Systems and Methods for Facilitating a Third-Party Service Based on Location of a Mobile Device

• US 20090325606A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Corp. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Farris, Jack M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,897,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In an exemplary method, a request is received from a mobile device, a geographic location of the mobile device is determined, the geographic location of the mobile device is confirmed to be within a predefined range of a premises reference location located within a premises area, and a third-party service associated with the premises reference location is facilitated in response to the request and the confirmation. In certain embodiments, the third-party service includes adding a user associated with the mobile device to a wait list. In certain embodiments, the third-party service further includes providing a notification message to the mobile device when a wait period is over. In certain embodiments, the third-party service includes a food service provided at the premises reference location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile device;

determining a geographic location of said mobile device;

confirming that said geographic location of said mobile device is within a predefined range of a premises reference location located within a premises area; and

facilitating a third-party service associated with the premises reference location in response to said request and said confirmation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said third-party service comprises adding a user associated with said mobile device to a wait list.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said third-party service further comprises providing a notification message to said mobile device when a wait period associated with said wait list is over.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said wait list comprises a restaurant wait list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said third-party service comprises a food service provided at said premises reference location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating includes communicating with an access device associated with said premises reference location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating includes:

providing data representative of said request to an access device associated with said premises reference location;

receiving a service confirmation message from said access device; and

providing data representative of said service confirmation message to said mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining another geographic location of said mobile device;

confirming that said another geographic location is located outside of said predefined range of said premises reference location; and

facilitating termination of said third-party service in response to said confirmation that said another geographic location is located outside of said predefined range.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said termination of said third-party service comprises removing a user associated with said mobile device from a wait list.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said termination of said third-party service further comprises providing a notification message to said mobile device in response to said removal.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a premises area map associated with said geographic location of said mobile device;

providing data representative of said premises area map to said mobile device; and

displaying said premises area map in a graphical user interface, wherein said premises area map graphically represents said premises reference location within said premises area.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting user input associated with said premises reference location in said displayed premises area map; and

initiating said request for said third-party service in response to said user input.

13. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one computer-readable medium.

14. A method comprising:

determining a geographic location of a mobile device;

identifying a premises area map associated with said geographic location;

providing data representative of said premises area map to said mobile device over a network, said premises area map being representative of a premises area;

receiving a request from a mobile device over said network, said request being for a third-party service associated with a premises reference location located within said premises area;

confirming that said geographic location of said mobile device is within a predefined range of said premises reference location; and

facilitating a providing of said third-party service in response to said request and said confirmation.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying said premises area map in a graphical user interface, wherein said premises area map graphically represents said premises reference location within said premises area;

detecting user input associated with said premises reference location in said displayed premises area map; and

initiating said request for said third-party service in response to said user input.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said third-party service comprises:

adding a user associated with said mobile device to a restaurant wait list; and

providing a notification message to said mobile device when a wait period is over.

17. A system comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a request and location data from a mobile device over a network, said location data indicating a geographic location of said mobile device, said request being for a third-party service associated with a premises reference location located within a premises area;

a processing module; and

a service facilitator module configured to direct said processing module to

confirm that said geographic location of said mobile device is within a predefined range of said premises reference location, and

facilitate a providing of the third-party service in response to said request and said confirmation.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said third-party service comprises adding a user associated with said mobile device to a wait list and providing a notification message to said mobile device when a wait period is over.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising a premises map distribution module configured to direct said processing module to

identify a premises area map associated with said geographic location of said mobile device, and

provide data representative of said premises area map to said mobile device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said mobile device is configured to

display said premises area map in a graphical user interface, wherein said premises area map graphically represents said premises reference location within said premises area,

detect user input associated with said premises reference location in said displayed premises area map, and

initiate said request for said third-party service in response to said user input.