Location-based services system
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking purchases in a location-based services system is disclosed wherein a request for information on a particular product is received from a consumer using a remote terminal. A geographically tailored response to the request is then generated with the location-based services system. At least one offer is then displayed to the consumer based on the geographically tailored response. An acceptance of a respective offer made by the consumer is then processed by the location-based services system and information is stored about the transaction in a usage data file or database.
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82 Claims
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54. A location-based services system, comprising:
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a location-based application server; a wireless mobile terminal in communication with the location-based application server, wherein the wireless mobile terminal is configured to generate a request for information for a product, the request for information comprising a product information request, a mobile terminal identifier, and a geographic indicator of the wireless mobile terminal; the location-based application server configured to receive the request for information, process the request for information, and retrieve geographically relevant information for the product; wherein the location-based application server is further configured to identify geographic information specified as part of the product information request, and to retrieve the geographically relevant information to coincide with the geographic information specified as part of the product information request; the location-based application server further configured to default to the geographic indicator of the wireless mobile terminal in the absence of geographic information specified as part of the product information request, and to retrieve the geographically relevant information to coincide with the geographic indicator; and the location-based application server further configured to generate and transmit to the wireless mobile terminal a response to the request for information for the product that includes the geographically relevant information. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method for providing location based information with a location-based services system, the method comprising:
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the location-based services system receiving a wireless mobile terminal identifier and a geographic indicator from a wireless mobile terminal; the location-based services system receiving a request from a consumer operating the wireless mobile terminal, wherein the request comprises a product information request by the consumer for information on a product; the location-based services system processing the request to identify consumer specified geographic location information included as part of the product information request; the location-based services system generating a geographically tailored response to the request with the location-based services system based on the consumer specified geographic location information being included as part of the product information request; the location-based services system defaulting to a current geographic location of the wireless mobile terminal based on the wireless mobile terminal identifier and the geographic indicator only when the consumer specified geographic location information is absent from the product information request; and the location-based services system generating the geographically tailored response to the request with the location-based services system based on the current geographic location of the wireless mobile terminal only when the consumer specified geographic location information is not part of the product information request. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A location-based services system comprising:
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a wireless mobile terminal configured to generate a request for information on a product, a wireless mobile terminal identifier, and a geographic indicator, the request for information comprising a verbal request for information spoken by a user of the wireless mobile terminal in spontaneously generated natural language; a location-based application server, in communication with the wireless mobile terminal, configured to receive the request for information, the wireless mobile terminal identifier, and the geographic indicator; the location-based application server configured to process the request for information to identify and extract geographic location information specified by the user within the verbal request for information; the location-based application server further configured to determine that the geographic location information is absent from the tailored request for information, and to default to a current geographic location of the wireless mobile terminal based on the wireless mobile terminal identifier and the geographic indicator from the wireless mobile terminal; the location-based application server further configured to identify a plurality of businesses and generate a business list comprising an offer identifier and an associated offer for each respective one of the identified businesses to include in a response that is responsive to the request for information on the product, the businesses identified with the location-based application server as being located in a geographic region defined by the current geographic location or the geographic location information specified by the user within the verbal request for information; and the location-based application server further configured to store information related to the request and the response in a usage datafile. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78)
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79. A method for providing location based information with a location-based services system, comprising the steps of:
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the location-based services system receiving from a wireless mobile terminal a wireless mobile terminal identifier and a geographic indicator; the location-based services system receiving a request for information on a product from the wireless mobile terminal, the request for information comprising a verbal request for information spoken by a user of the wireless mobile terminal in spontaneously generated natural language; the location-based services system processing the request to identify geographic information specified in the request; the location-based services system determining that the geographic information is not specified in the request; the location-based services system defaulting to a current geographic location of the wireless mobile terminal based on the wireless mobile terminal identifier and the geographic indicator; the location-based services system identifying a plurality of businesses with products responsive to the request that are also geographically located within a geographic region defined by the geographic information specified in the request, or the current geographic location of the wireless mobile terminal when the geographic information is not specified in the request; the location-based services system generating a business listing of the businesses comprising an offer identifier associated with a respective offer for each of the businesses with the location-based services system; the location-based services system generating a structured response to the request for information on the product with the location-based services system, wherein the structured response includes the business listing; and the location-based services system storing the request and the response in a usage datafile. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82)
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