ATTRACTIONS NETWORK AND MOBILE DEVICES FOR USE IN SUCH NETWORK

• US 20080182587A1
• Filed: 01/29/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: BENNETT, Daniel Luke
• Application Number:
  US11/668,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20080182587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A mobile device network including a network server and a plurality of mobile devices. Each of the mobile devices includes an audio and/or video (A/V) capture section for obtaining an A/V file, a positioning section for ascertaining a geographic location of the mobile device, and a network transmitter for transmitting the A/V file and location information provided by the positioning section in association with the A/V file to the network server.

Claims

1. A mobile device network, comprising:

a network server;

a plurality of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices comprising;

an audio and/or video (A/V) capture section for obtaining an A/V file;

a positioning section for ascertaining a geographic location of the mobile device; and

a network transmitter for transmitting the A/V file and location information provided by the positioning section in association with the A/V file to the network server.

2. The network of claim 1, wherein each mobile device further includes a user interface that enables a user to input information relating to the A/V file.

3. The network of claim 1, wherein the network server comprises a database for storing A/V files provided by the plurality of mobile devices along with the location information associated with the A/V files.

4. The network of claim 3, wherein the network server further comprises a search engine for accessing the A/V files in the database as a function of the location information associated with the A/V files.

5. The network of claim 4, wherein each mobile device comprises a request engine that enables a user to generate an information request that includes location information provided by the positioning section, and the network transmitter transmits the information request to the network server.

6. The network of claim 5, wherein in response to receiving the information request from the mobile device, the network server search engine identifies particular ones of the A/V files and/or information associated with the A/V files from the database based on the location information included in the information request.

7. The network of claim 6, wherein the information request further includes particular search criteria provided by the user via the mobile device, and the search engine identifies the particular ones of the A/V files and/or information associated therewith based on the particular search criteria.

8. The network of claim 7, wherein the network server transmits all or part of the identified A/V files and/or information associated therewith to the mobile device that had provided the information request.

9. The network of claim 8, wherein the request engine in the mobile is enabled to allow a user to generate a request for more detailed information regarding the all or part of the identified A/V files and/or information associated therewith in response to receiving the all or part of the identified A/V files and/or information associated therewith.

10. The network of claim 1, wherein the A/V capture section comprises a camera for capturing a scene representative of a current geographic location of the mobile device to produce an image-based file, and the positioning section ascertains the current geographic location of the mobile device.

11. The network of claim 10, wherein the network transmitter automatically attaches the current geographic location of the mobile device to the image-based file prior to being uploaded to the network server.

12. The network of claim 11, wherein the mobile device enables a user to attach additional information to the image-based file prior to being uploaded to the network server.

13. The network of claim 12, wherein the additional information includes at least one of user description, comments, ratings or user group affiliation.

14. A mobile device, comprising:

an audio and/or video (A/V) capture section for obtaining an A/V file;

a positioning section for ascertaining a geographic location of the mobile device; and

a network transmitter for transmitting the A/V file and location information provided by the positioning section in association with the A/V file to a network server.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the mobile device further includes a user interface that enables a user to input information relating to the A/V file.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the mobile device comprises a request engine that enables a user to generate an information request that includes location information provided by the positioning section, and the network transmitter transmits the information request to the network server.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the information request further includes particular search criteria provided by the user via the mobile device, and the search engine identifies the particular ones of the A/V files and/or information associated therewith based on the particular search criteria.

18. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the A/V capture section comprises a camera for capturing a scene representative of a current geographic location of the mobile device to produce an image-based file, and the positioning section ascertains the current geographic location of the mobile device.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the network transmitter automatically attaches the current geographic location of the mobile device to the image-based file prior to being uploaded to the network server.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the mobile device enables a user to attach additional information to the image-based file prior to being uploaded to the network server.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the additional information includes at least one of user description, comments, ratings or user group affiliation.

22. A mobile device, comprising:

a positioning section for ascertaining a geographic location of the mobile device;

a network transmitter which transmits a request for information onto a network, the request including location information provided by the positioning section; and

a network receiver for receiving one or more A/V files relating to the location information in response to the request.

23. The mobile device of claim 22, wherein the mobile device further includes a user interface that enables a user to input search criteria that is included in the request.