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the geographic location and the at least one additional geographic location with timestamps; and

determining, by the one or more computing devices, the speed of the mobile device based on the geographic location and the at least one additional location and associated timestamps.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

when the speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed, placing, by the one or more computing devices, the mobile device into a driving mode; and

when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, placing, by the one or more computing devices, the mobile device into a non-driving mode, wherein a user interface for at least one application of the mobile device is different in a driving mode and in a non-driving mode.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the geographic location and the at least one additional geographical location comprises a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and wherein a time difference between a timestamp associated with the first geographic location and a timestamp associated with the second geographic location exceeds a time difference threshold.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising, when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, providing, by the one or more computing devices, a visual output corresponding to the notification.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing, by the one or more computing devices, an alert in response to receiving the notification related to the at least one content item of the one or more content items;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, from the user, in response to the alert, an indication of intent to interact with the notification, wherein the audio output or the visual output is provided in response to the indication of intent to interact with the notification.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the alert comprises one or more of an audio tone, a vibration of the mobile device, or a displayed image.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the notification related to the at least one content item of the one or more content items comprises receiving, while the mobile device is in a sleep mode, the notification related to the at least one content item of the one or more content items.

9. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a user input indicative of a request to subscribe to a content feed, the content feed being associated with one or more content items, wherein each of the one or more content items is associated with a point of interest and ranked based at least in part on a respective set of content item attributes;

determining a geographic location associated with a mobile device;

searching within a threshold distance for the one or more content items from the content feed, wherein the threshold distance corresponds to the ranking of the one or more content items;

providing to a server, a representation of the geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving from the server, a notification related to at least one content item of the one or more content items from the content feed associated with the point of interest that is located within the threshold distance of the geographic location; and

providing an audio output corresponding to the notification when a speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed.

10. The computing system of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

determining at least one additional geographic location associated with the mobile device;

associating the geographic location and the at least one additional geographic location with corresponding timestamps; and

determining the speed of the mobile device based on the geographic location and the at least one additional location and associated timestamps.

11. The computing system of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

when the speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed, placing the mobile device into a driving mode; and

when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, placing the mobile device into a non-driving mode, wherein a user interface for at least one application of the mobile device is different in a driving mode and in a non-driving mode.

12. The computing system of claim 9, the operations further comprising, when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, providing a visual output corresponding to the notification.

13. The computing system of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

providing an alert in response to receiving the notification related to the at least one content item of the one or more content items;

receiving from the user, in response to the alert, an indication of intent to interact with the notification, wherein the audio output or the visual output is provided in response to the indication of intent to interact with the notification.

14. One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a user input indicative of a request to subscribe to a content feed, the content feed being associated with one or more content items, wherein each of the one or more content items is associated with a point of interest and ranked based at least in part on a respective set of content item attributes;

determining a geographic location associated with a mobile device;

searching within a threshold distance for the one or more content items from the content feed, wherein the threshold distance corresponds to the ranking of the one or more content items;

providing to a server, a representation of the geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving from the server, a notification related to at least one content item of the one or more content items from the content feed associated with the point of interest that is located within the threshold distance of the geographic location and

providing an audio output corresponding to the notification when a speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed.

15. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

determining at least one additional geographic location associated with the mobile device;

associating the geographic location and the at least one additional geographic location with corresponding timestamps; and

determining the speed of the mobile device based on the geographic location and the at least one additional location and associated timestamps.

16. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

when the speed of the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed, placing the mobile device into a driving mode; and

when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, placing the mobile device into a non-driving mode, wherein a user interface for at least one application of the mobile device is different in a driving mode and in a non-driving mode.

17. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, the operations further comprising, when the speed of the mobile device does not exceed the threshold speed, providing a visual output corresponding to the notification.