WIRELESS CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISING

• US 20090187659A1
• Filed: 11/13/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trustive Limited
• Original Assignee: Trustive B.V.
• Inventors: SAVOURE, Rodolphe
• Application Number:
  US12/270,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20090187659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A method, system and software enable location- and profile-based display material to be aggregated and distributed to a mobile wireless device, on which a wireless connection manager application is installed, while roaming on any wireless IP network. This involves the steps of: identifying the connected user; locating the currently connected network geographically; using user preferences and location to select at least one provider and to filter display material from each provider; using hotspot capacity limitation information to filter out any display material not matching delivery bandwidth requirements; aggregating the display materials to be updated on the mobile wireless device; and retrieving display material directly from the selected providers to ensure up-to-date display material.

Claims

1. A method for aggregating and distributing location and profile based display material to a mobile wireless device on which a wireless connection manager application is installed while roaming on any wireless IP network, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying the connected user with a unique username and password;

locating geographically the currently connected network by matching to a list of hotspots;

using user preferences and location to select at least one provider and to filter display material from each provider;

using hotspot capacity limitation information to filter out any display material not matching delivery bandwidth requirements;

aggregating the display materials to be updated on the mobile wireless device; and

retrieving display material directly from the selected providers to ensure up-to-date display material.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display material comprises targeted advertisements.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display material comprises non-advertising content, and the non-advertising content is aggregated into a single HTML page to be updated on an embedded portal of the mobile wireless device.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 also including updating on a regular basis and in a secure manner all parameters used by the method.

5. Software for aggregating and distributing location and profile based display material to a mobile wireless device while roaming on any wireless IP network, the software being arranged to manage the steps of:

identifying the connected user;

locating geographically the currently connected network by matching to a list of hotspots;

using user preferences and location to select at least one provider and to filter display material from each provider;

using hotspot capacity limitation information to filter out any display material not matching delivery bandwidth requirements;

aggregating the display materials to be updated on the mobile wireless device; and

retrieving the display material directly from the selected providers to ensure it is up-to-date.

6. Software as claimed in claim 5 wherein the display material comprises targeted advertisements.

7. Software as claimed in claim 5 wherein the display material comprises non-advertising content, and is aggregated into a single dynamic HTML page to be updated on an embedded portal of the mobile wireless device.

8. Software as claimed in claim 5 also comprising means to update on a regular basis and in a secure manner all the requisite parameters.

9. Software for installation on a wireless mobile device to enable display material to be distributed to the mobile wireless device while roaming on any wireless IP network, the software comprising an update manager, a security and connectivity manager, and embedded means to display advertisement banners and to display HTTP screens.

10. A system for aggregating and distributing location and profile based display material to a mobile wireless device while roaming on any wireless IP network, the system comprising software installed on the mobile device as well as on a WISP aggregator server for managing the steps of:

identifying the connected user with his unique username and password;

locating geographically the currently connected network by matching to a list of hotspots;

using user preferences and location to select at least one provider and to filter the display material from the providers;

using hotspot capacity imitation information to filter out any display material not matching delivery bandwidth requirements;

aggregating the display materials to be updated on the mobile wireless device; and

retrieving the display material directly from the providers to ensure it is up-to-date.

11. A system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the display material comprises targeted advertisements.

12. A system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the display material comprises non-advertising content and is aggregated into a single dynamic HTML page to be updated on an embedded portal of the mobile wireless device.

13. A system as claimed in claim 10 also including updating on a regular basis and in a secure manner all parameters required during operation, by transmission of updating data between the mobile wireless device and the WISP aggregator server.