GPS-BASED ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT

• US 20080235040A1
• Filed: 03/23/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Ratliff
• Original Assignee: Mark Ratliff
• Inventors: Ratliff, Mark, Duggan, Jesse
• Application Number:
  US11/690,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A remote device may received location information identifying a location of the remote device. An event is written to a data store upon receiving the information concerning the location of the remote device, the event including the location of the remote device and an identifier for the remote device or a user thereof. The data store is selectively queried for an association between the event and the customer location. A remote application is queried via a network, upon receiving the association, for information regarding a customer associated with the customer location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a proxy module configured to communicate with a remote application via a network;

a manager module that is in selective communication with a remote device via the network, and that selectively receives, from the remote device, location information identifying a location of the remote device; and

a data store that includes a customer location and an event, the at least one customer location being associated with a customer, the manager module being configured to write the event to the data store upon receiving the information concerning the location of the remote device, the event including the location of the remote device and an identifier for the remote device or a user thereof;

the manager module being further configured to selectively query the data store for an association between the event and the customer location, and to provide the association to the proxy module, and

the proxy module being further configured to query the remote application via the network, upon receiving the association, for information regarding a customer associated with the customer location, and to provide responsive customer information to the manager module.

2. The system of claim 1, the manager module being further configured to provide at least some of the responsive customer information to at least one of a web client and the remote device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the event further includes a time.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a mobile application included on the remote device that is configured to cause the remote device to provide, according to a predetermined condition, the location information.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a generation module configured to accept one or more parameters and to use the one or more parameters to generate code for the mobile application.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the predetermined condition is the passage of a predetermined period of time.

7. The system of claim 1, the manager module being further configured to receive customer visit data from the remote device and to provide the customer visit data to the proxy module, the proxy module being further configured to provide the customer visit data to the remote application.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a remote device, location information identifying a location of the remote device; and

writing an event to a data store upon receiving the information concerning the location of the remote device, the event including the location of the remote device and an identifier for the remote device or a user thereof;

selectively querying the data store for an association between the event and the location; and

querying a remote application via a network, upon receiving the association, for information regarding a customer associated with the customer location.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, from the remote application, responsive customer information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing at least some of the responsive customer information to at least one of a web client and the remote device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the event further includes a time.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising causing the remote device to provide the location information according to a predetermined condition.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined condition is the passage of a predetermined period of time.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving customer visit data from the remote device; and

providing the customer visit data to the remote application.

15. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a set of computer executable instructions, the instructions including instructions for:

receiving, from a remote device, location information identifying a location of the remote device; and

writing an event to a data store upon receiving the information concerning the location of the remote device, the event including the location of the remote device and an identifier for the remote device or a user thereof;

selectively querying the data store for an association between the event and the location; and

querying a remote application via a network, upon receiving the association, for information regarding a customer associated with the customer location.

16. The medium of claim 15, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving, from the remote application, responsive customer information.

17. The medium of claim 16, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

providing at least some of the responsive customer information to at least one of a web client and the remote device.

18. The medium of claim 15, wherein the event further includes a time.

19. The medium of claim 15, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

causing the remote device to provide the location information according to a predetermined condition.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the predetermined condition is the passage of a predetermined period of time.

21. The medium of claim 15, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving customer visit data from the remote device; and

providing the customer visit data to the remote application.