CONTENT CREATION, DISTRIBUTION, INTERACTION, AND MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20090119013A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matt O'Malley
• Original Assignee: Matt O'Malley
• Inventors: O'Malley, Matt
• Application Number:
  US11/930,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/211
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/002 Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines

Abstract

A system for managing an end-user'"'"'s request for information and entertainment. This information can be retrieved using a kiosk with a computer, using software over the Internet with a hardwired computer-like device, or using software with a wireless handheld device. Applications include any areas including commercial, industrial, and government where groups of people congregate such as trade shows, retail stores, restaurants, offices, manufacturing plants, and governmental buildings. The system provides both audio and text information and entertainment from a plurality of sources. These sources include information and entertainment from the local environment or ‘on-site’ information, and from a remote environment. These locations can also retrieve information from the end-user. This information can be product feedback, customer service opinions, product information requests, or the like.

Claims

1. A method of providing product information inside of a retail store, wherein the retail store contains a large number of products, the method comprising:

providing one or more respective locations of plural products in the retail store, wherein at least some of the products are located in plural locations;

receiving from a device an identification of a selected product;

identifying an initial location of the device;

generating a map from the initial location to a predictive location of the selected product;

identifying a second location of the device; and

updating the map based upon the second location.

2. A method of generating information inside of a retail store, the method comprising:

receiving from at least one device an identification of information;

identifying at least one location of the at least one device; and

generating a map of the at least one location, wherein the map is a predictive location of the identification of information.

3. A method of providing information inside of a retail store, the method comprising:

providing one or more respective locations in the retail store;

receiving from a device an identification of information about the one or more respective locations;

identifying an initial location of the device; and

generating at least one map, including a center, of the one or more respective locations.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the identification of information outside the at least one map, shifts the center, generating at least a second map.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more respective locations are comprised of one of products, departments, and sections within the retail store.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the device is mobile.

7. A method of providing to a user proximity based information on a mobile device, the method comprising:

tracking a current location of the mobile device;

providing proximity based information based on a set of conditions; and

alerting the user if the current location of the mobile device is within a defined proximity to the information, wherein the alert is selected from the group comprising a visual display, an audio message, and vibration of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information contains an x, y and z coordinate.

9. The method of claim 7, including receiving an identification of an at least one item of interest to the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the defined proximity is established by the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the defined proximity is based in a local environment.

12. A method of providing information, the method comprising:

receiving one or more locations from one or more mobile devices;

identifying said one or more locations of said one or more mobile devices; and

generating one or more coordinates of said one or more locations.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said one or more coordinates are comprised of a time delay component.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said one or more coordinates are represented by a color scheme based on user factors.