GPS DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE FOR DELIVERY OF LOCATION BASED MULTIMEDIA AND METHOD OF USE
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting when a user has crossed within a geo-boundary;
determining a content type to be sent to a mobile device of the user based on preferences provided by the user; and
sending user location specific content of the determined content type to the mobile device when the user has crossed within the geo-boundary.
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Abstract
An architecture, system and method of use sends location based multimedia to participants of a geo-tour or other application using geo-boundaries and/or other location information. The method includes detecting when a user has crossed within a geo-boundary. The method further includes determining a content type to be sent to a mobile device based on preferences provided by the user. Additionally, the method includes sending user location specific content of the determined content type to the mobile device when the user has crossed within the geo-boundary.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting when a user has crossed within a geo-boundary; determining a content type to be sent to a mobile device of the user based on preferences provided by the user; and sending user location specific content of the determined content type to the mobile device when the user has crossed within the geo-boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code tangibly embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product comprising:
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first program instructions to receive preference information of a mobile device; second program instructions to receive a notification when the mobile device has crossed within a geo-boundary; third program instructions to check capabilities of the mobile device and transform location specific content to be compatible with the mobile device based on the checked capabilities; and fourth program instructions to send the location specific and compatible content to the mobile device based on the preference information and the check, the location specific and compatible content being associated with a detected location of the mobile device within the geo-boundary. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for is provided for sending location information to one or more mobile devices, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; receive and store preference information of a mobile device; check content compatibility of the mobile device with content specific to a location of the mobile device; transform the content when incompatible with the mobile device; and send the content to the mobile device when the mobile device is detected to have crossed within a geo-boundary. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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a management system configured to register one or more mobile devices with a location based service and further configured to obtain and store preferences and other information related to the one or more mobile devices; and a media service configured to be notified of the preferences so as to provide relevant location based content to the one or more mobile devices when the any of the one or more mobile devices cross within a defined geo-boundary, the media service further configured to perform transformations of the content so as to be compatible with the one or more mobile devices.
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