METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO MOBILE RECIPIENTS
First Claim
1. A method for providing audio content to a user, the user being uniquely associated with a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving from the user via the communications network a request for audio content relating to a known point of interest (POI), the request including a unique user identifier associated with the user and a unique POI identifier associated with the known point of interest;
retrieving from a first storage device of the host system, profile preference data that are stored in association with the unique user identifier, the profile preference data relating to at least one predefined preference of the user;
retrieving a first audio content fragment from a second storage device of the host system, the first audio content fragment selected from a plurality of available audio content fragments in dependence upon the retrieved profile preference data and the unique POI identifier; and
,providing to the user via the communications network the retrieved first audio content fragment.
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Abstract
A method is provided for providing audio content to a user, the user being uniquely associated with a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising. The method comprises receiving from the user via the communications network a request for audio content relating to a known point of interest (POI). The request includes a unique user identifier associated with the user and a unique POI identifier associated with the known point of interest. Profile preference data are retrieved from a first storage device of the host system, the profile preference data being stored in association with the unique user identifier and relating to at least one predefined preference of the user. A first audio content fragment is retrieved from a second storage device of the host system, the first audio content fragment selected from a plurality of available audio content fragments in dependence upon the retrieved profile preference data and the unique POI identifier. The retrieved first audio content fragment is then provided to the user via the communications network the.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for providing audio content to a user, the user being uniquely associated with a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving from the user via the communications network a request for audio content relating to a known point of interest (POI), the request including a unique user identifier associated with the user and a unique POI identifier associated with the known point of interest; retrieving from a first storage device of the host system, profile preference data that are stored in association with the unique user identifier, the profile preference data relating to at least one predefined preference of the user; retrieving a first audio content fragment from a second storage device of the host system, the first audio content fragment selected from a plurality of available audio content fragments in dependence upon the retrieved profile preference data and the unique POI identifier; and
,providing to the user via the communications network the retrieved first audio content fragment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing audio content to a user via a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving from the user via the communications network a request for audio content relating to a known point of interest (POI), the request including a unique POI identifier associated with the known point of interest; retrieving from a storage device of the host system a default first audio content fragment that is stored in association with the unique POI identifier; providing to the user via the communications network the retrieved default first audio content fragment; receiving from the user via the communications network a request for audio content that is supplemental to the default first audio content fragment; retrieving from the storage device of the host system a second audio content fragment that is linked to the default first audio content fragment; and
,providing to the user via the communications network the retrieved second audio content fragment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing audio content to a user, the user being uniquely associated with a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
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for each point of interest of a plurality of different points of interest, providing to the user via the communications network at least one audio content fragment; determining for each point of interest of the plurality of different points of interest, a user interest score relating to the provided at least one audio content fragment; and
,storing data defining a user preference profile, the data stored in association with a unique user identifier of the user, the data comprising first data based on the determined user interest score for each point of interest of the plurality of different points of interest. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for providing audio content to each user of a plurality of different users, each one of the users being associated uniquely with a different mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
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associating a first user of the plurality of different users with a second user of the plurality of different users; receiving from the first user via the communications network a request for audio content relating to a known point of interest (POI), the request including a unique POI identifier associated with the known point of interest; retrieving at least a first audio content fragment from a storage device of the host system, the at least a first audio content fragment selected from a plurality of available audio content fragments in dependence upon at least the unique POI identifier; and
,providing the at least a first audio content fragment to the first user and to the second user, absent the second user providing a request for audio content relating to the known point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for providing tour-related audio content to a user, the user being uniquely associated with a mobile communications device that is in wireless communication with a host system via a communications network, the method comprising:
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defining a tour having a predetermined duration, the tour comprising a plurality of component tours that in aggregate have a total duration of less than or equal to the predetermined duration; receiving data relating to progress of the user through a first component tour of the plurality of component tours; determining an expected tour duration based on the total duration of the component tours and the received data relating to progress of the user through the first component tour; when the expected tour duration is greater than the predetermined duration, accelerating the delivery of tour-related audio content to the user, wherein the delivery of tour-related audio content is accelerated by an amount that is sufficient to decrease the expected tour duration to less than or equal to the predetermined duration. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for defining an audio-guided tour for providing audio content from a host system to a user via a communications network, the method comprising:
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establishing communication between a tour-creator'"'"'s mobile communication device and the host system via the communications network; defining points of interest (POT) of the audio-guided tour, the defined points of interest selected from a plurality of known points of interest, each known point of interest having at least an audio content fragment stored on the host system in association with a unique POI identifier thereof, the selection of each of the points of interest being executed in dependence upon providing, using the tour-creator'"'"'s mobile communication device, the unique POI identifier associated therewith; for each of the defined points of interest, selecting at least one audio content fragment that is to be provided during the audio-guided tour in response to the user providing a request including the unique POT identifier associated therewith; and
,retrievably storing on the host system a record in association with a unique tour identifier of the audio-guided tour, the record comprising data indicative of the defined points of interest and of the selected audio content fragments.
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