METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRE-CACHING INFORMATION ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20080162686A1
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc, Kalaboukis, Chris, Martinez, Ron
• Granted Patent: US 8,769,099 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

Systems and methods for pre-caching information on mobile computing devices are set forth in this disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for pre-caching information comprising:

based upon spatial information or temporal information, detecting the occurrence of a first user event that precedes an associated second user event that will occur at a known time;

identifying information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time; and

in response to detecting the occurrence of the first user event, transmitting to a mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the spatial information or temporal information is associated with a user of the mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step further comprises:

detecting a unique identifier corresponding to the user of the mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying at least one database record associated with the unique identifier corresponding to the user of the mobile computing device, the at least one database record containing information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying information from one or more vendors.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

receiving compensation from the one or more vendors for the transmitting step.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

upon an occurrence of the associated second user event, consuming at the mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

receiving compensation from the one or more vendors for the consuming step.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the consuming step comprises:

displaying at the mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the spatial information associated with the user of the mobile computing device comprises at least one of global positioning system data, Bluetooth data, cellular network data, wireless network data, and wireline network data.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting at least an average speed or instantaneous speed.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting at least an average velocity or instantaneous velocity.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting a heading or direction of motion.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting location data.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the first user event is associated with another user of another mobile computing device.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting the occurrence of a first user event further comprises:

aggregating user event information from a plurality of mobile computing device users.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting the consumption of information corresponding to the first user event, the information corresponding to the first user event associated with the user of the mobile computing device.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying information from a past user event corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

maintaining a user profile for the user of the mobile computing device.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the user profile includes at least one of the spatial information, temporal information, the first user event, the associated second user event, and the information corresponding to the associated second user event occurring at the known time.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the temporal data comprises a time or duration.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein the spatial information or the temporal information corresponds to the first user event.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the spatial information comprises a location corresponding to the first user event or a location of the mobile computing device.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the temporal information comprises a time corresponding to the first user event.

25. A method for pre-caching information comprising:

based upon spatial information or temporal information, detecting the occurrence of a first user event that precedes an associated second user event that may occur after the first user event;

identifying information corresponding to the associated second user event that may occur after the first event; and

in response to detecting the occurrence of the first user event, transmitting to a mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second user event that may occur after the first user event.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the spatial information or temporal information is associated with a user of the mobile computing device.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein the detecting step further comprises:

detecting a unique identifier corresponding to the user of the mobile computing device.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying at least one database record associated with the unique identifier corresponding to the user of the mobile computing device, the at least one database record containing information corresponding to the associated second user event that may occur after the first user event.

29. The method of claim 25 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying information from one or more vendors.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

receiving compensation from the one or more vendors for the transmitting step.

31. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

upon an occurrence of the associated second user event, consuming at the mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second used event that may occur after the first user event.

32. The method of claim 31 further comprising:

receiving compensation from the one or more vendors for the consuming step.

33. The method of claim 30 wherein the consuming step comprises:

displaying at the mobile computing device the information corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

34. The method of claim 25 wherein the spatial information associated with the user of the mobile computing device comprises at least one of global positioning system data, Bluetooth data, cellular network data, wireless network data, and wireline network data.

35. The method of claim 25 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting at least an average speed or instantaneous speed.

36. The method of claim 25 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting at least an average velocity or instantaneous velocity.

37. The method of claim 25 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting a heading or direction of motion.

38. The method of claim 25 wherein the detecting step comprises:

detecting location data.

39. The method of claim 25 wherein the first user event is associated with another user of another mobile computing device.

40. The method of claim 25 wherein detecting the occurrence of a first user event further comprises:

aggregating user event information from a plurality of mobile computing device users.

41. The method of claim 25 wherein the first user event is associated with the user of the mobile computing device.

42. The method of claim 25 wherein the identifying step comprises:

identifying information from a past user event corresponding to the associated second user event that will occur at the known time.

43. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

maintaining a user profile for the user of the mobile computing device.

44. The method of claim 43 wherein the user profile includes at least one of the spatial information, temporal information, the first user event, the associated second user event, and the information corresponding to the associated second user event occurring at the known time.

45. The method of claim 25 wherein the temporal data comprises a time or duration.

46. The method of claim 25 wherein the spatial information or the temporal information corresponds to the first user event.

47. The method of claim 46 wherein the spatial information comprises a location corresponding to the first user event or a location of the mobile computing device.

48. The method of claim 46 wherein the temporal information comprises a time corresponding to the first user event.

49. A system for delivering information prior to a user event comprising:

a user event module, in communication with a remote computing device, wherein the user event module maintains user events associated with at least one user of at least one mobile computing device;

an event information module, in communication with a remote computing device, wherein the event information module maintains information corresponding to events associated with the at least one user of the at least one mobile computing device;

a management module, on the remote computing device, wherein the management module detects a first user event and identifies information corresponding to a second user event associated with the first user event; and

a communications module, in communication with the management module, wherein the communications module is adapted to transmit, prior to a known or probable occurrence of the second user event, the information corresponding to the second user event to the at least one mobile computing device in communication with the remote computing device via a communications network.

50. The system of claim 49 wherein the information corresponding to the second user event comprises information maintained by at least one vendor information module in communication with the remote computing device.