Monitoring Capabilities for Mobile Electronic Devices
First Claim
1. A method for providing patrons with rewards, said method comprising:
- detecting presence of a mobile electronic device at a particular establishment;
updating a presence indicator regarding the particular establishment if said detecting detects the presence of the mobile electronic device at the particular establishment;
obtaining one or more reward rules associated with the particular establishment; and
determining whether a reward is due to the mobile electronic device or its user based on presence indicator and the one or more reward rules.
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Abstract
Improved computer-implemented techniques for providing relevant information to mobile electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, usage of mobile electronic devices can be monitored and usage data can be formed. The usage data can then be used to perform an action. The action can operate to provide more relevant information, such as digital (e.g., online) information or rewards, to the user. In one embodiment, usage of mobile electronic devices can be monitored and users of such mobile electronic devices can be provided with rewards based on their usage. Another aspect pertains to monitoring locations of a mobile electronic device for a duration of time and then providing location-specific information based on the locations of the device.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for providing patrons with rewards, said method comprising:
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detecting presence of a mobile electronic device at a particular establishment; updating a presence indicator regarding the particular establishment if said detecting detects the presence of the mobile electronic device at the particular establishment; obtaining one or more reward rules associated with the particular establishment; and determining whether a reward is due to the mobile electronic device or its user based on presence indicator and the one or more reward rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for rewarding patrons for device usage at particular locations, said method comprising:
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monitoring device usage to accumulate device usage information; determining whether a reward is due based on the accumulated device usage information; and delivering a reward to the device or its user if said determining determines that a reward is due. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing location-based information to an electronic device, said method comprising:
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monitoring a location of a mobile device; determining location-based information that is related to the monitored location of the mobile device; and providing the location-based information to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19)
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- 18. A method as recited in claim 18, wherein the electronic device is a personal computer or is the mobile device.
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21. A method for acquiring location-specific information, said method comprising:
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detecting connection of a mobile device to a host computer; transferring, to the host computer, a set of locations that the mobile device has visited; sending the set of locations from the host computer to a remote information server; receiving, at the host computer, the location-specific information from the remote information server, the location-specific information being determined based at least in part on the set of locations; and sending at least a portion of the location-specific information from the host computer to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method for accessing location-based information, said method comprising:
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monitoring a location of a mobile device associated with a user; storing multiple locations of the mobile device provided by said monitoring over a period of time; subsequently connecting the mobile device with a host device; transferring, following said connecting, the multiple locations from the mobile device to the host computer; determining digital information that is related to one or more of the multiple locations of the mobile device by analyzing the multiple locations of the mobile device; and facilitating access to the determined digital information. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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