METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE COMMERCE AND REVENUE OPTIMIZATION

• US 20090164310A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sidebar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sidebar Incorporated
• Inventors: Grossman, Stephanie L.
• Application Number:
  US12/395,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising

Abstract

The invention is a system and method that targets communications devices with content from service providers, third party content providers, sponsors, promotional partners and advertisers. The invention matches the content with communications device users using customer profiles or device usage profiles and transmits the content to communications devices over a wireless network, via the internet, or other means. The communications devices store the content in an internal repository. The content is later displayed as a result of triggers by designated users'"'"' actions.

Claims

1. A method of providing mobile commerce comprising:

storing content in a repository of a mobile communications device;

displaying the content on a display screen of the mobile communications device in response to a first action unrelated to requesting the content to be displayed between initiating the first action and completing the first action;

storing updated content in the repository of the mobile communications device;

displaying the updated content on the display screen of the mobile communications device in response to a second action which is independent of making a request to display the updated content between initiating the second action and completing the second action;

transmitting or receiving data in response to the user interacting with the content or the updated content that is displayed on the display screen; and

transmitting data about the mobile communications device related to usage or user responses.

2. A method of providing mobile commerce comprising:

receiving device data about a user'"'"'s actions on a communications device;

receiving provider data from a wireless service provider about the communications device;

creating a user profile using the device data and the provider data;

identifying a plurality of communications devices to target based on the user profile;

transmitting targeted content to the plurality of communications devices; and

displaying the targeted content in response to a user-actuated function on the communications device.

3. A method of providing mobile commerce comprising:

receiving device data about a user'"'"'s actions on a communications device;

creating a user profile using the device data;

identifying a plurality of communications devices to target based on the user profile;

transmitting targeted content to the plurality of communications devices; and

displaying the targeted content in response to a user-actuated function on the communications device.

4. A method for revenue optimization comprising:

receiving content from a content provider;

searching a database for a communications device;

sending the content to the communications device;

storing the content in a repository in the communications device; and

displaying the content on the communications device in response to an action by a user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the content is selected from a group consisting of an advertisement, media, a promotion, a call to action, and a value proposition.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the action is selected from a group consisting of a launch of a web browser, a placing or receiving or ending of a phone call, a sending or receiving of an SMS or MMS, an opening of a clamshell communications device, a turning on or off of the communications device, and an uploading or downloading of the content.

7. The method of claim 4 further comprising storing the content in a repository for access at a later time.

8. The method of claim 4 further comprising interacting with the content and interrupting the action.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein displaying the content on the communications device is for a specified period of time.

10. The method of claim 4 further comprising sending the content from the communications device to a second communications device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein sending the content from the communications device to a second communications device is performed using MMS, SMS or email.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein sending the content from the communications device to a second communications device is performed using GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA, EV-DO or WAP.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the action by the user causes display of the content on the second communications device.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the user interacts with the content using the communications device while or after the content is displayed on the display screen such that the interaction is selected from a group consisting of forwarding the content to the second communications device, accessing a video, an animation, a music file, a game, a graphic or a text, purchasing tickets, goods or services, placing a voice call, and sending a text message.

15. The method of claim 4 wherein the user interacts with the content using the communications device while or after the content is displayed on the display screen.

16. The method of claim 4 wherein the repository in the communications device may be selected from a group consisting of a flash memory, a cache and a memory storage device.

17. The method of claim 4 wherein the communications device requests information about the content from the management platform while or after the content is displayed on the display screen.

18. The method of claim 4 wherein the action by the user of the communication device is related or unrelated to the content.

19. The method of claim 4 wherein displaying the content on the display screen is in response to the user'"'"'s action on the communications device that is related or unrelated to the user'"'"'s action or the actuated function on the communications device.

20. The method of claim 4 wherein the user'"'"'s action on the communications device causes an event to occur on a second communications device.

21. The method of claim 4 wherein the repository receives updated content while or after the communications device transmits data to the management platform.

22. The method of claim 4 further comprising transmitting data from the communications device to the management platform in response to the user interacting with the content on the display screen.

23. The method of claim 4 further comprising receiving data on the communications device in response to the user interacting with the content on the display screen.

24. The method of claim 4 further comprising conveying the content on the display screen in visual format, audio format or audio-visual format in response to a user'"'"'s action requesting the content from the repository.

25. The method of claim 4 further comprising conveying the content on the display screen in visual format, audio format or audio-visual format between initiating the user'"'"'s action and completing the user'"'"'s action.

26. The method of claim 4 further comprising conveying the content on the display screen in visual format, audio format or audio-visual format until a user instructs the removal of the content.

27. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

storing updated content in the repository in the communications device; and

displaying the updated content on the communications device in response to an action which is independent of making a request to display the updated content.