Device Based Trigger for Location Push Event

• US 20120108265A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Artax LLC (IPValuation Partners, LLC)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Morin, Drew
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,121 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A software LBS trigger is initiated by a wireless device to request a set of proximate location information points relating to, e.g., points of interest, location tagged blogs, etc., based on the user'"'"'s current location. The LBS trigger may be initiated when the user moves, and may include speed of the user to define a proximate area within which the user'"'"'s device will be presented with relevant location information upon reaching. The size of the proximate area may be based on available memory in the wireless device, and/or on network bandwidth limitations. If walking, a smaller proximate area is defined, or if moving fast, the area of close proximity is larger. The location-based information points are stored locally on the user'"'"'s device, and presentation to the user when the user gets closely proximate to the relevant information point.

Claims

1. A location based service, comprising:

a location information database comprising a plurality of location information points; and

a trigger response module, adapted to respond to a received location based services (LBS) trigger by obtaining proximate ones of said plurality of location information points culled into a sub-plurality corresponding to those of said plurality of location information points that are within a given proximity to a current location of a triggering wireless device, and downloading said assembled proximate location information points to a wireless device generating said LBS trigger.

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