System and method for building a database to be used in location-based service

• US 20030126150A1
• Filed: 12/30/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jawe Chan
• Original Assignee: Jawe Chan
• Inventors: Chan, Jawe
• Application Number:
  US10/335,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20030126150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A system and method is for feedback user comments about an object related to user'"'"'s position,—current, past, or future position. User'"'"'s position can be determined by user'"'"'s cell phone (with AGPS), PDA, cell phone with any type of positioning technology, or Notebook Computer with GPS. Said object is a result of an interaction between a user and a location based service system. Said interaction can be a location based auction service, a location based classification system, a location based discuss forum, a system to find a closed by gas station or a nearby hotel or a sales promotion event, or a advertising event from a merchant.

Claims

1. A method for updating a database, comprising the steps of:

determining user physical position;

receiving the physical position information;

determining the physical position within vicinity area of an object; and

updating user'"'"'s comment about the object into a database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining user physical position is by user'"'"'s Automatic location Instrument.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s Automatic location Instrument is user'"'"'s Global Positioning Receiver.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s Automatic location Instrument is user'"'"'s Assisted Global Positioning System Receiver.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving and updating are performed over a communication link.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the acts recited in claim 1 are performed using a stand-alone computer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the updating is performed in response to receiving the information related to the object.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the updating user'"'"'s comment is adding the object'"'"'s rating by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a hotel reservation database.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a gasoline station database.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a coupon database.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a sales promotion event database.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a real estate property database.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is a classification database.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is an auction database.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is an advertising database.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the vicinity area is constructed by an area constrain and object'"'"'s physical position.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein vicinity area is 100 feet radius center by the object.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the vicinity area is the street block which the object is located.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating is result of the user'"'"'s is inside the vicinity area of the object.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the vicinity area is defined by the user.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s position is determined by Terrestrial-Radio-Based Technology.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s position is determined by Satellite-Based Technology.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining amount of time the user is in the vicinity area of the object.

25. A computer system comprising a computer connected to a computer network, and computer instructions executed by the computer for performing the acts in claim 1.