PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20070173266A1
• Filed: 04/04/2007
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wounder GmbH LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Barnes, Melvin
• Granted Patent: US 8,417,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0236 Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 : Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 : Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 : Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 : Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 : User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A device and method of providing wireless communications is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing location criteria in a memory, determining a location of the device, determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria, and wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network if the location of mobile communication device substantially corresponds to the location criteria. In addition, the location criteria may include information of a communication device and the determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria may comprise determining that the mobile communication device is within a proximity of the communication device. The method may include monitoring one or more uses of the device and wirelessly transmitting use data via the wireless data network.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone, comprising:

a processor;

a memory communicatively coupled to said processor and storing location criteria;

a wireless mobile telephone transceiver communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to provide communications via a mobile telephone network;

a location module communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to determine a location of the mobile telephone; and

wherein said processor is configured

to determine whether a location of the mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria; and

to cause said transceiver to wirelessly transmit a notification if the location of mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria.

2. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the location criteria comprises a street address.

3. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the location criteria comprises a type of vender.

4. The mobile telephone of claim 3, wherein the type of vender comprises a vender that sells alcohol.

5. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the location criteria comprises a name of a vender.

6. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the location criteria stored in memory includes information of a mobile communication device and wherein said processor is configured to determine whether a location of the mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria by determining that the mobile telephone is within a proximity of the mobile communication device.

7. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to cause said transceiver to wirelessly transmit use data of the mobile telephone.

8. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein the use data includes information of one or more communications established via the mobile telephone.

9. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to restrict a use of the mobile telephone when the location of the mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria.

10. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to cause said transceiver to transmit location information to a remote computer system.

11. The mobile telephone of claim 10, wherein the remote computer system is configured to map the location of the mobile telephone over time.

12. The mobile telephone of claim 10, wherein the remote computer system is configured to transmit location information of the mobile telephone via the internet.

13. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to receive information of other devices within a proximity to the mobile telephone;

and

to cause said transceiver to wirelessly transmit information relating to the other devices within the proximity.

14. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said notification is transmitted to multiple devices.

15. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to cause said memory to store wirelessly received location criteria.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information of the mobility of the mobile communication device via the wireless data network.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an alert to a user of the device when the location of mobile communication device substantially corresponds to the location criteria.

16. A method of using a mobile communication device configured to communicate via a wireless data network, comprising:

storing location criteria in a memory;

determining a location of the device;

determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria; and

wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network if the location of mobile communication device substantially corresponds to the location criteria.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the location criteria includes information of a communication device and said determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria comprises determining that the mobile communication device is within a proximity of the communication device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising

monitoring one or more uses of the device;

and

wirelessly transmitting use data via the wireless data network.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the use data includes information of one or more voice communications established through the device.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein said monitoring is performed in response to a control message received via the wireless data network.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising restricting a use of the device when the location of the device substantially corresponds to location criteria.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the notification includes location information and is transmitted to a remote computer system.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the remote computer system is configured to map the location of the mobile communication device over time.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the remote computer system is configured to transmit location information of the mobile communication device via the internet.

25. The method of claim 16, further comprising wirelessly transmitting information of other devices within a proximity to the mobile communication device via the wireless data network.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising wirelessly transmitting a request for information of other devices via a wireless short range area network.

27. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving the location criteria via the wireless data network.

30. A method of using a mobile telephone configured to communicate via a wireless data network, comprising:

storing a restricted location and a restricted use in a memory;

determining a location of the device;

determining whether a location of the telephone substantially corresponds to the restricted location;

wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network when the location of mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the restricted location;

determining whether an attempted use corresponds to the restricted use; and

prohibiting the attempted use if the attempted use corresponds to the restricted use.