System And Method Of Disseminating Electronic Content Utilizing Geographic And Time Granularities

• US 20110010422A1
• Filed: 06/15/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emodo Inc. (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: 1020, Inc. (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Parkes, Daniel, Bezancon, Anne
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A system and method for disseminating electronic content by defining a plurality of places each having a location and at least one place attribute associated therewith, receiving electronic content from a network, identifying a target geographic extent for the electronic content, identifying a target time extent for the electronic content, identifying at least one of the plurality of places based upon its location being within the target geographic extent, identifying an electronic device located at or proximate to the identified at least one place while within the target time extent, and distributing the electronic content to the identified electronic device over a network.

Claims

1. A method of disseminating electronic content, comprising:

defining a plurality of places each having a location and at least one place attribute associated therewith;

receiving electronic content from a network;

identifying a target geographic extent for the electronic content;

identifying a target time extent for the electronic content;

identifying at least one of the plurality of places based upon its location being within the target geographic extent;

identifying an electronic device located at or proximate to the identified at least one place while within the target time extent; and

distributing the electronic content to the identified electronic device over a network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying target attribute information for the electronic content;

wherein the identifying of the at least one place is further based upon its at least one place attribute associated therewith matching the target attribute information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying target attribute information for the electronic content;

wherein the identifying of the at least one place is further based upon its at least one place attribute associated therewith not matching the target attribute information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the defining of the plurality of places comprises:

receiving attribute information from a network;

determining which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant; and

associating the attribute information with any of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining of which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant comprises:

identifying a geographic extent for the attribute information; and

identifying which of the places have locations associated therewith which are within the geographic extent for the attribute information.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying a time extent for the attribute information;

wherein the associating comprises associating the attribute information with any of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant for a time period corresponding to the time extent.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

for each of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant, identifying a time extent for the attribute information, wherein the time extent for at least two of the places varies from each other in at least one of a start time and a length of time;

wherein the associating comprises associating the attribute information with each of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant for a time period corresponding to the time extent identified for that place.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the identifying of the time extents for the attribute information for the places is based on attributes already associated with the places.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining of which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant is based on attributes already associated with the places.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining of which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant comprises selectively excluding at least one of the places having a location associated therewith in the target geographic extent based on an attribute already associated with the at least one place.

20. The system of claim 4, wherein the association module is further configured to determine which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant by selectively excluding at least one of the places having a location associated therewith in the target geographic extent based on an attribute already associated with the at least one place.

11. A system for disseminating electronic content, comprising:

a storage module in which a plurality of places are defined each having a location and at least one place attribute associated therewith;

a network connection for receiving electronic content;

an association module configured to;

identify a target geographic extent for the electronic content;

identify a target time extent for the electronic content;

identify at least one of the plurality of places based upon its location being within the target geographic extent; and

a location detection module configured to identify an electronic device located at or proximate to the identified at least one place while within the target time extent;

wherein at least one of the association module and the location detection module is configured to distribute the electronic content to the identified electronic device via a network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the association module is further configured to identify target attribute information for the electronic content, and wherein the identifying of the at least one place is further based upon its at least one place attribute associated therewith matching the target attribute information.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the association module is further configured to identify target attribute information for the electronic content, and wherein the identifying of the at least one place is further based upon its at least one place attribute associated therewith not matching the target attribute information.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the association module is configured to define the plurality of places by:

receiving attribute information from a network;

determining which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant; and

associating the attribute information with any of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the association module is configured to determine which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant by:

identifying a geographic extent for the attribute information; and

identifying which of the places have locations associated therewith which are within the geographic extent for the attribute information.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the association module is further configured to identify a time extent for the attribute information, and to perform the associating of the attribute information by associating the attribute information with any of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant for a time period corresponding to the time extent.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the association module is further configured to identify a time extent for the attribute information for each of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant, wherein the time extent for at least two of the places varies from each other in at least one of a start time and a length of time, and to perform the associating of the attribute information by associating the attribute information with each of the places for which the attribute information is determined relevant for a time period corresponding to the time extent identified for that place.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the association module is further configured to identify the time extents for the attribute information for the places based on attributes already associated with the places.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the association module is further configured to determine which of the places for which the attribute information is relevant based on attributes already associated with the places.