Method and means for browsing by walking

• US 10,192,251 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2014
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suinno Oy
• Original Assignee: Suinno Oy
• Inventors: Vaananen, Mikko Kalervo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ruiz, Angelica
• Application Number:
  US14/266,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20140235279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, -at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.

Claims

1. An electronic transaction method, comprising:

broadcasting a short range wireless information signal containing a base station identity from at least one base station hardware processor of at least one base station, controlled by a business selling products or services at a location of the business, directly to a mobile station controlled by a consumer with an operating system via a Bluetooth©

signal;

receiving the short range wireless information signal at a mobile station hardware processor by a mobile client application in the mobile station at a specific location of the mobile station in a range from a specific location of the base station allowing short range direct communication connection between one or more mobile stations and the base station, the mobile client application being a downloadable third party application;

determining, by a transceiver of the mobile station, the location of the mobile station by deducing the location from the base station identity of the Bluetooth base station;

providing content, via wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or cellular signal to the mobile client application, indicative of products and services in the proximity of the determined location of the mobile station in the business location, to the consumer using the mobile station;

searching one or more information pages in the content identified at least in part utilizing the short range wireless information signal with a query term provided to the mobile station by the consumer with mobile station software or computer software; and

displaying a search result of the searching on a display of the mobile station,

wherein the search result is an electronic form, and the mobile station software automatically fills one or more entries on the electronic form based on data in a memory or a storage area of the mobile station.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising producing, by the mobile client application in the mobile station, one or more of a light alarm, a sound alarm, and a vibration alarm to the user based on the deduced location of the mobile station.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising connecting, by the mobile station to a network computer on the Internet, to display the electronic form or a webpage related to the base station identity.

4. A mobile station, comprising:

a display;

a memory or storage area;

a transceiver;

one or more hardware processors;

an operating system operating by the one or more hardware processors; and

a mobile client application executable by the one or more hardware processors, the mobile client application being a downloadable third party application, the mobile client application receiving a short range wireless information signal containing a base station identity through the transceiver, broadcasted from at least one base station, controlled by a business selling products or services at a location of the business, directly to the mobile station controlled by a consumer via a Bluetooth©

signal, at a specific location of the mobile station in a range from a specific location of the base station allowing short range direct communication connection between one or more mobile stations and the base station,

wherein the mobile station determines, with the transceiver, the location of the mobile station by deducing the location from the base station identity of the Bluetooth base station,

content indicative of products and services in the proximity of the mobile station in the business location is provided, via wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or cellular signal to the mobile client application, to the consumer using the mobile station,

one or more information pages in the content identified at least in part utilizing the short range wireless information signal is searched with a query term provided to the mobile station by the consumer with mobile station software or computer software,

a search result of the searching is displayed on the display of the mobile station, and

the search result is an electronic form, and the mobile station software automatically fills one or more entries on the electronic form based on data in the memory or storage area of the mobile station.

5. The mobile station as claimed in claim 4, further comprising one or more of a lighting device, a sound device, and a vibration device, the mobile client application producing one or more of a light alarm, a sound alarm, and a vibration alarm from the lighting device, the sound device, and the vibration device, respectively, in the mobile station based on the deduced location of the mobile station.

6. The mobile station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mobile station connects to a network computer on the Internet to display the electronic form or a webpage related to the base station identity.

7. A base station, comprising:

a broadcasting device including a hardware processor configured to broadcast a short range wireless information signal containing a base station identity directly to a mobile station controlled by a consumer with an operating system via a Bluetooth©

signal, the short range wireless information signal being transmitted to, for reception by, a mobile client application in the mobile station at a specific location of the mobile station in a range from a specific location of the base station allowing short range direct communication connection between one or more mobile stations and the base station, the mobile client application being a downloadable third party application,

wherein the location of the mobile station is determined with a transceiver of the mobile station by deducing the location from the base station identity of the Bluetooth base station,

the base station is controlled by a business selling products or services at a location of the business,

content indicative of products and services in the proximity of the determined location of the mobile station in the business location is provided, via wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or cellular signal to the mobile client application, to the consumer using the mobile station,

one or more information pages in the content identified at least in part utilizing the short range wireless information signal is searched with a query term provided to the mobile station by the consumer with mobile station software or computer software,

a search result of the searching is displayed on a display of the mobile station, and

the search result is an electronic form, and the mobile station software automatically fills one or more entries on the electronic form based on data in a memory or storage area of the mobile station.

8. The base station as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mobile client application produces, in the mobile station, one or more of a light alarm, a sound alarm, and a vibration alarm to the user based on the deduced location of the mobile station.

9. The base station as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mobile station connects to a network computer on the Internet to display the electronic form or a webpage related to the base station identity.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium causing one or more hardware processors to execute a method, comprising:

broadcasting a short range wireless information signal containing a base station identity from at least one base station, controlled by a business selling products or services at a location of the business, directly to a mobile station controlled by a consumer with an operating system via a Bluetooth©

signal;

receiving the short range wireless information signal by a mobile client application in the mobile station at a specific location of the mobile station in a range from a specific location of the base station allowing short range direct communication connection between one or more mobile stations and the base station, the mobile client application being a downloadable third party application;

determining, by a transceiver of the mobile station, the location of the mobile station by deducing the location from the base station identity of the Bluetooth base station;

providing content, via wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or cellular signal to the mobile client application, indicative of products and services in the proximity of the determined location of the mobile station in the business location, to the consumer using the mobile station;

searching one or more information pages in the content identified at least in part utilizing the short range wireless information signal with a query term provided to the mobile station by the consumer with mobile station software or computer software; and

displaying a search result of the searching on a display of the mobile station,

wherein the search result is an electronic form, and the mobile station software automatically fills one or more entries on the electronic form based on data in a memory or a storage area of the mobile station.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hardware processors are further configured to execute producing, by the mobile client application in the mobile station, one or more of a light alarm, a sound alarm, and a vibration alarm to the user based on the deduced location of the mobile station.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hardware processors are further configured to execute connecting, by the mobile station to a network computer on the Internet, to display the electronic form or a webpage related to the base station identity.

13. A communication system, comprising:

a mobile station controlled by a consumer, the mobile station comprising

a display,

a memory or storage area,

a transceiver,

one or more hardware processors,

an operating system operating by the one or more hardware processors, and

a mobile client application executable by the one or more hardware processors, the mobile client application being a downloadable third party application; and

a base station controlled by a retail business selling products or services at a location of the retail business, the base station including a broadcasting device configured to broadcast a short range wireless information signal containing a base station identity directly to the mobile station via a Bluetooth©

signal, the short range wireless information signal being transmitted to, and received by, the mobile client application in the mobile station at a specific location of the mobile station in a range from a specific location of the base station allowing short range direct communication connection between one or more mobile stations and the base station,

wherein the mobile station determines, with the transceiver, the location of the mobile station by deducing the location from the base station identity of the Bluetooth base station,

content indicative of products and services in the proximity of the determined location of the mobile station in the retail business location is provided, via wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and/or cellular signal to the mobile client application, to the consumer using the mobile station,

one or more information pages in the content identified at least in part utilizing the short range wireless information signal is searched with a query term provided to the mobile station by the consumer with mobile station software or computer software,

a search result of the searching is displayed on a display of the mobile station, and

the search result is an electronic form, and the mobile station software automatically fills one or more entries on the electronic form based on data in a memory or storage area of the mobile station.

14. The communication system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the mobile client application produces, in the mobile station, one or more of a light alarm, a sound alarm, and a vibration alarm to the user based on the deduced location of the mobile station.

15. The communication system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the mobile station connects to a network computer on the Internet to display the electronic form or a webpage related to the base station identity.