Systems, methods, and mediums for receiving reminders and/or identifying available goods and/or services

• US 10,225,683 B1
• Filed: 08/02/2010
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 79 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 79 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Howard, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaawat, Mussa A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Kyung J
• Application Number:
  US12/848,849
• Time in Patent Office: 3,137 Days
• Field of Search: 701 1, 701117, 701400, 701408-410, 701425-426, 701431, 701438
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Examples are generally described that include methods and systems for providing a reminder and/or identifying availability of a good or service, or both. In many examples, a reminder may be provided when a computing device satisfies one or more criteria associated with a reminder request. For instance, a reminder may be provided when the location associated with a computing device is proximate a destination and when the direction of travel associated with a computing device indicates that the proximity of the computing device is increasing or decreasing relative to a predetermined location. In other examples, a computing device may be utilized to identify an entity that associated with a requested good or a requested service, or both. In some examples, a location associated with the computing device may be determined and servers associated with an entity within a range of the location may be searched to identify the request good or the requested service, or both.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by a computing device, data including path of travel information about one or more first paths taken by the computing device from a current location of the computing device to a particular destination;

providing the path of travel information to a future location application configured to derive a path of travel based on a history of prior trips from a given geographic location, wherein the future location application comprises instructions executable by a local processor of the computing device or a remote processor;

deriving, by the future location application, a second path based at least in part on the path of travel information;

receiving, at the computing device from a server device, a list of available goods or available services or both from at least one entity based at least in part on the second path;

generating, using the computing device, a visualization of the available goods or the available services or both based at least in part on the list; and

displaying, using the computing device, the visualization of the available goods or the available services or both.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second path is derived based at least in part on a current time or current day.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, using the computing device, an identification of a particular good or a particular service, or both;

wherein the identification of the particular good or service, or both, includes at least one criterion associated with the particular good or the particular service, or both, the at least one criterion including an identification of a class or category of stores, a class or category of services, a trademark, a brand name, a store brand name, a service brand name, a predetermined destination, a predetermined location, a predetermined distance from a location, or a time of day, availability of network connection, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

generating, using the computing device, a request for a reminder including the identification of the particular good or service, or both; and

transmitting, using the computing device, the request for the reminder from the computing device to the server device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, at the computing device from the server device, a reminder including the list of the available goods or the available services or both based at least in part on the request for the reminder;

generating, using the computing device, a visualization of the reminder; and

displaying, using the computing device, the visualization of the reminder in response to being in geographic proximity to the particular destination along the second path.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the identification of the particular good or service, or both, includes a priority level corresponding to the particular good or the particular service or both;

determining a power level of the computing device; and

suppressing the display of the visualization of the reminder on the computing device based at least in part on the power level.

7. A mobile device, comprising:

a memory device having instructions stored thereon; and

a processing device to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to;

compute a geographic location of the mobile device;

identify path of travel information about one or more first paths taken by the mobile device from the computed geographic location;

following computation of the geographic location of the mobile device, provide the path of travel information to a future location application configured to derive a path of travel based on a history of prior trips from a given geographic location, wherein the future location application comprises instructions executable by the processing device or a remote processing device;

wherein said providing the path of travel information to the future location application causes the future location application to derive a second path based on the path of travel information, and wherein the processor device executes the instructions stored in the memory device further to;

receive a list of available goods or available services from at least one server device corresponding to at least one entity based at least in part on the second path;

generate a visualization of the list of available goods or available services; and

display the visualization.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein

the second path is derived based at least in part on a day of a week or a time of the day.

9. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the processing device executes the instructions stored in the memory device further to:

generate an identification of a particular good or a particular service, or both, wherein the identification of the particular good or the particular service, or both, includes at least one criterion associated with the particular good or the particular service, the at least one criterion including an identification of a class or category of stores, a class or category of services, a trademark, a brand name, a store brand name, a service brand name, a predetermined destination, a predetermined location, a predetermined distance from a location, or a time of day, availability of network connection, or a combination thereof; and

generate a request for a reminder including the identification of the particular good or the particular service, or both.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processing device executes the instructions stored in the memory device further to:

generate a reminder based at least in part on the request for the reminder;

generate a visualization of the reminder; and

display the visualization of the reminder based on a correlation between the geographic location of the mobile device and the predetermined location.

11. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the processing device executes the instructions stored in the memory device further to:

include a priority corresponding to the particular good or the particular service;

determine a power level of the mobile device; and

suppress the display of the visualization on the mobile device based at least in part on the power level.

12. An electronic memory storing instructions, which upon execution by a processing device, causes the processing device to perform operations comprising:

compute a geographic location of a mobile device;

identify path of travel information about one or more first paths taken by the mobile device from the computing geographic location;

following computation of the geographic location of the mobile device, provide the path of travel information to a future location application configured to derive a second path based on a history of prior trips from a given geographic location, wherein the future location application comprises instructions executable by the processing device or a remote processing device, wherein said providing the path of travel information to the future location application causes the future location application to derive a second path based on the path of travel information;

receive a list of available goods or available services from at least one server device corresponding to at least one entity geographically located along the first;

generate a visualization of the list of available goods or the available services; and

cause display the visualization on the mobile device.

13. The electronic memory of claim 12, wherein

the second path is derived based at least in part on a day of a week or a time of the day.

14. The electronic memory of claim 12, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations further comprising:

generate an identification of a particular good or a particular service, or both, wherein the identification of the particular good or the particular service, or both, includes at least one criterion associated with the particular good or the particular service, the at least one criterion including an identification of a class or category of stores, a class or category of services, a trademark, a brand name, a store brand name, a service brand name, a predetermined destination, a predetermined location, a predetermined distance from a location, or a time of day, availability of network connection, or a combination thereof; and

generate a request for a reminder including the identification of the particular good or the particular service, or both.

15. The electronic memory of claim 14, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations further comprising:

generate the reminder including the list of the available goods or the available services based at least in part on the request for the reminder;

generate a visualization of the reminder; and

cause display the visualization of the reminder on the mobile device based at least in part on a correlation between the request for the reminder and the at least one criterion.

16. The electronic memory of claim 12, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations further comprising:

identify a priority corresponding to each of the particular good or the particular service;

determine a power level of the mobile device; and

suppress display of the visualization on the mobile device based at least in part on a correlation of the power level and the priority.