Transmission of broadcast and broadcast ID to and storage in mobile device

• US 20050096041A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Drive-By Wifi, LLC
• Original Assignee: Drive-By Wifi, LLC
• Inventors: Tillman, Chad D., Haberman, William E., MacDonald, Brian D., Ivsan, John V.
• Application Number:
  US10/980,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20050096041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/40 Arrangements for broadcast specially adapted for accumulation-type receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information

Abstract

A system for presenting informational content to a person using a mobile device includes: a wireless transmitter that transmits a transmission containing a broadcast; and a mobile device configured to receive the transmission from the wireless transmitter when the mobile device is within a transmission range of the transmitter. In this respect, the transmitter unilaterally transmits the transmission without regard to whether the mobile device actually is within the transmission range of the transmitter. Additionally, the broadcast contained within the transmission includes both informational content for presentation to a person and broadcast-identifying information. Moreover, the mobile device is configured to store therein the informational content for presentation to a person using the mobile device, wherein the informational content is stored in association with the broadcast-identifying information.

Claims

1. An invention comprising a system for presenting informational content to a person using a mobile device, the system comprising:

(a) a wireless transmitter that transmits a transmission containing a broadcast; and

(b) a mobile device configured to receive the transmission from the wireless transmitter when the mobile device is within a transmission range of the transmitter;

(c) wherein,

(i) the transmitter unilaterally transmits the transmission without regard to whether the mobile device actually is within the transmission range of the transmitter,

(ii) the broadcast contained within the transmission comprises both, (A) informational content for presentation to a person, and (B) broadcast-identifying information, and

(iii) the mobile device is configured to store therein the informational content for presentation to a person using the mobile device, the informational content being stored in association with the broadcast-identifying information.

2. In a system for presenting informational content to a person using a mobile device, an invention comprising a method, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) unilaterally transmitting, with a wireless transmitter, a transmission containing a broadcast without regard to whether a mobile device actually is within a transmission range, the broadcast comprising both,

(i) informational content for presentation to a person, and

(ii) broadcast-identifying information;

(b) moving a mobile device to within transmission range of the wireless transmitter;

(c) receiving with the mobile device the transmission; and

(d) storing within the mobile device the informational content in association with the broadcast-identifying information for presentation of the informational content to a person using the mobile device.

3. The invention of claim 2, wherein the broadcast-identifying information describes the informational content of the broadcast.

4. The invention of claim 2, wherein the broadcast-identifying information comprises a broadcast identification.

5. The invention of claim 4, wherein the broadcast-identifying information further comprises a version number of the broadcast.

6. The invention of claim 4, wherein the broadcast identification uniquely identifies the broadcast.

7. The invention of claim 2, wherein the informational content comprises informational content pertaining to a particular location.

8. The invention of claim 7, wherein the transmission range covers the particular location to which the informational content pertains.

9. The invention of claim 7, wherein the broadcast identifying information comprises an identification of the particular location to which the informational content of the broadcast pertains.

10. The invention of claim 7, wherein the broadcast identifying information comprises an address of the particular location to which the informational content of the broadcast pertains.

11. The invention of claim 7, wherein the broadcast identifying information comprises GPS data of the particular location to which the informational content of the broadcast pertains.

12. The invention of claim 2, wherein the transmission contains a plurality of broadcasts, each respective broadcast of the transmission containing both,

(a) informational content for presentation to a person, and

(b) broadcast-identifying information for the respective broadcast.

13. In a system for presenting informational content to a person using a mobile device, an invention comprising a method, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) unilaterally transmitting, with a wireless transmitter, a transmission containing a broadcast without regard to whether a mobile device actually is within a transmission range, the broadcast comprising both,

(i) informational content pertaining to a particular location for presentation to a person, and

(ii) broadcast-identifying information comprising a broadcast identification;

(b) moving a mobile device to within transmission range of the wireless transmitter;

(c) receiving with the mobile device the transmission; and

(d) storing within the mobile device the informational content in association with the broadcast-identifying information for presentation of the informational content to a person using the mobile device.

14. The invention of claim 13, wherein the broadcast identification represents a unique identification of the particular location to which the informational content pertains.

15. The invention of claim 13, wherein the broadcast-identifying information further comprises an identification of a version of the broadcast, and wherein the informational content of only the latest version of the broadcast is stored within the mobile device.

16. The invention of claim 15, wherein said step (d) of storing comprises storing within the mobile device the informational content in association with the broadcast identification if no informational content is previously stored within the mobile device in association with the broadcast identification.

17. The invention of claim 15, wherein the broadcast identification represents a unique identification of the informational content of the broadcast.