MOBILE DEVICE PROFILE AGGREGATION

• US 20110207440A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Farley, Richard O., Ruuspakka, Roger M., Kaleas, Dimosthenis
• Granted Patent: US 9,020,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data

Abstract

Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for generating an aggregated group profile of access terminal users in an identified geographic region (e.g., at an entertainment venue). A group profile request may be received for a set of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region. User profile information may be requested for each of the users. User profiles may be aggregated to generate an aggregated group profile. The aggregated group profile may be distributed (e.g., for use in selecting advertisements at an entertainment venue to reflect the users currently in attendance).

Claims

1. A method for group profile aggregation, the method comprising:

receiving a group profile request for a plurality of mobile access terminal users in an identified geographic region;

transmitting a request for a user profile for each mobile access terminal user;

receiving a plurality of the requested user profiles;

generating an aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles; and

transmitting the aggregated group profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting comprises identifying, within the identified geographic region, mobile access terminal users subscribed to a service with access to respective user profiles for group profile aggregation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request comprises:

looking up address data for access to each of the user profiles of the plurality of mobile access terminal users; and

transmitting the request for each user profile to respective addresses.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least a subset of the respective addresses are associated with storage devices geographically remote from each other.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving specification data identifying a type of user profile information to be aggregated, wherein the aggregated group profile is generated according to the specification data.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein the request for the user profile for each mobile access terminal user comprises a request for only the type of user profile information to be aggregated;

and

wherein receiving the plurality of the requested user profiles comprises receiving only the type of user profile information to be aggregated.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting an advertisement from a plurality of available advertisements responsive to the aggregated group profile.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving identification of additional mobile access terminal users entering the identified geographic region;

transmitting an additional request for user profiles of the additional mobile access terminal users;

receiving a plurality of the requested user profiles for the additional mobile access terminal users; and

generating an updated aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising dynamically changing selection from a first advertisement of a plurality of available advertisements to a second advertisement of the plurality of available advertisements responsive to the updated aggregated group profile.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving data input by a first mobile access terminal user to generate a user profile for the first mobile access terminal user.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising monitoring use of a mobile access terminal by a first mobile access terminal user to generate a user profile for the first mobile access terminal user.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the user profile comprises at least one of data identifying age, gender, income, or residence address.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein,

the group profile request and identification of the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region are received from an entertainment venue;

and

the aggregated group profile is transmitted to the entertainment venue.

15. An apparatus for group profile aggregation, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a group profile request for a plurality of mobile access terminal users in an identified geographic region;

means for transmitting a request for a user profile for each mobile access terminal user;

means for receiving a plurality of the requested user profiles;

means for generating an aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles; and

means for transmitting the aggregated group profile.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising means for identifying the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising means for receiving an identification of the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the means for transmitting the request comprises:

means for looking up address data for access to each of the user profiles of the plurality of mobile access terminal users; and

means for transmitting the request for each user profile to the respective addresses.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein at least a subset of the respective addresses resides on a storage device local to the apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the means for generating comprises means for generating the aggregated group profile according to specification data identifying a type of user profile information to be aggregated.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising means for selecting an advertisement from a plurality of available advertisements responsive to the aggregated group profile.

22. An apparatus for group profile aggregation, the apparatus comprising:

a network interface configured to;

receive a group profile request for a plurality of mobile access terminal users each detected in an identified geographic region; and

transmit an aggregated group profile responsive to the group profile request;

a profile requester, communicatively coupled with the network interface, and configured to request a user profile for each mobile access terminal user; and

an aggregator configured to;

receive a plurality of the requested user profiles; and

generate the aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the aggregator is further configured to receive specification data identifying one or more types of user profile information to be aggregated, wherein the aggregated group profile is generated according to the specification data.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the network interface is further configured to receive substantially real-time updates on mobile access terminal users entering and leaving the identified geographic region.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the aggregator is configured to generate the aggregated group profile using user profiles of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region according to the substantially real-time updates.

26. A computer program product residing on a processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

receive a group profile request for a plurality of mobile access terminal users in an identified geographic region;

transmit a request for a user profile for each mobile access terminal user;

receive a plurality of the requested user profiles;

generate an aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles; and

transmit the aggregated group profile.

27. The computer program product of claim 26 further comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause the processor to identify, within the identified geographic region, mobile access terminal users subscribed to a service with access to respective user profiles for group profile aggregation.

28. The computer program product of claim 26 wherein the processor-readable instructions configured to cause the processor to transmit the request comprise instructions to:

look up address data for access to each of the user profiles of the plurality of mobile access terminal users; and

transmit the request for each user profile to respective addresses.

29. The computer program product of claim 26 further comprising processor-readable instructions configured to select or recommend an advertisement from a plurality of available advertisements responsive to the aggregated group profile.

30. A system for group profile aggregation, the system comprising:

a location server configured to identify a plurality of mobile access terminal users in an identified geographic region;

a user profile server configured to store user profiles for each of the plurality of mobile access terminal users; and

a profile aggregation server, in communication with the location server and the user profile server, and configured to;

receive a group profile request and the identification of the plurality of mobile access terminal users;

transmit a request for at least a part of the user profile for each mobile access terminal user to the user profile server;

receive a plurality of the requested user profiles;

generate an aggregated group profile using the received plurality of user profiles; and

transmit the aggregated group profile.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein the location server comprises a network for an entertainment venue, and the location server identifies the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region when the mobile access terminal users join the network.

32. The system of claim 30 wherein the location server identifies the plurality of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region by receiving notification from a location based service provider.

33. The system of claim 30 wherein the location server is further configured to:

monitor mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region; and

transmit periodic updates to the profile aggregation server identifying mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the profile aggregation server is further configured to generate updated aggregated group profiles using the periodic updates.

35. The system of claim 30 wherein the user profile server is further configured to:

look up locally stored address data for each of the user profiles of the plurality of mobile access terminal users; and

transmit the requests for each user profile to respective addresses.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the user profile server is further configured to:

specify, in the requests for each user profile, a type of user profile information to be aggregated; and

provide the type of user profile information to be aggregated to the profile aggregation server, wherein at least a subset of the user profile information is withheld from the profile aggregation server.

37. The system of claim 30 wherein the profile aggregation server is further configured to receive specification data identifying a type of user profile information to be aggregated, wherein the aggregated group profile is generated according to the specification data.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein,

the specification data is selected by an entertainment venue, and

the profile aggregation server is configured to transmit the aggregated group profile to the entertainment venue.