Location Based System and Method for Exchanging Videos or Notes

• US 20080280598A1
• Filed: 05/12/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Delegue, Gerard, Marilly, Emmanuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,094,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4509 Unified messaging with single point of access to voicemail and other mail or messaging systems unified messaging in packet switching networks H04L51/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method are described herein for enabling end-users of mobile terminals to exchange messages that are associated with a specific geographical location. In one embodiment, a first end-user can use their mobile terminal to submit a message (text, voice, video . . . ) about a specific piece of art located in a museum. Then, a second end-user can use their mobile terminal to retrieve the message (which was previously provided by the first end-user) that is associated with the specific piece of art while they are located in the museum.

Claims

1. A method for enabling end-users of mobile terminals to exchange messages that are associated with a specific geographical location, said method comprising the steps of:

enabling a first end-user of a first mobile terminal to submit a message associated with the specific geographical location where the submitted message is stored in a service platform; and

enabling a second end-user of a second mobile terminal to retrieve the stored message and possibly other stored messages that are associated with the specific geographical location when the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location when communications are initiated between a set-top box and said second mobile terminal where said set-top box is located at the specific geographical location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location after analyzing a cell identification number located within a signal which was transmitted from the second mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location by utilizing an assisted global positioning system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of programming said second mobile terminal to filter the one or more received messages when determining whether or not to present the one or more received messages to said second end-user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said service platform deletes the stored message if no end-user consults the message, if the message has been stored for a predetermined time, or if an administrator wants to delete the message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said message is a text message, a voice message or a video message that is associated with tourism information, cultural information, shopping information and/or gaming information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said specific geographical location is a museum, a shop, a tourist place or a radio network cell.

9. A system, comprising:

a service platform; and

a set-top box, wherein said service platform and said set-top box include the following components;

said service platform includes;

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a carousel that includes messages received from said set-top box; and

said set-top box includes;

a multimedia data downloader unit which downloads the carousel from said service platform;

a carousel broadcast unit which broadcasts the messages within the carousel;

a multimedia data uploader unit which collects a new message and transmits the new message to said service platform; and

a location unit which determines a geographic location of said set-top box.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said multimedia data uploader unit further adds an end-user identifier and a location identifier to the collected new message before transmitting the collected new message to said service platform.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a mobile terminal which includes:

a multimedia data listener unit which detects said set-top box, receives the broadcasted messages within the carousel from said set-top box, and enables the received messages to be presented to an end-user; and

a multimedia data editor unit which collects the new message from the end-user and transmits the collected new message to said set-top box.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said multimedia data listener unit further filters the received messages to determine which ones if any of the received messages should be presented to the end-user.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a multimedia data listener unit which detects a set-top box, receives a message broadcasted from said set-top box, and enables the received message to be presented to an end-user; and

a multimedia data editor unit which collects a new message from the end-user and sends the collected new message to said set-top box.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein said multimedia data listener unit further filters the received message to determine if the received message should be presented to the end-user.

15. A system, comprising:

a service platform; and

a mobile terminal, wherein said service platform and said mobile terminal communicate with one another via a core network and a radio access network, and wherein said service platform and said mobile terminal include the following components;

said service platform includes;

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a carousel of messages associated with a specific geographical location;

a carousel server which enables a broadcast of the messages within the carousel; and

a location unit which determines a geographic location of said mobile terminal; and

said mobile terminal includes;

a multimedia data listener unit which detects said service platform;

a multimedia data downloader unit which receives the broadcasted messages and enables the received messages to be presented to an end-user of said mobile terminal;

a multimedia data editor unit which collects a new message from the end-user; and

a multimedia data uploader unit which transmits the collected new message to said service platform.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said service platform broadcasts messages which are relevant to the geographic location of said mobile terminal.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said terminal location unit determines the geographic location of said mobile terminal by analyzing a cell identification number located within a signal which was transmitted from the said mobile terminal.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said terminal location unit determines the geographic location of said mobile terminal by utilizing an assisted global positioning system.

19. A service platform, comprising:

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a carousel of messages associated with a specific geographical location;

a location unit which determines a geographic location of a mobile terminal; and

a carousel server which broadcasts the messages within the carousel when said mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location.

20. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a multimedia data listener unit which detects a service platform;

a multimedia data downloader unit which receives messages broadcasted from said service platform and enables the received messages to be presented to an end-user of said mobile terminal;

a multimedia data editor unit which collects a new message from the end-user; and

a multimedia data uploader unit which transmits the collected new message to said service platform.