APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON LOCATION-BASED DIRECTORY INFORMATION

• US 20110105150A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Dobroth, Kathryn Mary, MOON, Hannah Youngsil, Morley, Dorothy Beau
• Granted Patent: US 8,559,931 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A mobile communication device may include a mobile communication system configured to facilitate wireless mobile communications. A location sensing system may be configured to sense the location of the mobile communication device. A location-based points of interest application may be configured to locate points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the location of the mobile communication device. An application mapping application may be configured to locate user applications that are relevant to the points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device. A user interface may be configured to present links to the user applications.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a mobile communication system configured to facilitate wireless mobile communications;

a location sensing system configured to sense the location of the mobile communication device;

a location-based points of interest application configured to locate points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the location of the mobile communication device;

an application mapping application configured to locate user applications that are relevant to the points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device; and

a user interface configured to present links to the user applications.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the location-based points of interest application is configured to locate the points of interest based on metadata indicative of at least one classification for each service.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 2 wherein the user applications are each associated with metadata that is indicative of at least one classification for each user application.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 3 wherein the metadata is descriptive of points of interest to which each user application is relevant.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 3 wherein the application mapping application is configured to locate the user applications based on matches between the points of interest metadata and the user application metadata.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the location-based points of interest application is configured to locate the points of interest by querying a server that is not part of the wireless mobile communication device.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the application mapping application may be configured to locate user applications by querying a server that is not part of the wireless mobile communication device.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the location-based points of interest application is configured to locate points of interest which include local businesses.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 8 wherein the location-based points of interest application is configured to locate points of interest which include local restaurants.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the user interface is configured to present a user-selectable icon which, when selected by a user, causes a link to be displayed to a server at which the user may acquire one of the user applications.

11. The mobile communication device of claim 1 wherein the application mapping application is configured to locate user applications without requiring any personal information about a user.

12. Computer-readable storage media containing computer-executable programming instructions which, when read and executed by a mobile communication device having a mobile communication system configured to facilitate wireless mobile communications, a location sensing system configured to sense the location of the mobile communication device, and a user interface, cause the mobile communication device to:

locate points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the location of the mobile communication device;

locate user applications that are relevant to the points of interest within the vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the location of the mobile communication device; and

present links to the user applications on the user interface.

13. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the user applications are each associated with metadata that is indicative of at least one classification for each user application.

14. The computer-readable storage media of claim 13 wherein the metadata is descriptive of points of interest to which each user application is relevant.

15. The computer-readable storage media of claim 13 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate metadata indicative of at least one classification for each service.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate the user applications based on matches between the points of interest metadata and the user application metadata.

17. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate user applications by querying a server that is not part of the wireless mobile communication device.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate the points of interest by querying a server that is not part of the wireless mobile communication device.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate points of interest which include businesses.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 19 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate points of interest which include local restaurants.

21. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the user interface to present a user-selectable icon which links to a server at which the user may acquire one of the user applications.

22. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 wherein the programming instructions are configured to cause the mobile communication device to locate user applications without requiring any personal information about a user.