Surveying Wireless Device Users by Location
First Claim
1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, for conducting a survey regarding a survey area, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- initiating broadcasting of a survey communication to the survey area;
receiving responses from wireless devices located in the survey area;
obtaining location information corresponding to locations of the wireless devices receiving the survey communication; and
determining a number of wireless devices positioned in the survey area based on the location information.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.
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20 Claims
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1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, for conducting a survey regarding a survey area, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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initiating broadcasting of a survey communication to the survey area; receiving responses from wireless devices located in the survey area; obtaining location information corresponding to locations of the wireless devices receiving the survey communication; and determining a number of wireless devices positioned in the survey area based on the location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 10, 11)
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5. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim I, wherein;
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the instructions are configured to cause the processor to receive a message, from a user, indicating the survey area; and the instructions are configured to, in causing the processor to initiate broadcasting of the survey communication to the survey area, cause the processor to initiate the broadcasting in response to receiving the message. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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12. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, for providing a service in a dispatch area, comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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broadcasting a query over the dispatch area; receiving a response to the query from a wireless device, wherein the response includes (i) location information corresponding to the wireless device and (ii) identity information corresponding to the wireless device; and initiating provision of the service in reply to receiving the response. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, for conducting a survey regarding a survey area, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts including:
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initiating broadcast of a survey communication to the survey area; receiving responses, from wireless devices in the survey area, to the survey communication; and determining a number of wireless devices positioned in the survey area based on the responses received. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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