LOCATION-BASED OPERATIONS AND MESSAGING
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1. A system comprising:
- a first mobile device configured to provide information concerning a physical location of the first mobile device;
an intermediate computing device configured to receive the information concerning the physical location of the first mobile device; and
a second mobile device configured to identify a communications medium to communicate with a user of the first mobile device based on at least the physical location of the first mobile device as indicated by the information concerning physical location maintained at the intermediate computing device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for using location information to determine a medium to use for communications to a user of a mobile device are provided. The user'"'"'s mobile device provides location information to in intermediate computing device. That location information is accessed and used to determine, from a plurality of media, which to use for communications with the user. In various embodiments of the present invention, the user'"'"'s mobile device can receive location-based content and commands.
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30 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first mobile device configured to provide information concerning a physical location of the first mobile device; an intermediate computing device configured to receive the information concerning the physical location of the first mobile device; and a second mobile device configured to identify a communications medium to communicate with a user of the first mobile device based on at least the physical location of the first mobile device as indicated by the information concerning physical location maintained at the intermediate computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 26)
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10. A location-based communication system comprising:
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a first mobile device configured to provide information concerning a physical location of the first mobile device; an intermediate computing device configured to receive the information concerning the physical location of the first mobile device and determine a communication medium for communications to a user of the first mobile device based on at least the physical location of the first mobile device; and a second mobile device configured to receive an identification of the communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14)
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15. A method for determining a medium for communications to a user of a first mobile device, comprising:
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receiving information concerning an identification of the user of the first mobile device; receiving location information from the first mobile device, wherein the location information identifies a physical location of the first mobile device; providing the user information and the location information to a second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is configured to select a communication medium to use to communicate with the user, based on at least the location of the first mobile device; wherein, communication received via the communication medium and other communication mediums at the first mobile device is accessible via an integrated user environment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 19, 20, 25)
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27. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method for location-based operations, the method, comprising:
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providing, location information of a mobile device to an intermediate computing device; further providing updated location information of the mobile device, responsive to receiving polling requests from the intermediate computing device over a cellular network; wherein, a user of the mobile device is accessible via multiple communication channels and the location information or the updated location information is used to select a communication medium for use in communicating with the user; wherein, communications received via the multiple communication channels are accessible on the mobile device through an extensible communication application configured to display a user environment through which each service hosting the multiple communication channels are accessible. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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