System and method for location based exchange network

• US 10,292,011 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2018
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US16/147,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20190037354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 228 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/16 Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with systems in their vicinity, and with each other, in communications and interoperability. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configurations, for example to present content to a user. The locatable network of MSs is referred to as a Location-Network Expanse.

Claims

1. A system including one or more sending data processing systems wherein each sending data processing system of the one or more sending data processing systems comprise:

one or more processors; and

memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors, based on the instructions, perform operations comprising;

periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record for physically locating in a region of the sending data processing system one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record received directly from the sending data processing system in each receiving user carried mobile data processing system of the one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, and including;

no physical location coordinates of the sending data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the sending data processing system, and

application context identifier data identifying location based content for presenting by a location based application of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system to a user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system upon the receiving user carried mobile data processing system determining with a local memory maintained location based configuration monitored with background processing of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system during mobility of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system anticipating receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data in response to a user activating the location based application with the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system wherein the location based application;

invokes a location based API of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system for the location based configuration anticipating the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data,

is notified upon the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data configured in the location based configuration, and

presents the location based content to the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system, the location based content originating from another data processing system that is remote to both the sending data processing system and the receiving user carried mobile data processing system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration includes determining an arrival or departure condition.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration includes determining a distance condition.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration includes determining a time condition.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration includes determining an elevation or altitude condition.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration includes determining data from a plurality of beaconing data processing systems.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the receiving user carried mobile data processing system sends information associated with the location based content to a remote data processing system for control of at least one of:

an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, or a mechanical device.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based content is a sorted data result.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the sending data processing system is a mobile data processing system.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based content includes information for at least one of:

news, traffic, real estate, a job opportunity, a religious interest, a stock interest, a menu, a coupon, a product, a service, a boarding pass, a transaction, an inventory, a customer account, a retail establishment, a restaurant, a product store, a retail store, a grocery store, an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, a mechanical device, public transportation, or a parking lot.

11. A method in a location network expanse, the method comprising:

periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record from at least one sending data processing system for physically locating in a region of the sending data processing system one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record received directly from the sending data processing system in each receiving user carried mobile data processing system of the one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, and including;

no physical location coordinates of the sending data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the sending data processing system, and

application context identifier data identifying location based content for presenting by a location based application of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system to a user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system upon the receiving user carried mobile data processing system determining with a local memory maintained location based configuration monitored with background processing of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system during mobility of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system anticipating receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data in response to a user activating the location based application with the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system wherein the location based application;

invokes a location based API of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system for the location based configuration anticipating the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data,

is notified upon the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data configured in the location based configuration, and

presents the location based content to the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system, the location based content originating from another data processing system that is remote to both the sending data processing system and the receiving user carried mobile data processing system.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based configuration includes determining an arrival or departure condition.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based configuration includes determining a distance condition.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based configuration includes determining a time condition.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based configuration includes determining an elevation or altitude condition.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based configuration includes determining data from a plurality of beaconing data processing systems.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the receiving user carried mobile data processing system sends information associated with the location based content to a remote data processing system for control of at least one of:

an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, or a mechanical device.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the location based content is a sorted data result.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the sending data processing system is a mobile data processing system.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable instructions, that when executed, causes one or more processors, based on the instructions, to perform a method comprising:

a sending data processing system periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record for physically locating in a region of the sending data processing system one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record received directly from the sending data processing system in each receiving user carried mobile data processing system of the one or more receiving user carried mobile data processing systems, and including;

no physical location coordinates of the sending data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the sending data processing system, and

application context identifier data identifying location based content for presenting by a location based application of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system to a user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system upon the receiving user carried mobile data processing system determining with a local memory maintained location based configuration monitored with background processing of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system during mobility of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system anticipating receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data in response to a user activating the location based application with the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system wherein the location based application;

invokes a location based API of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system for the location based configuration anticipating the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data,

is notified upon the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record having the application context identifier data configured in the location based configuration, and

presents the location based content to the user interface of the receiving user carried mobile data processing system, the location based content originating from another data processing system that is remote to both the sending data processing system and the receiving user carried mobile data processing system.