LOCATION-BASED DYNAMIC HYPERLINKING METHODS AND SYSTEMS

• US 20110300837A1
• Filed: 06/08/2010
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Misiag, Richard J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,463,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

An exemplary method includes detecting a request made by a mobile access device to access a web page that includes a display element, determining a geographic location of the mobile access device in response to the request, selecting enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the geographic location, and dynamically hyperlinking the display element to the enhanced content. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by a location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a request made by a mobile access device to access a web page comprising a display element that is initially non-hyperlinked;

determining, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a geographic location of the mobile access device in response to the request;

selecting, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the geographic location; and

dynamically hyperlinking, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the display element to the enhanced content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising directing, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the mobile access device to display the web page with the dynamically hyperlinked display element.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising directing, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the mobile access device to display at least a portion of the enhanced content in a pop-up window overlaying at least a portion of the display of the web page in response to a positioning of a cursor over the dynamically hyperlinked display element.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system while the web page is still accessed by the access device, an updated geographic location of the mobile access device in response to a movement of the mobile access device;

disassociating, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the enhanced content with the display element;

selecting, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, other enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the updated geographic location; and

dynamically updating, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system while the web page is still accessed by the mobile access device, the display element to be hyperlinked to the other enhanced content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a user with access to the enhanced content in response to a selection by the user of the dynamically hyperlinked display element.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the enhanced content comprises an additional web page, and wherein the providing the user with access to the enhanced content comprises directing the mobile access device to display the additional web page.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, an updated geographic location of the mobile access device in response to a movement of the mobile access device;

disassociating, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the enhanced content with the display element;

selecting, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, other enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the updated geographic location; and

dynamically hyperlinking, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the display element to the other enhanced content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location of the mobile access device comprises latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile access device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the geographic location of the mobile access device is performed in accordance with at least one of a Global Positioning System (“

GPS”

) heuristic and a wireless signaling triangulation heuristic.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the display element comprises at least one of text, an image, a graphic, a video, and animation content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhanced content comprises at least one of another web page associated with the dynamically hyperlinked display element, a location-based advertisement associated with the dynamically hyperlink display element, a map associated with the dynamically hyperlinked display element, and a web-based search results list associated with the dynamically hyperlinked display element.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display element comprises a display element statically included in the web page.

13. The method of claim 1, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

14. A method comprising:

detecting, by a location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a request made by a mobile access device to access a web page comprising a display element that is statically included in the web page;

determining, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a geographic location of the mobile access device in response to the request;

selecting, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the geographic location; and

dynamically hyperlinking, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the display element to the enhanced content.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the display element is initially non-hyperlinked prior to being dynamically hyperlinked to the enhanced content.

16. The method of claim 14, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

17. A method comprising:

detecting, by a location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a request made by a mobile access device to access a web page;

determining, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, a geographic location of the mobile access device in response to the request;

identifying, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system in response to the request, a display element included in the web page that matches a display element included in an enhanced content association table maintained by an enhanced content management server;

selecting, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, enhanced content included in the enhanced content association table to be associated with the identified display element in accordance with the geographic location;

dynamically hyperlinking, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the identified display element included in the web page to the enhanced content; and

directing, by the location-based dynamic hyperlinking computing system, the mobile access device to display the web page with the dynamically hyperlinked display element.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the identified display element comprises a display element statically included in the web page.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the identified display element is initially non-hyperlinked prior to being dynamically hyperlinked to the enhanced content.

20. A system comprising:

a dynamic hyperlink management facility configured to detect a request made by a mobile access device to access a web page comprising a display element that is initially non-hyperlinked; and

a location tracking facility communicatively coupled to the dynamic hyperlink management facility and configured to determined a geographic location of the mobile access device in response to the request;

wherein the dynamic hyperlink management facility is further configured to

select enhanced content to be associated with the display element in accordance with the geographic location, and

dynamically hyperlink the display element to the enhanced content.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a user interface facility selectively and communicatively coupled to the dynamic hyperlink management facility and configured to display the web page with the dynamically hyperlinked display element.