System and Method for Rewarding Smart Phone Users Personal Companion

• US 20120101883A1
• Filed: 11/02/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Faisal Akhtar, Pervez Akhter
• Original Assignee: Faisal Akhtar, Pervez Akhter
• Inventors: Akhter, Pervez, Akhtar, Faisal
• Application Number:
  US13/287,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20120101883A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0215 Including financial accounts
• 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

A method of advertizing using a device called Personal Companion. The Personal Companion is a specially designed device or existing Smart Phone linked to cloud based servers via Communication Careers. The device and other enabling gadgets and services are distributed free of charge to members of the public in return for a continuous, uninterruptible flow of consented advertisements. Watching these adverts will typically result in compensation accruing to the user. Users may, however, opt to stop flow of ad, but may forfeit that compensation. The ad server distributes marketing data to the device based on it'"'"'s physical location, amongst other factors. Preferably, the geographical coordinates of the navigation device are fed to the ad server, which then returns advertisements from businesses operating within those coordinates. The navigation device receives and outputs navigational or entertainment information, in conjunction with marketing data.

Claims

1. :

A method of receiving compensation for using an application on a computing device to pay fro the computing device, such as a desktop, a laptop, a smart phone, a tablet PC, or a two way internet connected TV, comprising;

receiving a computing device having a price without an initial payment,

the computing device having internet connections and being capable of displaying and getting feedback messages or pictures;

sending by said computing device to a server an identifier and a request to operate an application;

obtaining and displaying, by said computing device, messages and/or pictures generated by relevant parts of said application;

receiving and displaying by said computing device, electronic notification of a monetary credit to an account associated with said identifier, wherein

the monetary credit is applied to pay for the price of the computing device.

2. :

The method of claim 1, wherein said application involves distribution of advertisements and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are advertisements.

3. :

The method of claim 2, further comprising the step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the computing device.

4. :

The method of claim 3, wherein the computing device has a GPS module/application that allows the server to pinpoint a location of the computing device.

5. :

The method of claim 4, wherein the application optimizes the messages and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device according to the location of the computing device.

6. :

the method of claim 3, wherein the computing device have a timer and an alarm and said program dictates that said message and/or pictures being displayed at a time set by the user of the computing device and the alarm being triggered simultaneously.

7. :

The method of claim 3, wherein the computing device is provided to the user for free. Or user is provided subsidies that may render the device and communications services free.

8. :

The method of claim 7, wherein the monetary credit is measured by a points scoring method and the user is offered another computing device after the monetary credit surpass a certain threshold.

9. :

The method of claim 1, wherein the monetary credit accumulates in the account after the price of the computing device is paid in full.

10. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising the step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the device, wherein said application involves distribution of coupons and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are coupons.

11. :

The method of claim 10, wherein the computing device has a GPS module that allows the server to pinpoint a location of the computing device, and the application optimizes the messages and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device according to the location of the computing device.

12. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising the step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the computing device, wherein said application involves conducting a survey and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are surveys.

13. :

The method of claim 12, further comprising a step that the user of the computing device filling out the survey.

14. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising a step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the handheld computing device, wherein said application involves distributing product catalogs and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are product catalogs.

15. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising a step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the computing device, wherein said application involves conducting a survey and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are surveys.

16. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising a step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the handheld computing device, wherein said application involves distributing movies and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are movies.

17. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising a step that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the computing device, wherein said application involves distributing electronic royalty cards and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are electronic royalty cards.

18. :

The method of claim 1, further comprising two steps;

that a user of the computing device allowing said messages and/or pictures to be displayed by the handheld computing device; and

the user upload a resume to the server with the computing device,

wherein said application involves collecting resumes and said message and/or pictures being displayed by the computing device are request for uploading resumes.

19. :

A method of receiving compensation for use of a computing device, comprising;

providing a user with a computing device having a price and internet connection without initial payment;

receiving from a computing device a request to operate an application and a user identifier;

qualifying said requested application and said identified user for eligibility for a receiving advertisements;

sending to said computing device an offer to display advertisements;

if said offer is accepted, on receiving notification from said computing device, of a use of said application, identifying at least one provider of funding, and sending to said computing device a condition of reimbursement;

on receipt of notification for a fulfillment of said conditions of reimbursement, transferring a monetary credit from an account associated with said provider of funding to an account associated with said identifier;

sending an electronic notification of said monetary credit to said account associated with said identifier, wherein

the monetary credit being applied to pay for the price of the computing device.

20. :

The method of claim 19, wherein the computing device has a GPS module/application that allows a server to pinpoint a location of the computing device, the identification of a provider of funding and the conditions of reimbursement being decided partly by the location of the computing device.