System and method for location-based mapping of soft-keys on a mobile communication device

• US 20070214041A1
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jain, Mukul, Kumar, Sanjeev, Patel, Labhesh, Shaffer, Shmuel
• Application Number:
  US11/373,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.550
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices

Abstract

A system and method for transmission of advertisements includes wirelessly broadcasting from a location, information that includes a telephone number associated an advertisement and user credentials. The information is received by a mobile communication device associated with a user of a service provider network. After being received, the telephone number is either mapped to a soft-key of the mobile communication device or disregarded, based on the user credentials. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

Claims

1. A system for wireless transmission of an advertisement to a mobile device of a subscriber to a service provider network, comprising:

means for determining a geographic position of the mobile device;

a database to store the advertisement along with associated information that includes a telephone number, coordinates corresponding to a location of the advertisement, and a boundary range extending from the location; and

means for comparing the geographic position of the mobile device against the coordinates and radius, and also for mapping at least the telephone number associated with the advertisement to an input command of the mobile device when the geographic position of the mobile device is within the boundary range extending from the location of the advertisement.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the input command comprises a soft-key button of the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the input command mapping is updated as the subscriber moves to a new geographic position.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

means for filtering the advertisement based on certain criteria, such that the telephone number associated with the advertisement is only mapped to the input command of the mobile device when the advertisement satisfies the certain criteria.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the certain criteria comprises a subscriber preference setting.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the mobile device comprises a cellphone.

12. The network device of claim 1 wherein the service provider network comprises a cellular network.

7. A network device of a service provider network, comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of advertisements along with associated information that includes a telephone number, coordinates corresponding to a location of each advertisement, and a boundary range extending from the location; and

one or more processors for comparing a geographic position of a mobile communication device of a subscriber to the service provider network against the coordinates and boundary range of each advertisement, when the geographic position is within the boundary range of a particular advertisement the one or more processors sending a telephone number and a name associated with the particular advertisement to the mobile communication device via the service provider network along with signals that map the telephone number to a soft-key button of the mobile communication device.

8. The network device of claim 7 wherein the mobile communication device comprises a cellphone.

9. The network device of claim 7 wherein the one or more processors are further operable to filter the particular advertisement based on certain criteria, such that the telephone number associated with the particular advertisement is only mapped to the soft-key button of the mobile communication device when the particular advertisement satisfies the certain criteria.

10. The network device of claim 9 wherein the certain criteria comprises a subscriber preference setting.

11. The network device of claim 10 wherein the memory stores the subscriber preference setting.

13. The network device of claim 7 wherein the one or more processors are further operable to halt mapping of telephone numbers associated with advertisements to the mobile communication device in response to a first message sent by the subscriber.

14. The network device of claim 13 wherein the one or more processors are further operable to re-start mapping of telephone numbers associated with advertisements to the mobile communication device in response to a second message sent by the subscriber.

15. A processor-implemented method for wireless transmission of an advertisement to a mobile device of a subscriber to a service provider network, comprising:

storing in a memory a telephone number associated with the advertisement, coordinates corresponding to a location of the advertisement, and a boundary range extending from the location;

determining a current geographic position of the mobile device;

comparing the geographic position of the mobile device against the coordinates and radius; and

sending a transmission that maps the telephone number to an input command of the mobile device when the geographic position of the mobile device is within the radius extending from the location of the advertisement.

16. The processor-implemented method of claim 15 further comprising:

halting the mapping of telephone numbers associated with advertisements to the mobile communication device in response to a first message sent by the subscriber.

17. The processor-implemented method of claim 15 further comprising:

filtering the advertisement based on certain criteria, such that the telephone number associated with the advertisement is only mapped to the input command of the mobile device when the advertisement satisfies the certain criteria.

18. The processor-implemented method of claim 17 wherein the certain criteria comprises a subscriber preference setting.

19. A processor-implemented method of advertising, which comprises:

wirelessly broadcasting from a location, information that includes a telephone number associated an advertisement and user credentials;

wirelessly receiving the information by a mobile communication device associated with a user of a service provider network, wherein the telephone number is either mapped to a soft-key of the mobile communication device or disregarded based on the user credentials.

20. The processor-implemented method of claim 19 wherein the mobile communication device in within a predetermined boundary range of the location prior