Interactive advisory system for prioritizing content

• US 10,616,708 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2018
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Inventors: Root, Steven A., Root, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehra, Inder P
• Application Number:
  US15/979,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20180262869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 4554143
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2083 Confirmation by serviced party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42187 Lines and connections with preferential service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing user-defined priorities in a user input database at a service provider, the user-defined priorities including instructions to;

pass content via a first communication network when the first communication network is available,

pass content via a second communication network having a bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available, or

reject content when the first communication network is not available;

determining whether the first communication network is available to pass content to a communicator device;

outputting or rejecting content by selectively;

outputting content to communicator devices via the first communication network based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to pass content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available and the determination that the first communication network is available,

outputting content to communicator devices via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation based on the user-defined priority that includes an instruction to pass content via the second communication network when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available, or

rejecting content, based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to reject the content when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available, such that communicator devices do not receive the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communication network is a mobile phone network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication network is a wireless network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the user input database contains user-defined priorities that include instructions to

pass a type of content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available;

pass the type of content via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available;

or

reject the type of content when the first communication network is not available; and

the method further comprises outputting or rejecting the type of content based on the user-defined priorities.

5. A system, comprising:

a user input database at a service provider containing user-defined priorities, the user-defined priorities including instructions to;

pass content via a first communication network when the first communication network is available;

pass content via a second communication network having a bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available;

or

reject content when the first communication network is not available;

a prioritization unit that;

determines whether the first communication network is available to pass content to a communicator device;

obtains the user-defined priorities from the user input database; and

outputs Or rejects content by selectively;

outputting content to communicator devices via the first communication network based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to pass content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available and the determination that the first communication network is available;

outputting content to communicator devices via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation based on the user-defined priority that includes an instruction to pass content via the second communication network when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available;

or

rejecting content, based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to reject the content when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available, such that communicator devices do not receive the content.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the second communication network is a mobile phone network.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the first communication network is a wireless network.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the user input database contains user-defined priorities that include instructions to

pass a type of content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available;

pass the type of content via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available;

or

reject the type of content when the first communication network is not available;

and

the prioritization unit outputs or rejects the type of content based on the user-defined priorities.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRSM) storing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause a system to:

determine whether a first communication network is available to pass content to a communicator device;

obtain user-defined priorities from a user input database at a service provider, wherein the user-defined priorities include instructions to;

pass content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available;

pass content via a second communication network having a bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available;

or

reject content when the first communication network is not available; and

output or reject content by selectively;

outputting content to communicator devices via the first communication network based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to pass content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available and the determination that the first communication network is available;

outputting content to communicator devices via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation based on the user-defined priority that includes an instruction to pass content via the second communication network when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available;

or

rejecting content, based on the user-defined priority that includes instructions to reject the content when the first communication network is not available and the determination that the first communication network is not available such that communicator devices do not receive the content.

10. The CRSM of claim 9, wherein the second communication network is a mobile phone network.

11. The CRSM of claim 9, wherein the first communication network is a wireless network.

12. The CRSM of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the system to:

obtain user-defined priorities that include instructions to;

pass a type of content via the first communication network when the first communication network is available;

pass the type of content via the second communication network having the bandwidth limitation when the first communication network is not available;

or

reject the type of content when the first communication network is not available;

and

output or reject the type of content based on the user-defined priorities.