Providing digital content for multiple venues

• US 10,142,795 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tourblend Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tourblend Innovations, LLC
• Inventors: Colosky, William James, Parulski, Kenneth A., O'Keefe, Brian J., Moore, Leslie G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez, Julio
• Application Number:
  US15/013,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20160242010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing digital content for multiple venues to mobile devices. In some embodiments, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues and venue content data for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue is stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device, and provide at least some of the venue content data based at least on an analysis of the venue location data, or attraction location data, and the current location.

Claims

1. A method executed by a data processing device system, the method comprising:

storing, in a processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, respective venue content data for each respective venue of a plurality of venues, each respective venue associated with a respective set of attractions of a plurality of different attractions, each respective venue content data including respective digital content for the respective set of attractions associated with the respective venue, and each respective venue content data including respective attraction location data specifying a respective location of each attraction of the respective set of attractions and wherein at least some of the plurality of venues have overlapping geographic boundaries such that a specific geographic location can be within the geographic boundaries of two or more different venues;

determining a current location of a mobile device;

determining, based at least on an analysis of each respective attraction location data, a particular venue of the plurality of venues, the particular venue associated with a closest attraction of the plurality of different attractions that is closest to the current location of the mobile device; and

providing, to the mobile device, at least some of the respective venue content data for the particular venue;

wherein the venue content data for at least one respective venue further includes tour data for a tour, and wherein the tour data groups a set of related attractions in the respective set of attractions associated with the at least one respective venue, and wherein the method further comprises;

providing, to a separate device located in a geographic location different than the geographic location of the mobile device, mobile device simulation window data which can be used to simulate a display screen of the mobile device during the tour on a display of the separate device;

providing, to the separate device, map data which can be used to display the attraction location data for the set of related attractions included in the tour and the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device; and

responsive to a user of the separate device moving the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device to correspond with the attraction location data for a particular one of the related attractions included in the tour, updating the mobile device simulation window data to display at least some of the digital content for the particular one of the related attractions included in the tour.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each respective attraction location data further defines a respective geographic boundary for each of at least some of the respective set of attractions, and wherein the method further comprises:

analyzing at least each respective attraction location data to determine whether or not the current location of the mobile device is inside the respective geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions; and

if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions, automatically presenting, via the mobile device, at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions includes audio content, video content, or both audio content and video content, the method further comprising:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, at least one user preference associated with a user of the mobile device, and analyzing at least the at least one user preference to determine whether to automatically present the audio content, the video content, or both the audio content and the video content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a plurality of venue accounts associated with each of the plurality of venues, wherein the venue accounts enable a plurality of different individuals or organizations to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content for at least some of the plurality of different attractions includes venue link data which identifies a different one of the plurality of venues, the method further comprising:

providing at least some of the venue content data for the different one of the plurality of venues to the mobile device responsive to an action by a user of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a particular mobile device, and the method further comprises:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, a plurality of visitor profiles associated with a plurality of mobile devices including the particular mobile device, wherein each of at least some of the visitor profiles include respective primary venue data identifying a respective primary venue of the plurality of venues;

determining if the visitor profile associated with the particular mobile device includes respective primary venue data; and

if it is determined that the visitor profile associated with the particular mobile device includes respective primary venue data, providing at least some of the venue content data for the respective primary venue to the particular mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the user modifying an attraction location on the display of the separate device, updating the attraction location data stored in the processor-accessible memory device system.

8. A system comprising:

a network-accessible storage device system storing respective venue content data for each respective venue of a plurality of venues, each respective venue associated with a respective set of different attractions, each respective venue content data including digital content for the respective set of attractions associated with the respective venue and attraction location data specifying a respective location of each attraction of the respective set of attractions;

a location determination unit configured to determine a current geographic location of a mobile device; and

a data processing device system which is configured to at least;

determine, based at least on an analysis of at least some of the attraction location data, a list of venues ordered by their distance from the current location of the mobile device;

provide, to the mobile device, the list of venues ordered by their distance from the current location of the mobile device; and

responsive to a user action selecting one of the venues from the list of venues, provide, to the mobile device, at least some of the digital content for the respective set of attractions associated with the selected venue;

wherein the venue content data for at least one respective venue further includes tour data for a tour, wherein the tour data groups a set of related attractions in the respective set of attractions associated with the at least one respective venue, and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least;

provide, to the mobile device, the digital content for the set of related attractions included in the tour;

provide, to a separate device located in a geographic location which is different than the geographic location of the mobile device, mobile device simulation window data which can be used to simulate a display screen of the mobile device during the tour on a display of the separate device;

provide, to the separate device, map data which can be used to display the attraction location data for the set of related attractions included in the tour and the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device; and

responsive to a user of the separate device moving the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device to correspond with the attraction location data for a particular one of the related attractions included in the tour, updating the mobile device simulation window data to display at least some of the digital content for the particular one of the related attractions included in the tour.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

provide, to the separate device, data which can be used to display a graphical user interface screen to permit the user to manage the set of attractions associated with the at least one tour.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

provide, to the separate device, data which can be used to display a graphical user interface screen to permit the user to modify the digital content for the attractions associated with the at least one tour.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the network-accessible storage device system further stores a plurality of venue accounts associated with each of the plurality of venues, and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to:

enable a plurality of different individual or organizational users associated with the a plurality of venue accounts to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the network-accessible storage device system further stores a plurality of visitor profiles associated with a plurality of mobile devices, wherein at least some of the visitor profiles include data indicating whether the visitor is authorized to utilize venue content for at least some respective venues of the plurality of venues;

and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to;

utilize the visitor profile data indicating whether the visitor is authorized to utilize venue content when selecting the one of the plurality of venues.

13. A method executed by a data processing device system, the method comprising:

storing, in a processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, respective venue content data for each respective venue of a plurality of venues, each respective venue associated with a respective set of attractions for at least one tour and each respective venue content data including respective digital content for the respective set of attractions and attraction location data specifying a respective location of each attraction of the respective set of attractions;

determining a current location of a mobile device;

selecting, responsive to the current location of the mobile device, one of the plurality of venues;

providing, to the mobile device, at least some of the respective venue content data for at least one tour associated with the selected one of the plurality of venues;

providing, to a separate device located in a geographic location different than the geographic location of the mobile device, mobile device simulation window data which can be used to simulate a display screen of the mobile device during the tour on a display of the separate device;

providing, to the separate device, map data which can be used to display the attraction location data for the set of related attractions included in the tour and the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device; and

responsive to a user of the separate device moving the virtual geographic location of the mobile device on the display of the separate device to correspond with the attraction location data for a particular one of the related attractions included in the tour, updating the mobile device simulation window data to display at least some of the digital content for the particular one of the related attractions included in the tour.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

responsive to the user modifying an attraction location on the display of the separate device, updating the attraction location data stored in the processor-accessible memory device system.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing, to the separate device, data which can be used to display a graphical user interface screen to permit the user to manage the set of attractions associated with the at least one tour.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing, to the separate device, data which can be used to display a graphical user interface screen to permit the user to modify the digital content for the attractions associated with the at least one tour.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing a plurality of venue accounts associated with each of the plurality of venues, wherein the venue accounts enable a plurality of different individual or organizational users to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, a plurality of visitor profiles associated with a plurality of mobile devices, wherein at least some of the visitor profiles include data indicating whether the visitor is authorized to utilize venue content for at least some respective venues of the plurality of venues; and

using the visitor profile data indicating whether the visitor is authorized to utilize venue content when selecting the one of the plurality of venues.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile device simulation window enables the user to select a particular mobile device from a menu listing a plurality of different mobile devices.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the plurality of different mobile devices include at least two of an iPhone device, an iPad device, and an Android device.