Selective communication of targeted information
First Claim
1. In a networked communications environment, a method comprising,obtaining information from a producer for delivering to a client consumer, the client consumer associated with client identity data;
- selectively determining whether to deliver the information to a client device based on metadata associated with the information, the client identity data and one or more criteria including data corresponding to client device location; and
delivering the information only when the one or more criteria are each met by the metadata associated with the information.
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Abstract
Described is a technology by which by which information (an electronic note from a producer) that is available for delivery to a client consumer is only selectively delivered. The selective delivery may be based on metadata associated with the information, client identity data and other criteria, including a location of a client device. The information to selectively deliver may be obtained from an external information source, or generated by a service, such as when the user is near a location of interest. The client may report location changes, such as a rate corresponding to a rate of location change of the client. An information service scale to any practical number of clients via client state servers and location (of interest) servers, with each client state server associated with a set of one or more clients, and each location server associated with a set of one or more regions.
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20 Claims
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1. In a networked communications environment, a method comprising,
obtaining information from a producer for delivering to a client consumer, the client consumer associated with client identity data; -
selectively determining whether to deliver the information to a client device based on metadata associated with the information, the client identity data and one or more criteria including data corresponding to client device location; and delivering the information only when the one or more criteria are each met by the metadata associated with the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a networked communications environment, a system comprising:
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a service including at least one server that tracks location and other state of client consumers; a selection mechanism associated with the service, the selection mechanism configured to evaluate client-associated state data against metadata of a note generated by a note producer to determine whether to deliver the note to a given client consumer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a networked communications environment, a method comprising:
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obtaining information from a producer for potentially delivering to a set of one or more client consumers, and a) selecting a client consumer of the set as a currently selected client consumer, b) evaluating metadata associated with the information against client state data of the selected client consumer including client device location data and client context data, and c) delivering the information to the selected client consumer only when the metadata meets requirements set forth in the client state data of the selected client. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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