Mobile data processing system moving interest radius

• US 20100131584A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,669 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/011 Identifying the radio environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

Provided is a fully automated web service with location based services generally involved in transmission of situational location dependent information to automatically located mobile receiving data processing systems. The web service communicates with a receiving data processing system in a manner by delivering information to the device when appropriate without the device requesting it at the time of delivery. There are varieties of configurations made by different user types of the web service for configuring information to be delivered, and for receiving the information. The web service maximizes anonymity of users, provides granular privacy control with a default of complete privacy, and supports user configurable privileges and features for desired web service behavior and interoperability. The web service is fully automated to eliminate human resources required to operate services. Integrated with the web service are enhanced location based services providing map solutions, alerts, sharing of novel services between users, and complete user control for managing heterogeneous device interoperability through the web service.

Claims

1. A method for providing a mobile user of a mobile data processing system with a moving interest radius for delivery of situational location relevant content, said method comprising the steps of:

establishing a moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining a moving target including all locations within said moving radius;

periodically comparing a determined situational location of said moving target to at least one configured situational location;

determining a match between said determined situational location and said configured situational location; and

delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the step of presenting said information to said user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said moving radius includes a circular area around said mobile data processing system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said moving radius includes a spherical space around said mobile data processing system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of establishing a moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining a moving target including all locations within said moving radius includes said user configuring said moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining said moving target.

6. The method of claim 1 further including the step of maintaining statistics to a database for statistical reporting.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is configured by an other data processing system user for delivery to said mobile user when said mobile user travels with said mobile data processing system to said configured situational location.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is configured by an other mobile data processing system user for delivery to said mobile user when said mobile user travels with said mobile data processing system to said configured situational location.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location further includes the step of delivering according to user configured privileges granted.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location further includes the step of delivering to an other data processing system user who has privileges to receive duplication of information delivery to said mobile user.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes an alternative step of intercepting said information for delivering to an other data processing system user who has privileges to receive interception of information delivery to said mobile user.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said mobile data processing system is a handheld mobile data processing system.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said mobile data processing system is a data processing system mounted to a mobile machine.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said moving radius changes dynamically over time.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said configured situational location includes a hit radius for intersecting future travels of said moving radius.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said configured situational location is maintained among a plurality of individual user maintained configurations to a deliverable content database maintained by a plurality of administrating users.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes delivering said information upon said user arriving to said configured situational location.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes delivering said information upon said user departing from said configured situational location.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is a handle to presentable content maintained to a local cache of said mobile data processing system.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is delivered from a hotspot when said user is conveniently located to said hotspot.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is electronically shareable by said mobile user to other data processing system users.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location further includes delivering to said user said information according to a system delivery constraint.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location further includes delivering to said user said information according to a user configured delivery constraint.

24. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is configured by a data processing system user.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein said configured situational location is configured by a data processing system user.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is configured by automatic sensing means.

27. The method of claim 1 wherein said configured situational location is configured by automatic sensing means.

28. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes alerting said mobile user with an audible sound unique to said information.

29. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes delivering said information with a voice message for subsequent access.

30. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of delivering, to said mobile user, information associated to said configured situational location includes delivering said information with a customized indicator.

31. A method for providing a mobile user of a mobile data processing system with a moving interest radius to cause a configured action, said method comprising the steps of:

establishing a moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining a moving target including all locations within said moving radius;

receiving a plurality of candidate delivery events for said mobile data processing system, each candidate delivery event containing location information of said moving target;

determining a match between said location information and a configured situational location; and

executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes sending to said mobile user information associated to said configured situational location.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein said moving radius includes a spherical space around said mobile data processing system.

34. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of establishing a moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining a moving target including all locations within said moving radius includes said user configuring said moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining said moving target.

35. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes executing said configured action upon said user arriving to said configured situational location.

36. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes executing said configured action upon said user departing from said configured situational location.

37. The method of claim 31 wherein said configured action is to perform processing at a remote system.

38. The method of claim 31 wherein said configured action is to perform alert processing.

39. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location further includes executing said configured action according to user configured privileges granted.

40. The method of claim 31 further including the step of maintaining information to a database for statistical reporting.

41. The method of claim 31 wherein said action is configured by a data processing system user.

42. The method of claim 31 wherein said configured situational location is configured by a data processing system user.

43. The method of claim 31 wherein said action is configured by automatic sensing means.

44. The method of claim 31 wherein said configured situational location is configured by automatic sensing means.

45. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes alerting said mobile user with an audible sound.

46. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes delivering a voice message for subsequent access.

47. The method of claim 31 wherein said step of executing a configured action associated to said configured situational location includes delivering a customized indicator.

48. A method for providing a mobile user of a mobile data processing system with a moving interest radius for presentation of situational location relevant content, said method comprising the steps of:

establishing a moving radius around said mobile data processing system for defining a moving target including all locations within said moving radius;

periodically transmitting means for automatically determining a situational location of said moving target; and

presenting, to said user, information associated to said situational location, wherein said information is configured for presenting at said mobile data processing system upon travel to said situational location.