Telephony based publishing, search, alerts & notifications, collaboration, and commerce methods
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to services and content on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving a content request from an agent on the mobile device;
receiving information associated with said mobile device;
forwarding the request to a service or content source;
receiving content from said service or content source;
formatting said content in a format customized for said mobile device wherein said format facilitates communication having a voice component, a text messaging component and a data component; and
transmitting said formatted content to said mobile device.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide data services including publication and viewing of personal and business content on phone devices via phone networks. The invention provides systems, methods, tools and delivery systems useful in the publication, sharing, viewing, searching, communication, transmission, alerting, notification & feedback, collaboration and commerce on telephone networks.—Subscribers may publish content specifically targeted for phones and view such content on existing phone devices, on phone networks. Subscribers may search for relevant content on phone devices and may send/receive alerts that can be tied to their search operations. Subscribers may also create, join, participate in communities via their phone devices as well as, view, and update content designed specifically for such phone communities. Commerce can also be initiated and automated end-to-end via Fonemine services, protocols, and abstractions that are described in this invention. The systems, methods and apparatus for such data services can be optimized for use in mobile devices and may be accessed using existing telephones and telephone networks.
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64 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to services and content on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving a content request from an agent on the mobile device;
receiving information associated with said mobile device;
forwarding the request to a service or content source;
receiving content from said service or content source;
formatting said content in a format customized for said mobile device wherein said format facilitates communication having a voice component, a text messaging component and a data component; and
transmitting said formatted content to said mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of handling search requests from a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a mobile device;
checking the search request against subscriber information;
dispatching the search request to a device for performing the search request;
receiving the results of the search request;
filtering the search results based on a location;
ranking the search results by relevance;
formatting the search results for the mobile device; and
transmitting the formatted search results to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for delivering time sensitive information, the system comprising:
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an alert delivery system for delivering time sensitive information in multimodal format coupled to a plurality of networks, wherein said system stores and applies a plurality of factors in the facilitating the delivering of said time sensitive information;
one or more client devices for receiving time sensitive information communicatively coupled to said alert delivery system, wherein said client devices can modify a plurality of conditions regarding the delivery of time sensitive information; and
one or more devices for subscribing to said information communicatively coupled to said alert delivery system, wherein said one or devices may be client devices. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system of facilitating commerce, the system comprising:
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a command processing module for receiving commands from said graphical user interface and passing said commands to an appropriate module coupled to a graphical user interface;
a graphical user interface for receiving commands from a user operating a client on a mobile device coupled to said command processing module;
a search module coupled to said command processing module for performing searches and providing search results of corresponding items or services, wherein multimodal communication between a vendor of said search result item is initiated after selection of said vendor by a user;
a purchase module for facilitating the purchase of an item or service in a multimodal format via said mobile device coupled to said command processing module; and
a promotion modules for providing product information and promotional information based on a plurality of factors coupled to said command processing module. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of facilitating collaboration via mobile devices, the method comprising:
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providing a set of criteria for qualifying one or more users in order to join one or more communities;
providing content for each of said one or more communities;
initiating communication between members of a community wherein members of the community are able to perform a plurality of activities with respect to the content within said community. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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