System And Method For Compiling Market Information Associated With Consumer Activity And Geographic Location

• US 20090177523A1
• Filed: 01/25/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Star Guide Information Services Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Star Guide Information Services Incorporated
• Inventors: Routtenberg, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/019,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20090177523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A system and method gather market information associated with consumer activity considering the geographic position of the consumer. The system and method employ mobile locator devices that can compile geographic information and transmit a request from a user for target information (usually marketing information), along with geographic information to a server capable of logging the requests with the geographic information and target information sought. The server can then distribute the requests to servers to provide the target information. The resulting information can be used to create a database of information requests made and then provide a profile of consumer activity based on the database created with the geographic information associated with each request.

Claims

1. A method of compiling market information associated with consumer activity, said method comprising:

(a) receiving a request from a user for target information, said request comprising;

(i) a user identification;

(ii) a database selection;

(iii) a location corresponding with said users geographic position when said request is made;

(b) logging;

(i) said location;

(ii) at least one of said database identification and said target information; and

(iii) at least one of said user identification and a user profile selected by reference to said user identification.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a profile of said consumer activity from multiple said user requests.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said location is determined by a GPS receiver.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said user request is made on a locator device.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said locator device comprises a GPS receiver.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising communicating said location from said locator device to a wireless device to transmit said user request.

7. A system for compiling market information associated with consumer activity, said system comprising:

(a) a routing server;

(b) a plurality of locator devices each associated with a user and comprising;

(i) a toggle for;

initiating a voluntary request for target information;

acquiring a geographic position proximate to said user location when said request is made;

(ii) a transmitter, to communicate to a wireless device;

a device identifier associated with each of said locator devices;

said geographic position; and

a command to actuate said wireless device to initiate communication of said device identifier and said geographic position to said routing server;

wherein said routing server is capable of logging said geographic position, information associated with said device identifier and said request.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said routing service is also capable of logging at least one of:

(a) a time associated with said request;

(b) a date associated with said request; and

(c) weather associated with said request proximate to said user location.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein said transmitter communicates said device identifier and said geographic position as audio information to said wireless device.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a conversion server for converting said device identifier and said geographic position received from said wireless device from said audio information to data for said routing server.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said audio information is DTMF tones.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein said audio information is communicated by said transmitter by an electromagnetic signal.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said electromagnetic signal is a Bluetooth signal.

14. The system of claim 7 wherein said transmitter further communicates to said wireless device a database selection associated with said target information.

15. The system of claim 7 further comprising a GPS receiver, in communication with said multiple locator devices, for determining said geographic position.

16. The system of claim 7 wherein at least one of said multiple locator devices further comprises a GPS receiver for determining said geographic position.