Portable Electronic Devices and Methods for Downloading Applications or Events Based on Presence of Portable Electronic Devices Having a Common Element Being in a Defined Region at a Same Time
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device configured to communicate with and download applications or receive events from a server configured to store at least one application or event, the portable electronic device comprising:
- a location circuit configured to determine a current position of the portable electronic device and provide the current position of the portable electronic device to the server; and
a data manager configured to receive a link to the at least one application or event from the server responsive to the provided current position information and download the at least one stored application or event using the received link if a certain number of portable electronic devices having a common element are within a defined region at a same time.
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Abstract
Methods, portable electronic devices and servers are provided for downloading applications to a portable electronic device from a server based presence of a certain number of portable electronic devices having a common element in a defined region at a same time. The at least one application or event is stored at the server. The at least one application or event is associated with portable electronic devices having a common element. Current position information is received from the portable electronic devices having the common element. At least one of the at least one stored applications or events is downloaded from the server to the portable electronic devices if the certain number of the portable electronic devices having the common element are within the defined region at the same time
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device configured to communicate with and download applications or receive events from a server configured to store at least one application or event, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a location circuit configured to determine a current position of the portable electronic device and provide the current position of the portable electronic device to the server; and a data manager configured to receive a link to the at least one application or event from the server responsive to the provided current position information and download the at least one stored application or event using the received link if a certain number of portable electronic devices having a common element are within a defined region at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server configured to download applications to a portable electronic device based on a certain number of portable electronic devices having a common element being with a defined region at a same time, the server comprising:
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a storage circuit configured to store at least one application or event, the at least one application or event being associated with portable electronic devices having a common element; and a communications circuit configured to receive current position information associated with the portable electronic device from the portable electronic device and download a link to at least one of the at least one stored applications or events to the portable electronic device if the certain number of portable electronic devices having the common element are in the defined region at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for downloading applications to a portable electronic device from a server based presence of a certain number of portable electronic devices having a common element in a defined region at a same time, the method comprising:
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storing at least one application or event at the server, the at least one application or event being associated with portable electronic devices having a common element; receiving current position information from the portable electronic devices having the common element; and downloading at least one of the at least one stored applications or events from the server to the portable electronic devices if the certain number of the portable electronic devices having the common element are within the defined region at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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