SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20100161720A1
• Filed: 03/11/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ballot, Edward C., Paulson, Janell, Fong, Thomas, Daetz, David D., Vadasz, David, Cousineau, Bernard P., Colligan, Edward T., Duarte, Matias G.
• Application Number:
  US12/402,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20100161720A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• 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 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A mobile computing device comprises a memory and a processing circuit. The memory is configured to store use data indicative of a pattern of past uses of the mobile computing device. The processing circuit is configured to determine a present condition and to perform a function based at least in part on the use data and the present condition.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a memory configured to store use data indicative of a pattern of past uses of the mobile computing device; and

a processing circuit configured to determine a present condition and to perform a function based at least in part on the use data and the present condition.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the use data comprises location data based at least in part on past uses of the mobile computing device at a location.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 2, wherein the use data comprises route data indicative of a route traveled by the mobile computing device a plurality of times.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 2, wherein the use data comprises point of interest data indicative of a point of interest visited by the mobile computing device.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the use data comprises data uploaded to or downloaded from a remote server computer.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the use data comprises application data indicative of a plurality of applications downloaded from a remote server computer.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the use data comprises device power data indicative of an approximate time of day the device has been powered up and/or powered down.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the present condition data comprises location data representing a present location of the device.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein the present condition data comprises a route currently being traveled or point of interest data indicating a point of interest in the present proximity of the mobile computing device.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein the present condition data comprises traffic data indicative of traffic along a route indicated by the past usage data.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the present condition data comprises data indicating that a predetermined time period has ended or that a predetermined distance has been traveled by the mobile computing device.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the function comprises providing a notification to a user of the device.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein the notification comprises text displayed on a display coupled to the processing circuit.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the function comprises adding a phone number to a list.

15. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processing circuit configured to access historical data for the mobile computing device, the historical data comprising data associated with a usage pattern of the mobile computing device, the processing circuit configured to access location data for the mobile computing device, the location data indicating a current location of the mobile computing device, the processing circuit configured to provide a notification to the user of the mobile computing device based at least in part on the historical data and the location data.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine a predicted location for the mobile computing device based on historical data.