User Defined Location Based Notification for a Mobile Communications Device Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. A system for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
- the mobile communications device configured to;
receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; and
transmit the set of data;
a mobile communications base station, in communication with the mobile communications device via a wireless connection; and
a server computer system in communication with the base station, the server computer system configured to;
maintain a database containing;
a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; and
data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein each of the plurality of product and service providers are associated with directives for contacting the user of the device related to the location of the device and the contact preferences,receive the set of data;
associate the set of data with the user profile;
correlate the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user;
create data which provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and
transmit the data which provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. In various embodiments, components of the larger system are described. In some cases, various location related mapping functions for a device are discussed. In other embodiments, systems and methods which provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described. In still other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods of efficiently determining the location of a mobile device. In some embodiments, different notification schemes based on the location of a device and specified preferences are described. In various other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods for keyword monitoring based on the location of a device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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the mobile communications device configured to; receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; and transmit the set of data; a mobile communications base station, in communication with the mobile communications device via a wireless connection; and a server computer system in communication with the base station, the server computer system configured to; maintain a database containing; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein each of the plurality of product and service providers are associated with directives for contacting the user of the device related to the location of the device and the contact preferences, receive the set of data; associate the set of data with the user profile; correlate the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user; create data which provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and transmit the data which provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing user information from a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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providing a server computer system; maintaining a database which contains; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes preferences of the user regarding sharing location data and other data in the user profile; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers; receiving a set of data identifying the location of the device, the set of data transmitted from the device and stored in the database; associating the set of data with the user of the device; correlating the set of data, preferences of the user regarding sharing location data and other data in the user profile, and at least one of the plurality of product and service providers; transmitting the location data and the other data in the user profile to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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providing a server computer system; maintaining a database which contains; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; and
;data related to a plurality of product and service providers, containing directives for contacting the user of the device; receiving a set of data identifying the location of the device, the data transmitted from the device and stored in the database; associating the set of data with the user of the device and the user profile; correlating the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the data related to a plurality of product and service providers; and transmitting a subset of the data related to a plurality of product and service providers to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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